and of course there was Kokoda...a major decisive battle that helped turn
the war around...fought by a few inexperienced australian soldiers, out
numbered by a professional jap force...
>From: "Robert Barber" <rbarber41@hotmail.com>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] D Day, tanks and a quip
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 09:59:23 -0400
>
>
> If you think forgetting the 6 June D-day marker is bad,
>most everyone has now forgotten that June 4 1942 was the
>major marker for the Pacific war..
>
>The battle of Midway occurred on that date which turned
>the balance of power in the Pacific. From that battle
>onward the Japanese were stopped from any further invasion
>progress and were on the defensive .. We lost a lot of good
>sailors and Naval airmen not to minimize the loss of the carrier
>Yorktown.. But the Japanese lost 4 carriers and a large
>percentage of their most experienced aircrews ..
>
>I was again privileged to have myself and my 41 Staff car be
>a walking history part to the Battle of Midway program at the
>Naval War College in Newport RI this last weekend.. I was
>fortunate enough to have dinner at the same table with 2 of
>the participants of the battle..and a Marine that survived 8
>invasions ..
>
> So remember that the first weekend in June has a dual memory
>
> Bob B
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Gene Pantano" <truks@cs.quik.com>
>>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>>Subject: Re: [MV] D Day, tanks and a quip
>>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:34:23 -0600
>>
>>I had the honor to know many men that landed at Normandie..one in
>>particular..was a US Navy UDT diver..SEABEES...The original "SEAL" team
>>men.
>>He landed with a crew before almost anyone else with his crew and set
>>explosives so that the landing craft could get closer to the beach..they
>>are
>>the men that left that sign that was mentioned in Searching for Private
>>Ryan....Can't say here what it really said....John Emmett Flynn was the
>>name
>>of the BEE. Great man..great country then...
>>As I mentioned a while back..I saw the explosions from the ships that were
>>hit by German "U" boats..saw
>>the debree float into shore along the coast line..body part included...
>>After all the sacrifices the men and women of this country made for our
>>freedom.. ..where has it all gone ?? Why are we not "free" yet ?? Gene
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <fackovec@radiotech.com>
>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:19 PM
>>Subject: Re: [MV] D Day, tanks and a quip
>>
>>
>> > I heard the same interview on NPR, the sailor was none other than Yogi
>> > Berra. (When you come to a fork in the road, take it")
>> >
>> > Hank
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Pedersen, Norm (C)" <norm.pedersen@connext.com>
>> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 6:05 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [MV] D Day, tanks and a quip
>> >
>> >
>> > > I heard a radio interview this morning with a man who was offshore on
>> > D-Day
>> > > in an LCSS [which evidently is a landing craft equiped to shell the
>>German
>> > > mortar and machinegun emplacements on shore]. I forget the military
>> > > definition for LCSS but he said they called them Landing Craft
>>Suicide
>> > > Squad. They were shelling the positions prior to the landing. His
>> > comment
>> > > was that "it was kinda like the 4th of July" !! And when the DJ
>>asked
>> > about
>> > > being hit in the shoulder by a machinegun round he said "it hurt a
>> > little".
>> > >
>> > > Those guys sure have my respect.
>> > >
>> > > Norm Pedersen
>> > > no MV yet but looking.
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Henry J. Fackovec [mailto:fackovec@radiotech.com]
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:01 PM
>> > > To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
>> > > Subject: [MV] D Day, tanks and a quip
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hey All:
>> > >
>> > > I am surprised to see no one making note of the anniversary of D Day.
>> > >
>> > > I ran across a short article in the Boston Herald last week, about
>>the
>> > tanks
>> > > that were lost fording ashore during the invasion. In true Herald
>>fashion
>> > > there were few details, but they reported that there was a team
>>working
>>on
>> > > documenting and recovering the tanks. They report that there is one
>> > section
>> > > of the sea floor that looks like a squadron of tanks is in perfect
>> > formation
>> > > just waiting the order to move out...
>> > >
>> > > As a personal note, My father was a Merchant Marine and was bringing
>>in
>> > > troops during the first wave of the invasion, when I asked him for
>>his
>> > > thoughts about the greatest armada the world had ever seen assembled
>>and
>> > the
>> > > invasion, In his usual underplaying manner he said his only
>>impression
>>of
>> > D
>> > > day was it was "kind of loud" <G>. To meet my father you would
>>understand:
>> > > He was torpedoed in the North Atlantic and spent several days
>>floating
>>on
>> > a
>> > > raft, and his impression of that was that it was "a little
>>inconvenient
>> > > <LOL>. (And I get pissy when the Starbucks foams instead of froths my
>> > latte.
>> > > LOL).
>> > >
>> > > Humbly submitted,
>> > >
>> > > Hank Fackovec
>> > >
>> > >
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