USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Ancient Warfare: Ancient Egyptian Military ~ July 8, 2003

militaryhistory.com ~ the Internet | July 8, 2003 | LaDivaloca

[beachn4fun]

Good morning Everyone! REMEMBER......we are ...... Come in and sit a spell.

And to our Military, our allied Military, and President Bush.....Have a wonderful, happy, peaceful, joyful day..... AND REMEMBER....as Willie Nelson would say, "You are always on my Mind."

[tomkow6]

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !

76 degrees as I post this, headin' for around 94 today.
Thunderstorms possible - so what else is new ? LOL!

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[SouthernHawk]

.... The Army Organization???? ....

Looks more like "Navy". Notice how their burkas have them so overloaded (notice that they don't don't want their burkas to get wet - or CLEAN!). DUMP THE BURKAS ! Looks like a call for Tonk, ASAP.

[wolficatZ]

THURSDAY, 8 JULY 1943

AIRCRAFT MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT:
  A-36, North American Apache
  B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
  B-24, Consolidated Liberator
  B-25, North American Mitchell
  B-26, Martin Marauder
  P-38, Lockheed Lightning
  P-40, Curtiss
  P-47, Republic Thunderbolt
  Wellington, Vickers (RAF)

AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force)
    9 B-25's fly a special mission to Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands.

CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS
 
  CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force)
    22 B-24's, escorted by 13 P-40's, attack shipping, docks, and a cement
works at Haiphong, French Indochina.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
  HQ 479th Antisubmarine Group is activated at St Eval, England.  The group
is assigned to the AAF Antisubmarine Command and controls all Antisubmarine
Squadrons in England.
  The 354th, 357th and 358th Fighter Squadrons, 355th Fighter Group, arrive
at Steeple Morden, England from the US with P-47D's. They will fly their
first combat mission on 14 Sep 43.

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  ANTISUBMARINE (AAF Antisubmarine Command)
    German sub, U-232, is sunk off Portugal, 40-37N 13-4lW, by a B-24 of
the 2nd Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy).

  EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force)
    In Sicily, B-24's attack the Catania railway station, telegraph and
telephone buildings, and industrial area; B-25's hit the airfields at
Biscari and Comiso and nearby areas; and P-40's attack Biscari Airfield,
escort bombers over Sicily, and carry out sea patrol.
 
  WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Northwest African Air Force)
     In Sicily, Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) Wellingtons
bomb airfields at Comiso and Catania during the night of 7/8 Jul. During
the day, B-17's, B-25's, and B-26's make several strikes against Gerbini
and its satellite fields; P-38's strafe radar installations in the E part
of Sicily; Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) light bombers hit
Sciacca Airfield while medium bombers hit airfields at Biscari and Comiso;
A-36's attack trucks, a train, railroads, highways, a sulphur plant, and a
marshalling yard at several points in Sicily.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force)
  In New Guinea, B-25's continue to pound enemy positions around Mubo and
along the coast of NE New Guinea, hitting Kela Point and village, Malolo,
Buigap Creek, and trails from Salamaua Airfield and Kennedy's Crossing to
Logui.
  The 319th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 90th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
transfers with B-24's from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia to Port
Moresby, New Guinea.

 

On the Eastern Front... The Battle of Kursk continues. The German advance in the north is less than one mile. To the south the German commanders remain hopeful of a breakthrough but the rate of attrition remains high. Soviet strong points prove difficult to overcome. Meanwhile, Red Army counterattacks, with armor, prevent substantial gains As a result, 195 Soviet tanks were put out of action on July 8..In the Solomon Islands... On New Georgia, US forces make some gains near the Barike River.In the Atlantic... The British Home Fleet cruises off Norway but the Germans fail to notice them. The British intention is to draw attention away from the Mediterranean operations.

July 8 is the eve of the Allied landings on Sicily, "OPERATION HUSKY" .

 

 

North American A-36 "Apache"

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[tomkow6]

 

Hi, WolficatZ!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

[SouthernHawk]

Great post WolficatZ!

To paraphrase the cigarette comercial, "We've come a long way baby!"

(P.S. Watch out for "The BURKA MAN")

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"TOTALLY DIFFERENT"

LMAO! This is one of your best ever humor posts!

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning MeeknMing! Good to see you this morning.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

See You All tonight after work.
I'm on my way out the door in a few minutes.

[SouthernHawk]

Never Mind WolficatZ! I see that I'm too late. LOL!

Welcome to the Canteen anyhow! Glad to have you with us.

[SouthernHawk]

Have a good one Tonk! Remember it won't be long until that vacation starts.

[tomkow6]

You got FREEP

[Fiddlstix]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics J

Coffee & Donuts J

[firewalk]

Good morning Diva
Hope you have a good day
Thanks for the ping

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Fiddlestix. As always so many songs so little time. THANKS!

[wolficatZ]

Do they come in tartan? For my Scottish friends who grumble about the muslim insurgency in the mother country. Buy now, beat the rush!

[Soaring Feather]

GOOD MORNING TROOPS
CANTEEN CREW
EVERYONE!

"Little Blonde FReeper's Tips for the Day"

Read slowly, it sometimes takes a while for the light to shine!

Arbitrator:
A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.

Avoidable:
What a bullfighter tries to do.

Bernadette:
The act of torching a mortgage

Burglarize:
What a crook sees with

Control:
A short, ugly inmate

Counterfeiters:
Workers who put together kitchen cabinets

Eclipse:
What an English barber does for a living

Eyedropper:
A clumsy ophthalmologist

Heroes:
What a guy in a boat does

Left Bank:
What the robber did when his bag was full of loot

Misty:
How golfers create divots

Paradox:
Two physicians

Parasites:
What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Pharmacist:
A helper on the farm

Polarize:
What penguins see with

Primate:
Removing your spouse from in front of the TV

Relief:
What trees do in the spring

Rubberneck:
What you do to relax your wife

Seamstress:
Describes 250 pounds in a size 6

Selfish:
What the owner of a seafood store does

Sudafed:
Brought litigation against a government official

Subdued ...
Like a guy, like works on one of those, like, submarines, man.

Unknown Ghost Writer

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you Military men and Canteen men for the lovely flowers this morning.