The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The War in the Aleutians - Feb 17th, 2003

http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Aleutians/html/aleutians-wwii.htm ^

[SAMWolf]

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Military Police Help Train French to Surrender

U.S. Army military police from the 3rd Infantry Battalion, including Daniel Freeman, 19, left, conduct enemy prisoner of war training at Camp New York in northern Kuwait Monday, Feb. 17, 2003. During the Gulf War, US troops took thousands of Iraqi soldiers as prisoners of war. Freeman is from Newton, Tx.(AP Photo/John Moore)


U.S. Army military police from the 3rd Infantry Battalion perform enemy prisoner of war training at Camp New York in northern Kuwait Monday, Feb. 17, 2003. During the 1991 Gulf War, US troops took tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers as prisoners of war.(AP Photo/John Moore)


U.S. Army military police officer Master Sgt. Tony McGee gives a briefing after training soldiers on taking enemy prisoners of war at Camp New York in northern Kuwait Monday, Feb. 17, 2003. During the Gulf War in 1991, U.S. forces took tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers prisoner.(AP Photo/John Moore)


U.S. Army military police from the 3rd Infantry Battalion check a potential enemy prisoner for arms during prisoner of war training at Camp New York in northern Kuwait Monday, Feb. 17, 2003. During the Gulf War, US troops took thousands of tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers as prisoners of war.(AP Photo/John Moore)


U.S. Army military police officer Specialist Samantha San Miguel, 23, from Houston, Texas is taken as a prisoner during a prisoner of war training at Camp New York in northern Kuwait Monday, Feb. 17, 2003. During the Gulf War, US troops took tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers as prisoners of war.(AP Photo/John Moore)


A U.S. soldier (L) from the 3rd Military Police Company (MPC) gives orders to a mock 'POW' during a drill for detaining enemy soldiers in the U.S. army camp 'New York', some 32kms south of the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti desert February 17, 2003. Divided European Union leaders sought a united front on Iraq at an emergency summit on Monday, putting the onus on Baghdad to disarm and accepting that the use of force could be a last resort if it failed to comply. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


A U.S. soldier (L) from the 3rd Military Police Company (MPC) searches a mock 'POW' for weapons during a drill for detaining enemy soldiers in the U.S. army camp 'New York', some 32 kms south of the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti desert February 17, 2003. Divided European Union leaders sought a united front on Iraq at an emergency summit on Monday, putting the onus on Baghdad to disarm and accepting that the use of force could be a last resort if it failed to comply. REUTERS/Oleg Popov

[SAMWolf]

I haven't watched Joe Millionare, is Zora a "Babe"?

[Auntie Mame]

Thank you, Sam. Will do.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Good post, thanks Sam.

[SAMWolf]

Getting ready to take lots of prisoners.

[Pipe Dog]

This post may interest a lot you folks.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/833742/posts

[Pipe Dog]

oops,.. stupid! May interest a lot OF you folks.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings coteblanche, Foxhole FReepers, et al:
You forget about the French and Indian war. "The British lay siege to Quebec from June 27th until September 18th, when the French surrendered their garrison in the city."

[SAMWolf]

But that's when they were still French and not Canadians.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for that URL. I'm on their E-mail list.

[Jen]

What a great thread Sam! My father-in-law served 20 years in the Air Force including an assignment at Shemya. He was a weather observer and pretty much a hermit. He loved cold weather and desolate environments, so he volunteered for places that 'normal' people would try their best to avoid. ;-) Those conditions would drive me nuts! I respect all the servicemen who did their duty in the Aelutians.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Jen. I take heat better than I do cold.

[Jen]

1915 Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WWI, is mortally wounded

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[Jen]

Hi Spookie! I hope your fibro is better tonight. Wish you were here so you could soak in the hot tub with me and drink Margaritas. That would make you (and me) feel better for sure!

[Jen]

..."timing patterns" -- that phrase we now use in football, came orginially from the necessity of flying blind on bombing runs, using only the clock, a constant airspeeed, and a heading.

How interesting. I've heard football commentators mention the phrase but I didn't know the origin of it.

[Jen]

Thanks manna for posting that link. I think it's shameful that the Medal of Honor widow in Alabama may lose her home. I hope enough people help her.

[Jen]

Thanks for bumping by!

[Jen]

Hi there! I don't recall seeing you here before. It's good to meet you.

[Jen]

Good to see you!

[Jen]

I LOVE your songs and look forward to hearing you wailin' on your LesPaul! ;-)