To: SJSAMPLE
The first troops on the ground and on the forward lines were 82nd ABN troops.Referred to by Schwarzkopf as "nothing more than a speedbump." Later to be called the "82nd Truckborne", stuck in the rear with the French.
To: A.A. Cunningham
Referred to by Schwarzkopf... Golly it must have been hard for you to admit that a lowly Army general was in charge.
63 posted on
08/04/2005 7:35:29 AM PDT by
91B
(God made man, Sam Colt made men equal.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Yep.
That's what my college roommate, who was with the 82nd at the time, said.
Light forces will always be speedbumps ("crunchies") for armor, wether they are Army or USMC.
64 posted on
08/04/2005 7:39:44 AM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
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