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  1. hamburg

    hamburg Member

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    The one I was thinking about fought on Russian front.
     
    hamburg, Oct 3, 2006
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  2. Col. Hessler

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    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945/guadalcanal.jpg

    I hadnt seen this site before
    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945.html

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/guadalcanal_1942.jpg

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/guadalcanal_advance_1943.jpg     </font>[/QUOTE]Thanks Ali. Good maps but I don't think the Galloping Horse, Sea Horse, and Gifu are visable on them. Here's one I found of the Galloping Horse:

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    Col. Hessler, Oct 3, 2006
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  3. Ali Morshead

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    Ali Morshead, Oct 4, 2006
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  4. Ali Morshead

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    Now you are making it hard!

    Must've manouvered all the way back to Berlin.
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 4, 2006
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  5. Jaeger

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    Not still out there are they???

    Another of Wolfies phantom divs?
     
    Jaeger, Oct 4, 2006
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    As Chesty Puller said at the Chosin Resivoir when he was surrounded...

    Retreat Hell, We're just attacking in another direction!
     
    skunk works, Oct 5, 2006
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    Nice one Skunk,

    I like the quote Chesty gave on Iwo with the 4th Marine Division... "well boys, they're in front of us, they're behind us, and they're to the left and right of us....they can't get away now!"...LOL....

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    MARNE, Oct 6, 2006
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  9. hamburg

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    A little help - it was "German".
     
    hamburg, Oct 6, 2006
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  10. Ali Morshead

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    I thought the saying came from a GeneralSmith, not Puller!
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 6, 2006
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  11. Ali Morshead

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    That cuts it down to 200 or so!!
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 6, 2006
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  12. hamburg

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    It was active till October 1943.
     
    hamburg, Oct 7, 2006
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    I think it was Chesty...

    Regards,
    MARNE
     
    MARNE, Oct 7, 2006
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  14. Ali Morshead

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    The comment "Retreat, hell, we're just attacking in another direction" has been variously attributed to 1st Marine Division Commander Major General Oliver P. Smith or to regimental commander Colonel (later LtGen) Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

    First time i've seen Puller mention, so we both might be right. (I've even seen Dougout Doug attributed to it)
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 7, 2006
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  15. Ali Morshead

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    "I want you boys to hurry up and whip these Germans so we can get out to the Pacific to kick the s**t out of the purple-pissing Japanese, before the Godda**ed MARINES get all the credit!" Lt General George Patton, US Army 1945
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 7, 2006
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  16. hamburg

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    It was "colored" division.
     
    hamburg, Oct 10, 2006
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  17. Ali Morshead

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    250 "Blau" Divisionen ?
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 10, 2006
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    hamburg, Oct 10, 2006
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    Still looking for when the 250 Div retreated....

    How many "Bangalore Torpedoes" did the US Army "expend" in NW Europe 6/6/44 - 8/5/45.

    An exact number please.
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 11, 2006
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  20. Ali Morshead

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    From Feldgrau.com

    The garrison of Possad was quietly withdrawn on 7 December, only when intelligence told the Soviet atttacking force had also withdrawn through sheer exhaustion. The losses to the 269.Inf.Rgt. during this brutal month were 120 dead, 440 wounded,and 20 missing. All units of the 250.Inf.Div. now retired over the frozen Volkhov to fortified positions on the west bank.

    That winter, greater horrors would visit the volunteers. On Christmas eve of 1941, at positions held by a company of Spanish Grenadiers at Lubkovo suddenly overrun by a fierce attack of Soviet infantry.

    Try also
    http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/iberia/1939/krasny_bor.htm
     
    Ali Morshead, Oct 11, 2006
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