The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Hubert "Hub" Zemke and "Zemke's WolfPack" (1943-45) - July 9th, 2003

http://www.afa.org/magazine/valor/0495valor.html ^ | April 1995 | John L. Frisbee

[SAMWolf]

No never read that, I never got into the Westerns as books always enjoyed them as movies though.

[SAMWolf]

Read the last two. "The Mighty Eigth" has been on my list of "books to get" for a while now.

[Valin]

Well I'm glad he liked it. Wish him a happy birthday for me.

8, you do of course realize that in (what seemslike)3 months he'll be "all grown up" and out the door.

[radu]

You teasing those cats again??

Yep, every chance I get! LOL! Gotta keep 'em on their toes!

[radu]

Howdy, snippy!! With a little luck, one of these days I might get lucky and get to spend a little time here during the day. LOL!

I'm hoping for a nice day tomorrow....I'll get something special to post if it is.

[radu]

I think I'd enjoy watching the kitties try and figure out where that howl was coming from. LOL!

Oooooh how I wish I knew how to post a video clip of them! It's hilarious!! LOL!! The looks on their faces crack me up and their lil ears whipping around like little radars....hehehehe! I guess, in all honesty, it's a little mean, but doggone it's fun!!

[SAMWolf]

Hi Radu. Playing "The Night Stalker" again huh?

[radu]

Playing "The Night Stalker" again huh?

I didn't think anyone was still awake. You can put that thing away....

I haven't bitten anyone yet, have I? ROTFLOL!!

I'm getting ready to head out to the bat cave shortly. A couple more replies and off I go. hehe! I'll see ya tomorrow.......er, later today.

[radu]

Hi Spooky! Great to see you. It has been a while, hasn't it?

Been doing ok, I reckon. Just trying to keep things going on the farm ..... and herding all these darned cats. LOL! We had a new one show up on the doorstep last week. Just what we needed, right? LOL!! #39. sheesh!!

Hope all's well with you these days!

[snippy_about_it]

one of these days I might get lucky and get to spend a little time here during the day.

LOL. Hi radu. Good to see you. You know anytime is a good time to stop in. SAM and I are almost here 24/7. lol.

We love what we do, discussing the thread topic and learning more ourselves with stories our readers share and personal observations. The Foxhole has a mission you know, and it means a lot to us as I know it does for you, too.

We have a love in our hearts for our military, current and Veterans, we love history and anything we can do to to promote our mission really makes our day.

Everyone is welcome, especially dear friends like you that share in that mission with us.

We are fortunate to have lots of FRiends and readers who count on us to be here. This is a lot of work but it's a labor of love for SAM and I.

Spending some daylight hours with you might be nice though, but won't it hurt your eyes? lol.

You have freep mail!

[Darksheare]

I'm not sure, but it would be funny to see a company hit with a 100 year old insurance scam lawsuit...

[Colonel_Flagg]

I found Bert Stiles' book at a flea market and it just about knocked me over. I had literally been looking for it for years.

Freeman has actually written three excellent books about the Eighth, including the Mighth Eighth War Manual and Mighty Eighth War Diary. They are more technically oriented but a treasure trove of information. Well worth the effort, IMHO.

You mentioned you read quite a bit. I do as well - it's fun to talk about this subject. Presently I am reading Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler at home and Churchill's "The Second World War" at work on my lunch breaks, in addition to various other books on infantry and armor tactics.

Yeah, I know .. I have no life :)

[SAMWolf]

I still have Churchill's books. Read then in High School.

I remember seeing "Serenade" somewhere, if I knew it was rare I would have grabbed it.

A couple of good books from the German perspective are:

"The Luftwaffee War Dairies" by Cajus Bekker and

"I fought you from the Skies" by Willi Heilman.

Then there are some excellent books on the Schweinfurt Raids by Martin Caiden.

[manna]

Thanks! I really appreciate all of the hard work you and snippy put in EVERRRRRY day! Keep up the good work.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I have the Luftwaffe War Diaries as well, and read Caidin's works some years ago. If you can find "Serenade", grab it.

This is my second reading of Churchill - the first time I did, starting in seventh grade, I was too young to truly understand the import of what I was reading. Thus, it was a mistake. Now the read is much more fulfilling because of an expanded knowledge base. I've also read Shelby Foote's three-volume series twice, so it's more than WWII that catches my interest. Fun comparing notes :)

[colorado tanker]

Thanks. These are great stories, aren't they? Sam and Snippy do a terrrific job with these posts.