Where would YOU serve in WW2? - Page 36

jamesriddle32 · #**876** (**permalink**) March 12th, 2009, 12:14 PM

or i'd be in the 1st ranger battalion

JCFalkenbergIII · #**877** (**permalink**) March 12th, 2009, 12:37 PM

I think you mean this one.

Miguel B. · #**878** (**permalink**) March 12th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you...
Any wrong you do he's gonna see
When you're in Texas look behind you
Cause that's where the Rangers gonna be!

Cheers...

A-58 · #**879** (**permalink**) March 13th, 2009, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JCFalkenbergIII

I think you mean this one.

I was thinking the same thing. Did the Ranger Battalion in the Pacific use the same patch? I think that the Pacific area battalion was numbered after one of the battalions that was wiped out in Italy if I'm not mistaken.

JCFalkenbergIII · #**880** (**permalink**) March 13th, 2009, 02:40 AM

The scrolls were authorized only for local wear. Here is a good site for info on Ranger insignia WWII to the present.

Military Ranger Patches History 1

military ranger patches 1

A-58 · #**881** (**permalink**) March 13th, 2009, 06:35 PM

Good info on the link. Some there I was familiar with, some were not. Now I have some more information and units to dig up! Thanks for the tip.

Drew5233 · #**882** (**permalink**) March 13th, 2009, 07:18 PM

Apologies for not going through all 850 odd posts in case someone has mentioned it already.

Given the choice I would have served in Dad's Army

ghost_of_war · #**883** (**permalink**) March 14th, 2009, 01:01 PM

Good link, JC.....

N304554551n · #**884** (**permalink**) March 15th, 2009, 05:31 PM

I think I would wanna be 101st Airborne cuz of their uniform lol
or Afrika korps
or Waffen SS. elite of the elites baby :P

JCFalkenbergIII · #**885** (**permalink**) March 15th, 2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by N304554551n

I think I would wanna be 101st Airborne cuz of their uniform lol
or Afrika korps
or Waffen SS. elite of the elites baby :P

T. A. Gardner · #**886** (**permalink**) March 15th, 2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by N304554551n

I think I would wanna be 101st Airborne cuz of their uniform lol
or Afrika korps
or Waffen SS. elite of the elites baby :P

Thankfully, most armies were desperately short of cannon fodder so you'd get your wish. A reminder that you should be careful what you wish for.

Wolfy · #**887** (**permalink**) March 15th, 2009, 09:10 PM

I want to be a Red army rifleman, preferably in a penal battalion or in a "tank rider" section in 1941-1942.

A-58 · #**888** (**permalink**) March 16th, 2009, 10:58 PM

If I had to be in the Red Army, and had a choice, then I'd volunteer to be a laison to one of those all-female companies....

JCFalkenbergIII · #**889** (**permalink**) March 16th, 2009, 11:04 PM

Or in this Soviet unit ? LOL

http://www.ww2f.com/what-if/23283-mo...t-battles.html

A-58 · #**890** (**permalink**) March 16th, 2009, 11:23 PM

Nice try, but the all-female unit would be the better choice by far.

topyob · #**891** (**permalink**) March 17th, 2009, 11:06 PM

You lot who would like to be in the thick of it and risk death are nuts. Give me the Army Pay Corps at Aldershot Barracks any day.

Totenkopf · #**892** (**permalink**) March 17th, 2009, 11:28 PM

I wouldnt want to be in but I would like to have some sort of TV screen that would let me watch the Red guards divisions in the Baltic campaign 44-45. They were a fascinating lot.

blacksnake · #**893** (**permalink**) March 18th, 2009, 07:32 AM

There is only 1 place to be when the bell tolls... And that's running across the runway to go strap on your Spitfire and go pick a fight.

Tomcat · #**894** (**permalink**) March 18th, 2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by blacksnake

There is only 1 place to be when the bell tolls... And that's running across the runway to go strap on your Spitfire and go pick a fight.

I was going to say something witty about this comment, but have decided to leave it

dusky · #**895** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyPants

hello Dusky.....in my opinion there is no problem with any of the choices, of units picked here (I myself mentioned dangerous ones too) ......it's just that some of the comments made by users (perhaps it's just the choice of words).......... - sound as if they are only picking them because they are famous (mini series/movie has been made about them)........and in fact don't know or realise how dangerous it actually was - perhaps if they knew this, their choice may be different

. (still there is nothing wrong with that either - just some of us who do know are explaining this).

I would like to know out of interest .......who would still pick paratroopers......if "Band of brothers" or "A bridge too far" were not made........hence these kinds of units would not be as famous as they are nowadays.

...maybe we would have someone working on "the red bull express" or on "sentry duty at a fuel dump"........maybe a chaplin ...... I like jeep drivers too

I believe the Crete operations and Operation Market Garden (British perspective) have not been very highlighted within media, so don't pointchyo finger at me. hahah.

But, regardless of what I post, Band of Brothers kicks ass. I have yet to see A Bridge Too Far, however I just got Patton in the mail

I would also have loved to have been Vasily Grigorevich, the famous Sniper of Stalingrad

JCFalkenbergIII · #**896** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 02:11 AM

Most of the movie "A Bridge Too Far" IS from the "British perspective".

A-58 · #**897** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 02:21 AM

Yes, but the jump scenes were great! I think that movie could use a make-over now.

Totenkopf · #**898** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dusky

I would also have loved to have been Vasily Grigorevich, the famous Sniper of Stalingrad

Really? Having the ability to look at your victims face? Having the ability to know that he is not "enemy" but a person? Having the knowledge of killing a man that never got to experience marriage? Never went to college?

I have though about it as well. War is not about prestige.

Triple C · #**899** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 04:09 AM

So... plenty of boys mean to live for ever huh? I would not want to be in any place where I can get my balls shot off.

I am no soldier, but I know enough to tell you this: Being in the army is called SERVING for a good reason. It is not about what you want and where you want it. You are to follow orders, salute people, live in filth, fight, and if necessary, die.

Patriotism, thirst for adventure or glory are all reasons as good as any. But one should think carefully about what just what one is signing up to. It isn't what most people on this thread think it to be, anyhow.

JCFalkenbergIII · #**900** (**permalink**) March 19th, 2009, 04:31 AM

I suggest that some here with what they think of what war is like and not what can happen to you take a look at this thread and read about what is left out of videogames and other things.

A Soldier Strips the Romance Out of Life at War