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Comment by i own you — November 24, 2005 @ 12:28 am rolex explorer ii Every day we spent a lot of time on aircraft identification. If we were going to shoot down aircraft, we had better know the enemy from our own. Because no one knew at the time where they would be sent to following our training, we had to study planes from both the European and Pacific theaters of operation. There were American, British, Canadian, German, Japanese, Italian, and Russian planes, both fighters and bombers. We used movies, flash cards (See Fig. 24) and models to learn the characteristics of all the warplanes being used at that time. Duties of a Medical Corpsman : my eyes but I could smell him still: too close rolex explorer ii
Sorted rolex explorer ii resource— 1966 DuPont internal memo [View document] rolex explorer ii Jan. 3--United States First Army begins counteroffensive against northern flank of Ardennes salient. rolex explorer ii I sat down with my family and brought them up to date on some things I had been doing and filling them in on details I had not told them in my letters. My brother Jim and I compared notes about the Army. He had been in service for about three years. My brother Bill was too young for service during the war but he would later become a Navy pilot. My sister Joan brought me up to date on things that were going on in the neighborhood, and I was especially interested in hearing about some of her good-looking girlfriends. April 30--United States Seventh Army occupies Munich. And if you don’t care about the Geneva Convention, why should you care about any other Western Conventions? 79th Street rolex explorer ii Pingback by Balloon Juice — November 25, 2005 @ 11:09 am Comment by i own you — November 22, 2005 @ 12:48 pm rolex explorer ii While most of Africa had achieved independence by the early 1960s, it took much longer for southern African colonies to become independent. Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia and Lesotho all achieved independence by the end of the 1960s. But Angola and Mozambique had to wait until 1975. Zimbabwe achieved majority rule in 1980. Namibia shook off South African domination in 1990. rolex explorer ii The Battle of El Alamein was not only the beginning of a series of unbroken victories; it was also the start of a new phase in North Africa. Henceforth the campaign in the Mediterranean was to be a joint Anglo-American undertaking. For some months the American and British staffs had been working on a plan for the occupation of French North Africa, with a view to the elimination of all Axis forces from Africa and as a preliminary to the invasion of Italy. At the end of August 1942, an Allied headquarters had been established in London for Operation Torch, the code name for the enterprise. The overall command of sea, land, and air forces was vested in the American Lt. Gen. (later General of the Army) Dwight D. EISENHOWER. The land forces consisted of the British First Army under Lt. Gen. (later Gen.) Sir Kenneth K. N. Anderson and the United States 2d Corps under Maj. Gen. (later Lt. Gen.) Lloyd R. Fredendall. Initially these formations were very weak, the First Army being little more than a weak corps, but as the campaign proceeded they greatly increased in strength. Oct. 14--Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, is temporarily rendered unusable by Japanese bombardment; Japanese mass for attack on American beachhead. rolex explorer ii The concept of a chunk of information must be flexible and consistent with common sense, logical organization, and convenience. Let the nature of the content suggest how it should be subdivided and organized. At times it makes sense to provide long documents as a subdivided and linked set of Web pages. Although short Web documents are usually preferable, it often makes little sense to divide a long document arbitrarily, particularly if you want users to be able to print easily or save the entire document in one step. […] Daily Kos is reporting on a Pentagon briefing paper dug up by Thing Progress. It’s from 1995. […] rolex explorer ii But you would think that if the documents had been maintained in Col. Killian's personal files all these years, his wife and son would have known about it. But Col. Killian's widow and son both say that he didn't keep such files, would not have written such documents and, in addition, liked George Bush quite a bit. rolex explorer ii Blair stressed that the bombers did not reflect the views of most Muslims. (Transcript) Late in the morning, some of the Germans up on the slope behind the town must have decided they'd had enough, and started to pull out of their positions. The GIs were also flushing the Jerries out of basements in the town and starting to take over the village proper. More prisoners were being taken. They were being sent down to the river's edge to a temporary holding spot. The battle was becoming one sided. Again, several of us walked to the edge to watch the action with binoculars. From what we could see, there appeared to be only one road out of the town. The Germans located higher up were leaving on foot, in one truck, and in their version of the Jeep. They made perfect targets for the GI gunners. I watched a Jeep like vehicle pull out on the road with about eight men hanging on like flies. It immediately took a direct hit, and none of the occupants moved after that. The truck got almost to the rim where it, too, was hit. The cargo area was covered so I don't know what was in it. Those German soldiers who were leaving on foot seemed to be faring better than the vehicles. They were running from house to house instead of staying on the road, sometimes being chased by machine gun tracers from our side. It was pandemonium, and the Germans were taking heavy casualties. I did not see anybody make it toLorelei Bend Smoke Screen the top, but others in our crew said some did. There was still some firing coming from someplace on the Lorelei cliff and the Americans were throwing in a smoke screen to hide their assault on it. (See Fig. 100). The GIs in St. Goarshausen were moving cautiously as they were still under fire from higher elevations. rolex explorer ii “They suck…they’re like leeches…I’m so tired of it,” Jackson tells former adviser Dieter Wiesner