loaderXI Posted April 25, 2021 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6416 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 6493 Achievement Points: 54322 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:22 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted April 25, 2021 bds1961, RobMc, major-mark63 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted April 25, 2021 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6416 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 6493 Achievement Points: 54322 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:22 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 bds1961 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted April 25, 2021 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 261 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 17976 Content Per Day: 3.46 Reputation: 19904 Achievement Points: 131717 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 251 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted April 25, 2021 Have watched these many times on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GHO5T Posted April 25, 2021 Member ID: 21776 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 240 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 201 Achievement Points: 2262 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/20/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 4, 2022 Birthday: 10/09/1959 Share Posted April 25, 2021 thanks loader wow very powerful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6416 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 6493 Achievement Points: 54322 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:22 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 5 hours ago, TBB said: Have watched these many times on tv. These videos have never been seen on tv...They are made by a youtuber in 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted April 26, 2021 'Nuts', one of the greatest replies ever Great to see the interest in the younger generations I'm amazed how little some of the buildings have changed, they've lasted longer than a pair of Loaders underpants. TheLastColdBeer and loaderXI 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted April 26, 2021 One of the best movies about Bastogne was Battleground, with Van Johnson, filmed in 1949. Glorified nothing about war, but showed normal men thrown into a horrific situation, and how they pulled together to survive. major-mark63 and RobMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
major-mark63 Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 23233 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2375 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 1872 Achievement Points: 18824 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/10/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 08/11/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted April 26, 2021 THX for putting these video i love ww2 stuff.. RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Majbasil Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 6247 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 826 Achievement Points: 5422 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/23/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted April 26, 2021 That generation of soldiers did not talk about their times there, and now most of them are gone. World War 2 was the definitive good vs evil war. And yet there are always similar local battles of good vs evil. Humans are the most dangerous species on earth. World War 2 shows the devastation, horror, pain, grief, suffering and overall waste of what can happen when we humans have bad leaders. My wish is that we DO learn from past mistakes, that we not let petty hate and fear of the difference in us, along with greed of the few in charge, take over and ruin things, as it does over and over and over. Let us be wise and good and kind and thoughtful. Amen RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMc Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted April 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Majbasil said: That generation of soldiers did not talk about their times there, and now most of them are gone. World War 2 was the definitive good vs evil war. And yet there are always similar local battles of good vs evil. Humans are the most dangerous species on earth. World War 2 shows the devastation, horror, pain, grief, suffering and overall waste of what can happen when we humans have bad leaders. My wish is that we DO learn from past mistakes, that we not let petty hate and fear of the difference in us, along with greed of the few in charge, take over and ruin things, as it does over and over and over. Let us be wise and good and kind and thoughtful. Amen Get your bum into ftag and I'll show you pain and suffering girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bds1961 Posted April 26, 2021 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5349 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 13963 Achievement Points: 47101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted April 26, 2021 Had a uncle that was there. He never talked of it at all. Only way I found out is he was talking about his feet hurting him one day and he said it came from when his feet froze when he was there fighting RobMc and TheLastColdBeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted April 27, 2021 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted April 27, 2021 My uncle Max flew B-25s in Africa & Corsica. All my friends fathers flew B-17s & B-24s over the continent. They all loved to talk about their planes and the experiences they had. Nobody mentioned the loss rate & friends that didn't come back. Uncle Robert was in Korea, but he never talked about it. One of our farming neighbors was also in Korea, and all he said was it came down to us or them, and it wasn't gonna be us. Keep those guns singing or we've seen our last sunrise. bds1961, loaderXI and RobMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted April 27, 2021 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted April 27, 2021 The reason most don't talk about war is because it's truly terrible, but what TLCB says is absolutely fact, losing or doing nothing has far far worse consequences. Those of you reading this who are conscience objectors, better red than dead, draft dodgers etc etc should hold your head in shame that brave men have sacrificed their lives to enable you to live yours, cowards the lot of you, nothing less. loaderXI and bds1961 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bds1961 Posted April 27, 2021 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5349 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 13963 Achievement Points: 47101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 hours ago, TheLastColdBeer said: My uncle Max flew B-25s in Africa & Corsica. All my friends fathers flew B-17s & B-24s over the continent. They all loved to talk about their planes and the experiences they had. Nobody mentioned the loss rate & friends that didn't come back. Uncle Robert was in Korea, but he never talked about it. One of our farming neighbors was also in Korea, and all he said was it came down to us or them, and it wasn't gonna be us. Keep those guns singing or we've seen our last sunrise. My nieghbor was a navigator on a B17. He was there during all the big bombing raids over Germany that you read about. He never talked about it at all. But he did show me his flight diploma that listed all his missions. The only time he ever mentioned any of it. He was part of all the fire bombing. My Dad served in Korea as a medic. He talked very little about it. But I had heard on one hill of around 400 men he was one of just a few survivors after a huge attack. I have one of his cavalry year books from the war. Some of the pictures are horrifying to what they faced on a daily basis RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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