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Some comments. BBJ, be more specific tell us some actual stories. CCB, I'm pleased to hear you describe yourself as a lady. If there is anything that this world needs it is more ladies to give us common scruffy Soldiers someone to respect. I'm an old dinosaur I don't believe in having women...

Further to Operation Goldflake: http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/fourth_dimension/2004/mar04/15_fd_e.htm

Interesting? the following quote is from Dileas by Kim Beattie; "  THE 48th Highlanders were on deck at full strength when         France was sighted on a morning so beautiful it rivalled the               brightness of their spirits, which were soaring. Replete with         American coffee...

The Swiss Guard at The Vatican. Just a guess.

An interesting read on this subject is "The Cream of the Crop" by Allan English it is full of statistical information and quotes from reports as far back as WW I. Not an easy read but it does deal with the subject matter of this string and how it was handled by the RCAF during WW II. "The...

A very interesting string but the subject goes much deeper than anything that can be covered here. It is not that long ago that soldiers were put up against the wall and shot for what we now refer to as PTSD. I recall an incident where we had a chap go out under escort for evaluation, he came...

Name the only woman to have served in the Royal Marines?

My experience with the 60mm was that it was a Coy weapon to provide DF Tasks, smoke for withdrawl of units in trouble or about to assault and lighting at night. Why would you need such a small mortar to fire 6000 m. The mortar is not a precise weapon it has a beaten zone the size of which...

Who is they? General D.D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force which meant that he was in charge of land forces not the Air Forces and Navies. You and our Deputy Senior Reporter need to read some history and find out who was on 1st base. At the time of the operation that...

Do you not think that in this particular instance that the reference is confusing?

ANOTHER TWIT HEARD FROM!! "Upon the instruction of then Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Dwight Eisenhower, the Allies were ordered to carry out a firebomb attack." US President Dwight Eisenhower? i know that FDR only had a couple of months to live at that time but Harry...

Probably the reason that the Cross in not worth very much is that more than 48,000 were issued. http://www.virtuti.com/order/articles/cassino.html A suggestion why don't people do more Google it is not difficult. The only reason I pressed on with this one is that a chap I know lost an arm at...

From Dileas by Kim Beattie: As for the superb fitness of the new 48th Highlander, go with him         on a 1942 assault run: in smoke, explosions and rattling machine-guns,         he crawls tunnels, swims or wades rivers, leaps trenches, vaults barb-         wire by using planks, corrugated...

"they learned stealthy tactics, espec. the paras who had to sneak up on guards and knife them, etc, which the main troops did not learn." The following is a story about stealth it took place against the German Parachutist in broad daylight. Extracted from Dileas by Kim Beattie: " Capt...

Commandos mastered BAZOOKAS hmmm???. One of the problems at Anzio was at the beginning the Americans had more vehicles ashore than men. More comments to come.

When I was a young lad before WW II a chum of mine's Father used to regale us with exploits of daring do with his motor cycle during the Boer War. Maybe the operative word is Recorded or maybe it was just an old soldier's BS.

Just a couple of comments. The following two paras concern the massive artillery support comments and are extracted from Dileas by Kim Beattie.   1-                 "The artillery representatives with the infantry-O.C.'s Rep at Tac                    H.Q. and F.O.Os. with the...

aesop081 While I didn't mention any particular regiment you seem to know the regiment I was thinking of. Why is that? The Royal 22nd have been a regiment with a fine record in action. Former Governor General Vanier served as the CO of the 22nd during WW I continued to lead his battalion even...

No one has answed my questions yet. From what I have been told Gen  Dallaire is a very fine human being and a wonderfull speaker. What we need are officers of ACTION on our foreign assignments. The last I heared was that Gen Dallaire has received at least $35000.00 from the Federal Government...

Right off I'll state that I am not a fan of General Dallaire Some questions: 1- According to news reports at the time Gen. Dallaire actually witnessed the execution of some Belgian Soldiers. Why did he not just charge right in there instead of taking off in the other direction? 2- Why did Gen...