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  1. Stevin

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    Guys, This would normally get a BIG thumbs up from me, but I start to have problems keeping up with all the posts on this site as it is!!!

    Although I REALLY like the quiz. :D
     
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  2. PzJgr

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    Martin Bull is the man. Second Lieutenant Martin James Monti (born 1910 in St Louis of an Italian-Swiss father and German mother) went awol Oct 1944, travelled from Karachi to Naples (through Cairo and Tripoli) where to stole a F-4 or F-5 photographic reconnaissance aircraft (photo recon version of the P-38) and flew to Milan. There he surrendered, or rather defected, to the Germans and worked as a propaganda broadcaster (as Martin Wiethaupt) before entering the Waffen-SS as a SS-Untersturmführer in SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers. At the end of the war he went south to Italy where surrendered to US forces (still wearing his SS uniform) claiming that he had been given the uniform by partisans. He was charged with desertion and sentenced to 15 years hard labour. This sentence was soon commuted and Monti rejoined the US Air Corps, but in 1948 he was discharged and picked up by the FBI. He was now charged with treason and sentenced to 25 years the following year. He was paroled in 1960.
     
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  3. Martin Bull

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    Let's have a good old British ( two part ) question.

    Fusilier Francis Arthur Jefferson of 2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers was awarded the VC for his actions at Monte Cassino on 16/5/44.

    a) What was the award for ?
    ( That's the easy bit )

    b) According to 'Barrack-room talk' what SHOULD he have got the VC for ?
    ( That's the tricky bit ! )

    :D
     
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    You're killing me. Got the first part. He took a PIAT and knocked out one tank and forced another to withdraw during fighting at Monte Cassino. For the life of me I cannot find the answer to the second part. It is time to take the trusty spade and do some digging.
     
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  5. Martin Bull

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    Half-way there, PzJgr !
    Clue : it's something to do with the weapon . . . ;)
     
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    Did he shoot his foot

    P ;) :rolleyes: :eek: :confused: [​IMG]
     
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  7. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    No! :D
     
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    Some other privat parts [​IMG] ;)
     
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  9. Martin Bull

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    IMHO if one shot one's private parts with a PIAT there wouldn't be much left to pin a medal on . . . . :(
    PS I can sense you're all struggling with this one !

    [ 10 July 2002, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: Martin Bull ]
     
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  10. Popski

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    G'day Bull

    Watching the BBC 2 now, maybe Ho;mes has the answer??

    P
     
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    did it have to do with him not knowing how to use the PIAT?
     
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  12. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    It's the way he used it . . . . ;)
     
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    Am I allowed to give it a try or is this on on hold for Pzjgr??? ;)
     
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    Well, Stevin, the first part was so easy and the second part is so difficult - so be my guest . . . . ;)
     
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    I would venture to say that instead of lying down and have the PIAT 'anchored' on the ground, he just shot it off the hip...But maybe this is too simple??

    [ 10 July 2002, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: Stevin Oudshoorn ]
     
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    I did not want to jump infront of Sevin, as he asked. But now he has answered, i'll have a guess to. Sounds ridiculas, but did he throw the projectile by hand. The Barrack room joke would have been along the lines of he should have got it for playing darts.
     
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  17. Martin Bull

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    Not quite, Bish.... You're getting there though.
    Come on, chaps - one final push !! :D
     
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    He didn't shove it down the barrel did he.
     
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  19. Martin Bull

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    I can see I'm going to have to put you all out of your misery soon ! :rolleyes:
     
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    My imagination has run dry. I can't wait to hear this one. And the Barrack room humor that went with it. Guess i'll havre to wait till tomorrow.
     
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