Challenge: Salute to the Military: May 27-29th
May 29, 2019 13:54:39 #
lhammer43 wrote:
Looks like I got lucky with a WIFI spot tonight so I'll add these from this trip as we stopped at the General George Patton Museum on our way from here to there.
Pg 11 - Another great series, Larry...thank you for sharing.
Tim
May 29, 2019 14:03:33 #
Here are some images from Fort Zachary Taylor, a 160+
year old fort built to defend and command the Straits of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, it's significantly smaller than when originally built.
Tim
year old fort built to defend and command the Straits of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, it's significantly smaller than when originally built.
Tim
May 29, 2019 15:36:00 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Thanks very much for the history lesson.
Thanks for commenting, Richard. The 1965 Hollywood film, "Battle of the Bulge," was such a travesty that it should be banned! For example, the battle was fought in bitterly cold weather, with deep snow blanketing thickly forested mountains, and the skies were shrouded by low-hanging fog that prevented the Air Force from attacking the Nazi panzers. Hollywood chose to film in Spain where there wasn't a flake of snow in the battle scenes, which they staged on flat land under clear blue skies. Any resemblance to the real Battle of the Bulge was limited to the addled brains of the producers.
May 29, 2019 15:49:49 #
judy juul wrote:
Pretty sobering but I think it's good to remind us about the price that was paid!!
Thanks for sharing, Richard!
Thanks for sharing, Richard!
Thank you for commenting, Judy! When I was a Post Commander in the American Legion back in New Jersey a dozen years ago, I gave several Memorial Day and Veterans Day speeches emphasizing the need to remember the terrible costs in lives and injuries inflicted by war. We also organized a team to visit local Veterans Hospitals to distribute gifts.
May 29, 2019 15:57:44 #
RichardQ wrote:
Thanks for commenting, Richard. The 1965 Hollywoo... (show quote)
Richard, did you see Band of Brothers? If so what did you think of that one?
May 29, 2019 16:04:31 #
Transbuff1985 wrote:
Nice series Richard, thanks for sharing the last pic pg6 Bob
Thanks, Bob. Showing the memorials and gravestones is OK, or bringing out old-timers to stand next to the MC of a ceremony. But showing the wounded and disabled veterans is not welcome in some circles, because it emphasizes the real cost of war.
May 29, 2019 16:08:32 #
Rolk wrote:
Pg 6 - Extremely powerful images, Richard. They all are so
compelling...thank you, sir, for sharing!
Tim
compelling...thank you, sir, for sharing!
Tim
Thank you for your sentiments and the smilies, Tim!
May 29, 2019 16:20:04 #
RichardQ wrote:
I thought I'd post some of my shots that showed va... (show quote)
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May 29, 2019 16:32:10 #
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May 29, 2019 16:59:25 #
judy juul
Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
RichardQ wrote:
Thank you for commenting, Judy! When I was a Post Commander in the American Legion back in New Jersey a dozen years ago, I gave several Memorial Day and Veterans Day speeches emphasizing the need to remember the terrible costs in lives and injuries inflicted by war. We also organized a team to visit local Veterans Hospitals to distribute gifts.
Really a great contribution for those guys, Richard! The demonstration of caring and helping where one
can , is very meaningful to those soldiers! Kudos to you, and I think because you were also involved
shows personal understanding of a horrific war!
May 29, 2019 17:06:18 #
Rolk wrote:
Here are some images from Fort Zachary Taylor, a 160+
year old fort built to defend and command the Straits of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, it's significantly smaller than when originally built.
Tim
year old fort built to defend and command the Straits of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Today, it's significantly smaller than when originally built.
Tim
Nice series Tim
May 29, 2019 17:06:38 #
May 29, 2019 17:13:04 #
Whether you were drafted or enlisted, an officer or NCO or EM, an airman, Marine, sailor, infantryman, WAC, -- ANY branch of the services -- it was guaranteed that you would have at least ONE buddy! Here are some samples. Incidentally, the band members of Major Glenn Miller's Allied Expeditionary Force units were preparing to fly to Paris where they expected to meet their leader, who flew the day before in bad weather. His plane went missing over the English Channel and was never found. The band gamely continued a planned tour among the Allied Army units before being disbanded in 1946.
Three buddies enjoying an evening in the EM Club - 1946
Two buddies share their enthusiasm for photography - 1946
Members of Major Glenn Miller's AEF Band, Britain 1944
Two NCOs enjoy talking politics in Occupied Germany, 1946
May 29, 2019 17:22:59 #
RichardQ wrote:
Whether you were drafted or enlisted, an officer or NCO or EM, an airman, Marine, sailor, infantryman, WAC, -- ANY branch of the services -- it was guaranteed that you would have at least ONE buddy! Here are some samples.
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