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July 11th, 2003, 08:55 PM
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Well,
It's hard to say, as many of the units at the time were new i.e. Para, SAS, LRDG etc, but my choices would be,
Britain, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne.
German, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne (did they have them in the Fallshirmjaeger?) or SS (cos it was an elite, not because of what it stood for or believed)
US, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne.
Russian, - anti-tank gunner 1941-42, ground attack airplane pilot 1943-45.
France, - a white flag holding POW! or the foreign legion [img]smile.gif[/img]
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July 22nd, 2003, 03:18 AM
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1st preference would be to serve in pattons army during there rescue to the 101st airborne strandard in bocage.
2nd preference would have to be the rangers storming up omaha beach.
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July 22nd, 2003, 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Phil:
Well,
It's hard to say, as many of the units at the time were new i.e. Para, SAS, LRDG etc, but my choices would be,
Britain, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne.
German, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne (did they have them in the Fallshirmjaeger?) or SS (cos it was an elite, not because of what it stood for or believed)
US, - a combat engineer attached to the airborne.
Russian, - anti-tank gunner 1941-42, ground attack airplane pilot 1943-45.
France, - a white flag holding POW! or the foreign legion [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Or maybe a French soldier around Lille who were given full military honours on surrendering to Germans after saving the British Armys backside towards Dunkirk, or the French soldier or naval marine who defended the Dunkirk perimeter with his British colleagues, or a French commander in the Dunkirk Bastion co-ordinating the defence of the rearguards to enable us to ship off the French beaches?
Or maybe even the French soldier who knowing there would be no surrender at Calais fought on to the end with his British colleagues?
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:12 PM
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:18 PM
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? why ?
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:22 PM
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Fortunately, they were squashed like the little tattletelling back-stabbing bugs that they really are.
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:30 PM
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Eeeeeeeek, some really freakin weirdo stuff huh ?
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:37 PM
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Fallout from too much exposure to wadf. 
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July 23rd, 2003, 05:53 PM
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Kampfvon-root, I think we are all still interested why the Einsatzgruppen ? reasons please....
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July 23rd, 2003, 06:28 PM
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cat got your tongue eh ? hmmmmm a poser amongst us. No matter I guess I could follow his isp number for more info on him....
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July 23rd, 2003, 07:26 PM
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Carl, Erich, I suppose I could go searching, but Im lost, whats going on? This some nasty unit or something? Im not up on the German or Russian side of things too much.
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July 23rd, 2003, 07:30 PM
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Quote:
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Carl, Erich, I suppose I could go searching, but Im lost, whats going on? This some nasty unit or something? Im not up on the German or Russian side of things too much.
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No forget it chaps, just did a quick recce, and the pics on one site were enough for me.
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July 23rd, 2003, 08:18 PM
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Hi Urgh--sent you a PM with a tiny explanation. 
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July 23rd, 2003, 08:29 PM
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Cheers Carl got it.
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July 24th, 2003, 02:25 AM
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I had to look it up but to save someone else the trouble it was mobile killing squads that the Germans created during the war.
These would come in handy for the people in Austin Texas who have cars but can't drive !
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WAR IS EVIL
Remember that, when you guys are dreaming about it at night. Erich...take a chill pill.
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July 24th, 2003, 02:57 PM
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If I couldn't get assigned to A,B,C, or D. I'd like to be an aide to SS-Oberführer Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger.
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July 24th, 2003, 03:00 PM
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Wasn't Dirlewanger as psychotic, if not more so, than Hitler? Seems I remember that he was imprisoned for a number of heinous crimes before the war including the rape of young girls....
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July 24th, 2003, 04:18 PM
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My inquiry was serious .........
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July 24th, 2003, 05:18 PM
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Serious.
Q:
Do you know how to make roaches (in this case--roach) come out of the woodwork?
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"You smoke them out."
Well--the said roach in question has been smoked out of hiding.
Good job at smoking the roach out Erich. [img]graemlins/rk.gif[/img]
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SH?GIWW?
FDMDIEAVRDIEAUSUF
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A bit of a nationalistic answer here, as I am a Canadian. I wouldn't mind serving as Fighter Group Captain in the Royal (Canadian) Air Force attached to the RAF. It would find it an honor to fly with J. Johnson.
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July 26th, 2003, 09:26 PM
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Well said Otto.
I also wouldn't mind serving with the 36th Infantry Division--the T-patchers. It was a Division from Texas and with many many Texans in it's ranks.
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