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

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[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Snip & Sam~

Bump for a later read! Thanks.

[SAMWolf]

PFC John Steele

St. Mere Eglise Church, PFC John Steele was played by Red Buttons in "The Longest Day"

[SAMWolf]

Morning Prof_Engineer.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning w_over_w. Another long one today.

[Prof Engineer]

G'morning Sam.

I've had a soft spot for the Airborne since my kid sister served with the 101st. Cool post today.

[aomagrat]

Yes, she had three rear turrets. All on the centerline. The last two were back to back.

[w_over_w]

Another long one today.

Yep . . . and then some. But I'll get this thread covered . . . too important.

[SAMWolf]

HMS Nelson

I've only seen the Brits do that and they had them forward.

[SAMWolf]

I'm just getting lazy. It's too hard to figure out what to edit out. :-)

[w_over_w]

I'm just getting lazy. It's too hard to figure out what to edit out.

Misread ya Sam. I thought the "long one" you were referring to was my busy workday. Your threads are never too long . . . well . . . almost never. Don't change a thing, yours and Snips work is excellent.

You lazy?!? Hardly . . .

[Colonel_Flagg]

Good morning!

Outstanding work today, as always. All credit to the heroes of the Airborne. Hope you are doing well today!

[snippy_about_it]

You lazy?!? Hardly . . .

Lazy, ha! That's a word we would never use to describe SAM. Shame on you SAMWolf. :)

What really happens is it is all such good information it's tough to decide what you can leave out. Thank you w_over_w for the compliment.

[snippy_about_it]

Good afternoon Colonel. Today is one of my favorites. SAM has one on Pont Du Hoc coming up that I am really looking forward to.

I'm well, in fact I find myself in a very chipper mood today. I trust you are well also.

[snippy_about_it]

Shortly before midnight the principal enemy threat was unexpectedly removed when the Germans on the hill opposing Company A hoisted a white flag. Bluffed into overestimating Company A's strength, chiefly by the increasing volume of mortar and machine-gun fire laid down by Lieutenant Swanson's men, eighty-seven Germans marched into the American lines. Another fifty, attempting to escape north, were shot down by American prisoners who had been freed by the surrender.

Ha! Take that. Amazing.

With grenades and rifles and one machine gun, this handful of men fought off the enemy and even succeeded in disabling two enemy tanks with Gammon grenades, but they finally had to withdraw northward to join the 2d Battalion of the 507th.

No troops are tougher than we are, imho!

Great read SAM, long... but I enjoyed absolutely all of it!!

Good choice, thanks.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Any day at work is a "long one"

[SAMWolf]

Hi Colonel Flagg.

Arriving by helicopter is scary enough, jumping out of a plane is more than I think I'd want to do.

[SAMWolf]

My problem is that I just love this stuff and hate to leave things out.

[SAMWolf]

You're Welcome Snippy.

If you thought this was good, wait til you read about the Rangers at Pont du Hoc.

[WaterDragon]

Thanks, I'll look into that one.

[WaterDragon]

How did I miss that one? Thanks!

the glider made what amounted to a crash landing.

I think the difference for an airplane with power is that their landings are called controlled crashes! LOL