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September 10th, 2003, 04:59 PM
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Thanks again for the warm welcome! I expected to find another shipment of books in my mailbox when I got home from work today, but unfortunately I'll have to wait a few more days. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Its good to know i'm not the only one buying books all the time!! [img]smile.gif[/img] I had another couple arrive this morning. Think my bank manager hates me!!   |
September 11th, 2003, 02:48 PM
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I KNOW mine does....Didin't get any books today but a letter from my bank...telling me they blocked my account!!!   [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
Have to sort them out again.... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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September 11th, 2003, 03:41 PM
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Stevin ! what's this ? blocked account to buy some "needed" books eh ............. ? what a shame.....
still workin on the ol PC to get it updated and maybe by next Tuesday and wha-la !!!!
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September 11th, 2003, 06:30 PM
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Sorry to hear that Stevin.
I also sent you a PM regarding something I owe you.
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September 11th, 2003, 07:56 PM
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Thanks for the concern guys [img]graemlins/vc.gif[/img] , but not to worry!! It is less of a problem than it looks. The unblocking is imminent!
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September 11th, 2003, 10:16 PM
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That's cool. I have not had any accounts blocked before but, there has been a few times that my payment on credit card bills, were made several days late because of an employee not paying attention and posting my payment to anothers account. Good thing I keep all reciepts for up to a year. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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September 12th, 2003, 04:23 PM
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Thats good stevin we can't have someone on the forum not buying books. I mean we have to keep up with Freddy and his credit card |
September 12th, 2003, 04:29 PM
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I just got a new book called "HITLER'S COMMANDERS: German Bravery 1939-1945" by James Lucas.
Anyone read it before? I've just started and so far it's pretty good.
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September 12th, 2003, 08:15 PM
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I think my dad has read it, apparently its excellent and I 'should read it' (at least as soon as I have read all the rest of the stuff I 'should' read, I have a stack about 4 feet high of books I 'should' read after I finish the ones I 'have to' read).
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September 13th, 2003, 09:00 AM
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I am pretty sure Carl wrote about this book before. I guess he must have read it. I saw it in the bookstore, was in dubio, but didn't buy it as it was not my main area of interest...
...Yes, I was strong that day....
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September 13th, 2003, 10:13 PM
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Hi Stevin, I might have but I cannot remember.  [img]smile.gif[/img]
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September 13th, 2003, 10:46 PM
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I am reading "The Regiment" by Farley Mowat, for about the 6th or 7th time. One of my favourite books it tells the story of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regt. otherwise known as the Hasty P's from their call up through training, Sicily, Italy and finally Holland
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September 14th, 2003, 05:32 AM
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I've still got my copy of Mowat's ' And No Birds Sang ' in my 'waiting to be read' pile, Smoke....
Predictably, I'm re-reading Charles B McDonald's ' A Time For Trumpets ' for the umpteenth time, in preparation for my Ardennes trip in two weeks.... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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September 14th, 2003, 07:23 PM
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Im Reading David Howarth's 1066: The Year of the Conquest
im almost dont, the Normans just landed, after this im going to read a biography of Otto von Bismark by A.J.P. Taylor
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September 14th, 2003, 08:50 PM
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Give us a quick review if you get time when you finish 1066 mate, I was thinking of buying that one but wasnt in my top 10 when compared with some others I want, but Howarth is a good author in my view and Im in two minds.
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September 15th, 2003, 05:12 PM
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Martin, you do have to complement the book you mentioned on the Ardenne........
After the Battle monster on the battle(s) ?
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September 15th, 2003, 05:17 PM
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That's right, Erich - it'll be tough deciding which ones not to take over there..Pallud, Cavanagh, Vorwald, McDonald, Toland, Tolhurst....
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September 15th, 2003, 06:34 PM
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should be something small and of course several good maps to take along.........of course you do not want anything hindering you from all those nice relic's you'll be finding
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September 17th, 2003, 03:46 AM
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Band of Brothers is the popular account of D-Day for the Screaming Eagles but I wanted something more than just a little story so........
I read Burgett's "As Eagles Screamed" a first person account of a paratrooper's few days in combat in Normandy before getting wounded.
On the same theme I have started "Parachute Infantry" by Webster. He also gets wounded after only a few days.
The two books are starkly different. Both were written shortly after the war but I suspect Webster's book is more researched, while Burgett tells a more personal "this is the way it happened" kind of story.
Burgett comes across as a highly trained killer while Webster is one who admittedly never volunteers for anything and spends most of his time trying not to get killed. One wonders how they got through boot camp together.
While Burgett seems to come across as the hero he never really goes into any of his thoughts; they are purely business. Webster on the other hand has a lot of opinions and he seems to want to write more than the first person story. He has many opinions that I suspect he wrote after the fact.
Both good books for what they are worth (they are both very affordable) and easy to read, they add to the multitude of accounts of the 101st Airborne Division's heroic battles.
But of course, "Rendezvous with Destiny" is the one to have if you want the story of the 101st.
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September 17th, 2003, 02:55 PM
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hey major destruction, thanx for the input on the book, I'll definetly have to check that one out. I've been trying to find good books on the airborne divisions and have came up with band of brothers so far, not a good search. if anyone else know any other books about the airborne operation, it'd be greatly apprectiated. thanx
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September 17th, 2003, 04:38 PM
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There are quite a few around - available in the shops now is George Koskimaki's 'The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne' ( Casemate Press 2003 ) a very good collection of first-hand experiences of Bastogne from 101st veterans.
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September 18th, 2003, 03:14 PM
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I've just picked what appears to be a great book - Unser General from the 24th Panzer Division's veteran organization. It's basically a biography on Swords winner - General der Panzertruppen Fhr. von Edelsheim
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