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Kai-Petri Kenraali

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Yes, Panzerknacker!

Over to you!

Kai-Petri, Jul 10, 2003

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Panzerknacker...

It´s over to you...

Hallo?!

Kai-Petri, Jul 13, 2003

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I'm here Kai-I have been a bit busy lately-thats all...give me a few minutes and I will attempt to find a mind-boggling question for you guys...

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 15, 2003

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Got one yet Knacker?

CvM

With broken heart and bowed in sadness, but not in shame, I report to your Excellency that today I must arrange terms for the surrender of the fortified islands of Manila Bay… With profound regret and the continued pride in my gallant troops I go to meet the Japanese commander. Good-Bye, Mr. President. - Gen. Wainwright, May 5, 1942

Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jul 16, 2003

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Panzerknacker has gotten more than 2880 minutes so maybe he should write a question soon...

Yours faithfully, Munken

"Veni, Vidi, Vici"= I came I saw, I conquered. - Julius Caesar.
"We shall never surrender"- Winston Churchill.
"United we are strong, united we will win"

Munken, Jul 17, 2003

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Chill Pills everyone, here it is.....

Name the only member of the Australian Defence Force to have been awarded the DSO w/2 bars.

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
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"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 17, 2003

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Is that twice(?) received...?

Robert Alexander Little from Windsor Victoria. Commissioned into the Royal Naval Air Service late in January 1916, he later became a captain and the 8th top-scoring British ace with 47 enemy fighters shot down. An ace was a flier with five or more victories. Little was awarded the Distinguished Service Order twice and the Distinguished Service Cross twice. He was 22 when shot down and killed on May 27, 1918, while attacking a German bomber.

Little once stated "I did not want to live the life as an old coward".

He once single-handedly attacked a flight of 11 Albatross Scouts of the Baron Von Richthofen 'Flying Circus'.

Kai-Petri, Jul 18, 2003

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Kai-that means he has received the decoration 3 times...
Not the man I'm after...

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 19, 2003

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*bump*

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 23, 2003

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I will guess Commander Warwick Bracegirdle, who got the DSO and 2 bars, but he was RAN, not ADF...

[ 24. July 2003, 03:35 PM: Message edited by: Vermillion ]

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Sorry V-not Bracegirdle....should I post the answer guys?

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 28, 2003

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Looks like you might have to make a new question, Panzerknacker...

Kai-Petri, Jul 28, 2003

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Ok-the answer was Norman Marshall.

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 28, 2003

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New question is:-
Where does the method of saluting come from, and what does it represent?

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 28, 2003

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In the age of chivalry the knights were all mounted and wore steel armour, which covered the body completely. When two friendly knights met it was the custom for each to raise the visor and expose his face to the view of the other. This was always done with the right hand, the left being used to hold the reins. It was a significant gesture of friendship and confidence, since it exposed the features and also removed the right hand from the vicinity of a weapon (sword).

The first order (?):

The Coldstream Guards Regimental Order of 1745 reads: ‘The men are ordered not to pull off their hats when the when they pass an officer, or to speak to them, but only to clap up their hands to their hats and bow as they pass them’.

Kai-Petri, Jul 29, 2003

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Spot On Kai-somehow each country developed their own manner of doing this age-old custom though...
Regardless...Your turn Kenraali Kai....

"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, Jul 29, 2003

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Thanx Panzerknacker!

Name the two men who developed a deflector shield for the propeller blade so that the pilot could aim a machine gun through the whirling blade of a propeller without destroying it ( in early WW1 )!

Kai-Petri, Jul 29, 2003

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Tip: one of the grand slam places is called the same....

Kai-Petri, Aug 1, 2003

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The next tip....

Kai-Petri, Aug 4, 2003

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Antony Fokker and Louis Stange?

With broken heart and bowed in sadness, but not in shame, I report to your Excellency that today I must arrange terms for the surrender of the fortified islands of Manila Bay… With profound regret and the continued pride in my gallant troops I go to meet the Japanese commander. Good-Bye, Mr. President. - Gen. Wainwright, May 5, 1942

Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Aug 4, 2003

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