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  1. Otto

    Otto Spambot Nemesis Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    @ Ilhawk & A-58

    What site are you talking about and what happened to it? I'm in the habit of rescuing ww2 websites that have gone under. I'd hate to think a ww2 site such as that vanished into the ether, with all that research lost.
     
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    The one I was on was called paratrooper.net. It wasn't a WW2 site, just a site for former airborne types, regardless of branch or nationality. But it was really heavily populated by US Army vets. Haven't been there in years. Not even sure if it's up and running any longer.
     
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    Otto Spambot Nemesis Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Thanks A-58, looks like it's a gaming website now.
     
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    Makes sense. It wasn't much worth as a forum. Just didn't feel comfortable and at home there, unlike this place of course! Made a handful of posts there before voluntarily resigning. Gave Slipdigit my username and password to go in there and take a look at it while y'all were revamping this place several years ago. That was probably my "last" entry there.
     
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  5. Otto

    Otto Spambot Nemesis Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I hate to see any good history content go away, the forum has been removed completely so there is nothing left to look at.

    And for the record, the Free fire Zone isn't going anywhere. Despite the odd rancid thread, there are lots of good discussions in there. We also need it to collect all the non-WW2 topics that are bound to come up from time to time. I was only highlighting my lack of concern for that area vs the rest of the site.
     
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    The one I was referring to was Mark Bando's Trigger Time. Had some great stuff and discussions. Mark defended all things 101 paratrooper against those thinking that the 506 won the war. It wasn't real big on glider operations of the 101 though. But it was a good site with participants around the world. There would be some bitter arguments about the history, but the forum seemed to survive and grow. It was when political discussions turned nasty that it fell. I think he has an exclusive forum now, but not sure. Basically it got down to right wing conservative politics v a more liberal European position. Most all on the left and those in the middle left as it became a personal attack from right to left. The Europeans added a lot to the forum. Mark wasn't involved in the arguments but he allowed it and it imploded.

    The information is still available.

    Mark is an amazing researcher and indirectly a lot and directly some helped me a lot. I didn't enter the WW2 history realm with an intent so I learned a lot. My subject matter was strictly a matter of doing a favor for a friend of my father who happened to serve in the 327. What started as a small paper for his family ended up a published book by TAMU.
     
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    Thanks for the overview, Mark seems like a great guy. Looks like the site is still up, though the forum is hosted on yuku.com. The info is at the mercy of that third party, which is always a bit concerning from my perspective.

    Too bad about the culture there, I'll take it as another lesson to keep things on track here.
     
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    More floggings till morale improves!

    ut oh, shouldn't have said that out loud. :)
     
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    Careful, such talk could get you promoted!
     
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    Said the hatchet man....
     
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    Don't make me do my DeNiro impression! :eyebrows:
     
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    "you talking to me?"
     
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