Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 05:40 PM
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superscout
If members here want to continue to mis-interpret my postings and get nasty in the process, forget it. End of discussion
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Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 16
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sn-e3
Soldiers with bullets in their foreheads are not POWs. They are not the ones I am talking about. Let's stick to the subject.
If there were executions of POWs, then there will be an post-war...
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Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 16
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phuloi
It is a joke because no harm has been done to either side as far as I can see. It may be a so called violation of article 13, but it has been done by both sides, and as far as I am concerned, it is...
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Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 27
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Why
does he have 6 fingers?
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Forum: Vietnam
03-25-2003, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 1
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hint(s)
Laos. Radar Bombing Control System (MSQ-77) at TACAN Channel 97.
http://limasite85.us/the_destruction_of_lima_site_85.htm
Geesh :ek:
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Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,298
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Forum: Vietnam
03-25-2003, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 3
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from memory
I posed the question from memory. As I understand it, they both are messages passed by major commands. A front channel message would follow the chain of command, i.e. MACV to the JCS through...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-25-2003, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 3
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Quiz
What is the difference between a front channel message and a back channel message
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Forum: Vietnam
03-25-2003, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 1
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Trivia
What was the largest single ground combat loss of USAF personnel during the Vietnam War?
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Forum: General Posts
03-25-2003, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 0
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Patriot vs. Patriot
If you're against the war, are you against America?***
PATRIOT #1: Anti-war protestors are traitors. They provide a boost to the enemy. They endanger troops marching on Baghdad. They are a...
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Forum: General Posts
03-24-2003, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 16
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The whole thing is a joke.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. As I was watching Rumsfield's expression of self-righteous indignation on CNN, over the Iraq showing of pictures of US POWs, I was also reading the...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-24-2003, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 2
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A 5-star post
Who hands them out here? You deserve it!
PLUS
-imagination generated by radio
-Sgt. Preston of the Yukon and his dog King
-crooners
-uncle Milty. Buffalo Bob
-where are you going? Out....
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 4,172
Little Sparrow
I did respond to you, but I don't see it appearing in the forum. Did you receive my answer?
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,441
Georgie Jr.
I met then Colonel George Patton Jr. while he was CO of the 11th ACR in RVN and 2/28 Infantry was OPCON to them. We were in a firebase next to a village and Charlie decided to send a message by...
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 66
Views: 4,172
What are the facts?
I don't think we know yet. Executions? I hadn't heard that. Is there proof of this? I do know that I have seen more than one US picture of Iraqi POW's on both CNN and in this mornings paper. Are...
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,441
Sorry
Guderian. (Just trying to build up my number of posts here :D )
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,441
Who
Guderain, not Patton :D
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: General Posts
03-23-2003, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 3
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Fragging
Fragging is not an uncommon occurance. That is my observation from Vietnam. The full story on this one needs to be revealed before there is a rush to judgement. News reports I saw also indicated...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-22-2003, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,104
Boats
Now that it has begun, I made the post because I was re-experiencing that same churning. I don't think you are ever really ready or "good to go" (is that what that phrase means?) in such a...
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Forum: General Posts
03-22-2003, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 2
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Cuba
It is time to lift the embargo on Cuba. Jesse Helms is out of the Senate and Cuba has long since stopped being a threat to the US or to any other nation in the Western Hemisphere. While we are at...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-21-2003, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 6
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Time Frame
The perception of the ARVN performance really depends upon the time frame that is being talked about. Sorely makes no excuses for their poor performance during Westmorelands watch. However, after...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-21-2003, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 711
39mto39g
Your opinion of the ARVN is a commonly held one and might be a good reason for you and others to read the article. I think that is why Sorley wrote it. It has a very significant bearing on what...
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Forum: Vietnam
03-21-2003, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 6
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Reassessing the ARVN
Has anybody read Lewis Sorley's (Author: A BETTER WAR) in the current (February) issue of VIETNAM MAGAZINE on "Reassessing The ARVN"?
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Forum: Vietnam
03-20-2003, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,104
Waiting to jump off in Iraq
In the past day or so, all I have been able to think about is the comparrison of how the troops in Kuwait must feel as they await the order to move out. It is a strong reminder of when my unit in...
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