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I thank you all for your help,by the time I recouped from wounds at the liri,Nobody would talk about it                                                                           parkie

Would somebody be so kind has to help this old guy remember the events surrounding the bombing of the 3rd infantry division by allied bombers in Normandy during the war, I was vacationing in Italy at the time, And I never did find out the particulars about it, Had friends there, would like to...

                                                        ortona pt3 The Christmas feast must have lasted for close to 8 or9 hours that day, the men would come in and eat, get to slip away to a different time for a while, but then have to go back out to relieve the next bunch of fellows. The...

                                          Ortona pt2 I can’t imagine what it must have been like trying to dig those boy’s out of that rubble And the whole while somebody’s lobbing grenades at you and taking pot shots. But if they thought that this would terrorize the men, they were wrong, all...

The battle of ortona I will tell about the battle of Ortona, I can not tell you about the whole thing because most of the fight fell to the Edmonton’s and the Seaforths, Those boy’s had the awful job of trying to squirrel the enemy out of the town. The Patricia’s didn’t enter Ortona until the...

Old vet here I want to tell a little story, I myself have put it behind me, But it will show you the indifference of people. When I came home from the war, there was little for the men coming home to do, some returned to the same back breaking work that they had put on hold to go to war, others...

The old vet here. Has I get closer to the end of this,I want to share with you,from time to time small stories about life,maybe what it was like for soldiers retuning from the war and such. For the young men and women that serve,here at home and in far away places.I know exactly how you feel my...

Amen!! brother.Amen!! Most never bother to honestly ask a soldier anything,about what kind of person he is,or what his ideals are. probably for the most part because they are ashamed of their own integrity or lack of.I think they would like to see the soldier has a direct contradiction to their...

most likely northrop's tierII global hawk                             nick

After a few hours of searching we managed to find this radio clip of the canadian assault on the hitler line. I hope the link works for everyone                                                                                                  A.C.(parkie)...

Haywire? How’s it goin bud?let’s not get into a match of one upping the other guy.over nothing. whatever is out there let’s you and me keep it our little secret? Okay? Friends?    If I knew giving out the number for the local pizza hut might even the smallest little chance put somebody  in...

if you would like to print this,by all means you most certainly may.I wrote this ,because for the most part from what books I have read, people only know what history tells them,I am no hero,I would not even accept my medals until 1997, and I only did so,on the wishes of my granddaughter for her...

The Liri What do I think when I look back at this? You know it is hard to explain, exactly what this means to me. Something that has stuck in my mind all these years. It is like a picture embedded in my memory. When they were carrying me out on a stretcher, we went past the old lad who was one...

That's not fair. George! I have a Lada quietly rusting in the corner.                                                                   Parkie

The shelling kept on and on, it had been going steady for over an hour when the old man, came amongst us, I can’t remember what his name was, I think we called him ‘Bucko’, ‘Give ‘em Hell today boy’s’, I can remember him saying. Our old friends that had shared our battles and spilled blood with...

                                        The Liri valley pt2                              I can remember that day, it was a bright sunny morning, but for the men moving about and equipment readying for the attack, one would never imagine all hell was about to break loose, The companies were...

Parkie wants to tell you all about the battle at the Hitler line in the liri valley.we have to tell it in parts, We will do one part, then perhaps some diary entries then another part and so on, it will be easier on him that way.                                                                ...

that is a great link ,thank you,I have never been able to see a picture of  the sentinel,                                                                                                                         Nick

so ,the fnc ,would that be the belgium,fabrique nationale,not sure if i spelled coorrectly,                                                                                     parkie

yes ,you had to be careful loading the mags,last thing you want to hear is click.if you didn't stagger your rounds in the enfield they jammed too.big mags too.big banana shaped buggers.lots of guys liked them for sniping.most of the war I used a thompson,not an accurate weapon by any means,but...