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February 3rd, 2008, 09:43 PM
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where has this site been all my life!
hello there,
25yr old Belgian living in Gabon, W-africa and always been a fan of WW2 history.
I can't believe I haven't found this site earlier, it's awesome!
So there you have it, another new member joins the ranks to keep the memory alive
See you around on the forums
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February 3rd, 2008, 10:10 PM
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Re: where has this site been all my life!
From Gabon! Now that's something new here!
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February 3rd, 2008, 10:14 PM
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Welcome Piron  .
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February 4th, 2008, 02:40 AM
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Re: where has this site been all my life!
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From Gabon! Now that's something new here!
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I would say so, Miguel.
Welcome Piron, glad to have ya. As far as where has this forum been? It's been "rat cheer."* 
*Southern US pronunciation of "right here."
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Hello Piron,
Welcome and join the "gang"! We have lots of interesting things to discuss!
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February 4th, 2008, 03:02 PM
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Welcome on board Piron. I hope we"ll be able to share some nice thoughts together.
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February 4th, 2008, 03:20 PM
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Hi Piron,
Welcome on board.
I think I know you by name on some Dutch forums, you also search with an metaldetector?
Regards,
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Welcome to the forum Piron. Glad to have you aboard. Happy posting
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February 4th, 2008, 05:03 PM
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Wow, such a warm welcome, many thanks guys
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I think I know you by name on some Dutch forums, you also search with an metaldetector?
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Must be someone else, sorry, this is the first time I used this nick on a forum
Actually Jean Piron was a Belgian commanding a small contingent of soldiers from Luxemburg and Belgium. They landed on the normandy beeches a week or two after DDay, working their way all the way up to Brussels and into Germany
Hell, I'll make it my first real contribution to the site when I have some time
Also there was a minor battle in Gabon at the start of WW2 involving the Free French and Vichy forces, that'll be my 2nd contribution
Soo many ideas, I have a feeling i'm gonna enjoy myself here
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Yes Piron, looks like your the first from that part of the world....
Hows the weather?!
Welcome aboard
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February 4th, 2008, 06:45 PM
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Hey Piron, any news about western refugees arriving from Tchad in Gabon tonight?
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February 4th, 2008, 07:15 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
Good to see people around the world come onto one website..
(Its better then a phone!)
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February 4th, 2008, 08:26 PM
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Hey Piron, any news about western refugees arriving from Tchad in Gabon tonight?
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actually i do. I work with the World Bank here and the staff from Chad came to our office today to work/contact families, etc
permit me to go off topic here but since the q was asked:
They told me it was hell out there, dead bodies (mostly civilians)in the streets, mortar rounds and machine gun fire all over the place. One shell actually hit very close to them but luckily noone was injured. All staff are safe and accounted for, except two chadians who wanted to stay behind.
Apparently Deby's gonna manage to subdue the rebellion after all. He was surrounded in his palace but held out there with his guard, even refusing a french offer to evacuate him
The bulk of the Chadian army was at the border with Sudan and they were completely taken by surprise by the attack on Ndjamena. They're pouring into the city as we speak and should normally succeed in driving the rebels back.
No way the rebels could have pulled this off without Sudanese help, don't believe a word they're saying on TV as if they have nothing to do with it. Sudan wants to block the EU force that was supposed to deploy this week, so they can keep covering up what they're doing in Darfur...
Not that Deby's a school boy either of course...
Ach makes you wonder if humanity has learned nothing from the carnage of WW2 :/
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February 4th, 2008, 09:59 PM
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Welcome to the forum
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February 4th, 2008, 11:42 PM
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Interesting times and places indeed! Just make sure you aren't going to die of lead poisoning 
When it all dies down, aren't you going to need a construction project controls manager for, say, the country's infrastructure, French speaking and all?
I mean it!
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Hi Piron andwelcome from PommeLand! Enjoy the forum and I hope you learn as much from it as I have.
If there is anything we can ever do just ask!
Cheers,
Stefan
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Hello there. I suspect it's marginally warmer there than it is here ?
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Thanks for the info Piron. It is always nice to have first hand news.
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Another Belgian 
welgekomen or is it bienvenue ?
anyways welcome.
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February 5th, 2008, 01:45 PM
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Two Belgians, one Portagee, that means we're winning
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