We have the where would you serve.. And the 82nd airborne has a waiting list... Easy company 101 is full.. The ss requires references and 2 months deposit in advance. So where do you not want to go? And a reason? For me I dont want to go to Hong Kong with the Canadians in 1941. I shouldn't be there, I would be more use in Rangoon. We may even change some history.. Where dont you want to be?

I would not like to be a sub navel guy,there is more risks.
I also would not want to serve at the Russian front,why,the Russians are badarse soilders that don't have any remorse.

Malta. The service was simply ghastly. 32 minutes just to get the drinks, and no sugar for the tea. Barbaric I'd say. And don't get me started on the golf course...

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'We march. The enemy is retreating in transport. We follow on foot.' Lt.Neil McCallum 5/7 Gordons 19th November 1942

Full of holes?

Behind the Union Jack Club bar on VE day.

Though on reading this:
BBC - WW2 People's War - VE and VJ Celebrations.
It sounds like most bars were sold out anyway... so maybe I've erred and it'd be an easy post.

~A

I would probably do whatever I could to avoid Hiroshima and Nagasaki the first couple weeks of August 1945. The Rhur Valley would need to be given a wide berth as well.

Anyplace cold or inclimate whatsoever is off the list as well as anyplace without running water and concierge service.

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"Logos, Philos, Arete"

I'd avoid being Luftschutz in Hamburg or Defense Passive in Le Havre, Homefront in Coventry or Rotterdam. Then I'd rather not go the Ostfront.

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I would really like to avoid the Romanian oil fields between June of 1942, until August of 1944 when the allies bombed Ploesti almost without let up! Fighting fires isn't fun by any stretch, and doing it in a "flammable" area has to bite the big one.

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Happy Trails,
Clint.

Bingo.

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'We march. The enemy is retreating in transport. We follow on foot.' Lt.Neil McCallum 5/7 Gordons 19th November 1942

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the battle of Stalingrad.

On land.

I'm with Heidi on this one; no U-boat service for me! Weren't the KIA rates over 70%?

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"I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did." - Gen. George S. Patton
"In 9 months and 3 days of combat on the Continent the 949th FA Bn had fired 51,000 rounds of ammunition, approimately 2,550 tons." - Unit History

I wouldn't want to be anywhere inside Lengrand during the siege period when they ate every thing they saw

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Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end

Nice one

MP's a much maligned bunch of fun guys... Friends to all

Wading ashore after one of those landing crafts got stuck at Tarawa.

Stuck on the beach at Dunkirk knowing there were no more boats coming.

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WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY, FOR YOUR TOMORROW,WE GAVE OUR TODAY. Epitaph on the Kohima memorial .

True... True only so many welshmem were allocated places in the boats.. The singing you see boyo...

ahh .. The famous us marine rallying call comes to mind... Watch out for spiders men..

On the Atlantik Wall in Normandy ... Four years staring at a beach you're not allowed to sunbathe on ... Then it's all over in one morning !!

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When I finally get to Heaven, to St. Peter I will tell, "Another Marine reporting sir, I've served my time in Hell".

No submarine service for me, on either side. I toured one once and after 10 minutes, I was ready to scream. Plus, the likelihood of returning intact was pretty low.

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"Faint heart never won fair maiden", so I say "Go for it!"

Lou

exactly!!.......anything with more legs or less legs, than you, is not to be trusted and shot on sight.

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"Logos, Philos, Arete"

And not in what color shoes?

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On the Plains of Hesitation
lies the blackend bones of countless millions
who, at the dawn of victory sat down to rest,
and resting died....
(author unknown-I wish it was me)

I wouldn't want to serve in a POW camp. I heard that the health care there is really poor, and there are no choices either.

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On the Plains of Hesitation
lies the blackend bones of countless millions
who, at the dawn of victory sat down to rest,
and resting died....
(author unknown-I wish it was me)

Only for GI's. Brits were entitled to private barracks and red cross nursing.