The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Airborne Assault Behind Utah Beach (6/5-6/1944) - Nov. 18th, 2003

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[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Radu.

Nice greeting and graphic to see first thing in the morning.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning Snippy!

[SAMWolf]

Hi Manna!

[SAMWolf]

Hi E.G.C. Rain and winds today again.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning Mayor. How goes the job hunting?

[SAMWolf]

Morning SCDogPapa. I have a hard time imagining jumping from an airplane, into ground fire, at night and behind enemy lines. Definately a special breed of American.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning WaterDragon

Gliders for large troop movements pretty much ended after WWII.

If you ever want to read a very good book about the Airborne Operation on D-Day, read "Night Drop" by S.L.A. Marshall

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning WaterDragon, yep our men are good looking that's for sure.

Based on your question about gliders, here is a thread on gliders we did a while back you might like.

The Freeper Foxhole Profiles Gliders and Glider Troops - August 14th, 2003

[SAMWolf]

Morning aomagrat.

Does she have 3 rear turrets? I thought only the Brits did the triple turret arangement.

[snippy_about_it]

Reading it on the train, that's great! These are my favorite types of threads. Glad you and the other commuters are enjoying it.

[SAMWolf]

I feel the same way. I like to have maps available when I'm reading a book about a battle or a campaign. When I had my collection of war games, sometimes I'd use the map from one of the games while I read about a particular battle, some of them were actually quite good.

One of the reasons that I learned geography was my interest in history, hard not to pick up some geography.

[SAMWolf]

Morning ken5050. Thanks, we have threads on the Utah Beach landings and Pont du Hoc assualt planned.

I saw the thread on Colonel Mitchell Paige yesterday. I'll have to check out the NYT article.

[SAMWolf]

How much Disney has changed.



" I love America. Mickey Mouse, yes?! Steamboat Willie! Toot! Toot! I love America. Fancy-Schmancy, yes?! Fancy-Schmancy! Betty Grable! Nice gams!"

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning everyone!

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning feather.

[SAMWolf]

[bandleader]

Dear snippy_about_it,While I was visiting St.Mere Eglise in Dec.2000,I had the priviledge of meeting a man named Howard Manoian.He was a member of Company A,505th PIR,82nd Airborne Division and jumped in there(St.Mere Eglise)on June 5th,1944.Howard is quite a celebrity in those parts.He has lived nearby for nearly 20-years.I am returning to Normandy this December and I hope to find him at the little brasserie(adjacent to the church where John Steele's parachute became snagged)cursing in both French and English!He is rather a curmudgeonly fellow and a HERO among the locals!!

[snippy_about_it]

That's wonderful. Give him a cheer for us!

[Prof Engineer]

1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

I was born in Mark Twain hospital in San Andreas, Calvaras County, about 100 years after the fact.