Greetings from the West of Ireland

Hello all

I guess you can call me "Andypants".....Im a longtime reader, so decided it was time, and that I might as well jump on the bandwagon with you guys .

Im Irish-American, born in NYC, but my parents decided to move back to Ireland when I was young. Im only 22, but the years I lived in the city helped kick-start my healthy interest in Military history!.... was a great time really because living in such a densly populated area ment we were surrounded by veterans of many wars!

(plenty of WW2 /Korea /Vietnam...and no shortage of guys coming back from the Gulf War.......saying that I remember having and still having great respect and interest for them all - I just wish i was a little older at the time, so I would have been able to have good confersations with them and the sence to ask proper quetions as opposed to childish ones!

Looking back, I remember one in particular, a WW2 vet who my dad used to be friends with and helped look after him in this later years....I remember playing in "John's apartment" as a little boy......sadly only a few years after his death did I discover that he had gone ashore on June 6th 44.......appartly in the first or second wave - If only I had known!!!!


Anyway Im interested in many aspects of military history - which Im sure you guys will learn (all in good time ) and I've even started collecting some peices when my finances allow, mostly helmets at the moment - again I'll post some pics of the nice ones - see what you guys think

I guess thats all for now, you guys have a lot of knowledge and Im more then willing to read and learn....maybe even give my 2cents!

Look forward to some good conversations - Gud Luc

AndyPants

 

Howdy Andypants and welcome to the forum. Glad to have you with us. Happy posting

 

Welcome Andypants!

 

Welcome to this fine forum Andy, you did the right thing by joining us!

 

Welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay with us.

 

thanks guys, im sure i will

 

Welcome!

 

thanks Steve - I'll keep this site in mind

 

hey Slipdigit.........ya actually takeing part in the confersations and sometimes adding 'my two cents' is much better then 'lurking about'