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A Short Story: My Dad's First Month in Combat
"Kathy Rages" wrote in message ... In article , Dennis wrote: Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: "Jonathan" writes: "Alan Erskine" alom wrote in message **** off dickhead Why in the world does my post offend you? Possibly confused keyboarder? Your post was most worthwhile! I second that fully!!!!! Note that Alan Erskine's response was in sci.space.policy, where this thread really is off-topic. I've been posting to that ng for six or eight years. And US space policy, is, and always has been mostly about the military. -- Kathy Rages Dennis |
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A Short Story: My Dad's First Month in Combat (Rewrite)
"Keith W" writes:
Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: "Keith W" writes: Jonathan wrote: Putting myself in my father's shoes, his first month in combat during WW2 should read something like this.... General MacArthur, in keeping his famous promise, steadily advanced from one Pacific Island to another, so the HQ of my unit, the 307th Bombardment Group, the Long Rangers "Jungle Air Force" moved with him. From Midway to Canton Island and Guadalcanal. On to air fields at New Georgia, Los Negros and finally to the Wadke Island Aerodrome just off the coast of New Guinea. The last 'hop' before the long promised Big Invasion. My new airfield was just captured from the japs during 'Operation Straight Line', only 4 jap soldiers survived. Little did anyone know that several thousand more jap soldiers died in a remote cave on the island, hiding from the bombers. They hid so well that 62 years passed before their skeletons were to be found, and properly buried. Given that the island is only 1.5 miles long x 1 mile wide, that it was defended by a single Japanese battalion and captured by a single US Infantry regiment several thousands seems somewhat exaggerated. The linked story was sparse and I did not have time to search further: it seems "a few" is more like it, and several locals too. It is not mentioned how or why they died there---could it be they got lost in the caves, or fell down in someplace with no exit? More likely the cave roof collapsed during the bombardment. Ah... poor devils. -- Gernot Hassenpflug Aunkai |
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A Short Story: My Dad's First Month in Combat
On 4/04/2012 2:42 AM, Jonathan wrote:
"Alan wrote in message ond.com... **** off dickhead Why in the world does my post offend you? You continuously cross-post this crap to the sci.space groups. |
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A Short Story: My Dad's First Month in Combat
"Alan Erskine" wrote in message news On 4/04/2012 2:42 AM, Jonathan wrote: "Alan wrote in message ond.com... **** off dickhead Why in the world does my post offend you? You continuously cross-post this crap to the sci.space groups. That's because this ng has about 4 posters left. And a couple of them ...eh hum...aren't all that friendly. |
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...To Alan the Prick
"Alan Erskine" wrote in message news On 4/04/2012 2:42 AM, Jonathan wrote: "Alan wrote in message ond.com... **** off dickhead Why in the world does my post offend you? You continuously cross-post this crap to the sci.space groups. I spent weeks researching and writing that post about my late father, and all you respond with is 'it's crap' and '**** off'. You're a worthless piece of ****. s |
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Thanks Tiffany |
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