Gentelmen: How I got my scoped M1 with a non military sight is story of out and out bribary. While at Ft. Bragg I was able to get a civilian...
Gentelmen: Since I was so quoted I would like to add an observations. I state in the same communicatio that I used two weapons depending on the...
Gentelmen: I am dlighted that A Bridge too Far is mentioned by some. I like it because I comande the Parachute Infantry Compnay that secued the...
Gentelmen : There were refusals to jump on D Day. Most of them in the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment I am told. I have no access to Secret...
Gentelmen: I hope my actions to date meet with your approval. I thank all of you for your effeorts to establishing this Web Site....
Gentelmen: During WW II I sometimes used and M 1 Rifle with a Weaver 4X Scope Sight. I found it accurate to about 800 meters. Most of my shots...
Gentelmen: Suppose they had not built the Aircraft Carrier Graf Zepplin to 90 percent compleation and used that for advanced U Boats. I know...
Snipers: By 1943 sniper training in the US Army had been formalized. In my parachute infantry regiment you had two man sniper team for each rile...
Gentelman: If you check the Naval Records there was never over two carriers in Pearl Harbor at one time. Adm. Halsey always had the Enterprise...
Airborne Officers: The majority of the junior officers Lts and Capts. were not professional soldiers but a large percentage after the war stayed...
Gentelmen: Market - Garden officially ended 26 September,1944. But we stayed with British 2nd Army until the Middle of November. we were moved...
Gentelmen: It was not common knowledge but General Patton proposed that the Germans should be allowed to progess further than they did. General...
Officer Selection in The Airborne: Senior Airborne Commanders were told to exercise great care in the selection of Junior Officers. The had the...
Paratroper Rations: Our basic combat rations were K Rations. They were catogored by the meat,egg or cheese content. On the D Day jump we...
Neptune fails how badly how many troops do we recover? The US has two more Aiborne Divisions under training the 13th and the 17th. If enough og...
Gentelman: I amposting an answer that some may not approve of. I am a D -Day veteran of the 101st Airborne. If I had it to do over I would not...
Officer Leadership: In airborne units General Officers jumped with their men. We did not havethe usual gaggle of Staff Officers. On many...
Gentelmen: A number of specialist in the Service Compamy of a Parachute Regiment were not rated paras. Much of our service company people came...
Gentelmen: If I am allowed I would like to throw my comments in this dicussion. You need to look at the tactical side of a combat unit before...
Close Air Support Market -Garden. When we captured the Bridges at Ste Odenroode were were sent east of town to be forward Defense of the...