in one of them. “The Jews do it on purpose.” rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii "You could definitely see in a lot of the games how they're being dumbed down for a little bit more mass-market appeal, and realism is going by the wayside," Robinette said. "The other night I was playing with my son a single-player mission in Call of Duty, and a grenade exploded right by a friendly player, who is just stunned and gets up. You look at that, and say, 'OK.'" Posted in Squawkbox | 1 Comment » rolex explorer ii After several hours most of the trucks were still stuck. Some empty trucks from the camp arrived, and we loaded up on them with our bags, rifles, and other equipment. As we left, our truck driver, Grimes, was still out in the bog, using up all his swear words. He joined us in the camp about twelve hours later looking like he had been dragged through a swamp, which, come to think of it, he had. He arrived after we had retired in our new quarters and his ranting woke us all up. He was livid. All I could think was: I hope he doesn't start expounding how someone out to kill that dumb sonofabitch like he did with Lieutenant Kraft in St. Goar. This time, the wrong person might hear him. To make the Mediterranean safe for shipping, the Allies at Casablanca decided to invade Sicily after completing the conquest of the North African shore. By seizing Sicily, they hoped also to remove Italy from the war. To increase pressure on Germany, they agreed to initiate intensified air attacks from the United Kingdom, called the combined bomber offensive (Operation Point-blank). But for a major invasion across the Channel in 1943 the Allied leaders judged their resources insufficient. Though they set up a combined command and planning organization, it was designed to plan for small-scale raids and a return to the Continent in 1943 only if the Germans collapsed. A full-scale invasion was reserved for 1944. rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii # On January 29, the Allied armies in Alsace swung over to the offensive. A week later, United States and French units linked in the center of the Colmar pocket. As the Germans began withdrawing to the east bank of the Rhine, French and United States forces finished clearing the pocket on February 9. The Seventh Army began a drive just over a week later to clear northeastern Alsace and at month's end established a foothold on German soil beyond the Saar River. Though troublesome, Operation Nordwind had failed either to divert any American troops from the Ardennes or to forestall the movement of any units earmarked for that area. The Germans incurred 25,000 casualties; the Americans, 16,000. rolex explorer ii However, before such a satisfying and salutary solution could be undertaken, Austria had to ensure that she would be protected against Russia - the champion of the Slavs. The "tail" now quivering with anticipation was about to send its desperate tremors through its ally, Germany. rolex explorer ii Thanks for the correction #153. Point taken. Department of the Army. Welcome to the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Stop all the arguing. You all know that it is only a chemical weapon when they use it against US. Otherwise its basically big, happy flashlights falling from heaven. I thought everyone knew that… During the week before the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, Churchill advised Roosevelt of his intention to aid the Soviets when the German attack fell, and Roosevelt promised his support. Shipping difficulties caused Stalin to be dissatisfied with the amount of aid that he received, and after the war Soviet historians would contend that all Western supplies did not exceed 4 percent of the wartime production of the USSR. But the aid given in 1941-1942 came at a time when the Soviet Union needed it most. By mid-1942, Britain and the United States had sent 4,400 tanks and 3,100 planes to the Soviet Union. Quite possibly the Soviet Army could not have held out without them, as Stalin himself seemed to confess at Teheran (Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943). Mia Moja arrived from the Atlanta zoo in September and was integrated into the forest in late October. Mia Moja is "a well-adjusted gorilla," Elsner said. rolex explorer ii Other side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. However, check with your doctor if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome: From Information Management to Knowledge Management, ASIST Monograph, 2000 These people are sorry excuse for Americans. # Would throwing a box of TSP (trisodium phosphate) at someone make it a phosphate based chemical weapon. Ever since the photographs of prisoners at Abu Ghraib being abused by American service personnel emerged into public view, the U.S. has been embroiled in a hot debate over the use of torture, and whether it can ever be justified. Strangely, although all available research indicates that torture doesn't actually work if the goal is to extract information, many Americans seem to believe that it can be a highly effective method of interrogation, and furthermore, that it is somehow morally justifiable if lives might be saved. Where are we getting these ideas? Probably from every cop drama, spy film, horror flick, and suspense movie released in the last 40 or so years. rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii The title character -- er, packet, is called Ping. Ping meanders around the river before being received by another host (another boat). He spends a brief time on the other boat, but eventually returns to his original host machine (the wise-eyed boat) somewhat the worse for wear. rolex explorer ii Quoted by Cullen, p. 42.[back] When the psychiatrist asked, "Do you like girls?" I passed up an opportunity to spend the war as a civilian. The story about one of the neighborhood eccentrics who was asked this question became an urban legend. His reply was simply, "No, and they don't like me either." It kept him out of the service, and we all kidded about using the line ourselves. Yeah nice try moron “phosphorous doesn’t kill thru burning” and then next sentence … “it kills by burning.” Self contradictory fool. rolex explorer ii ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ rolex explorer ii The Finnish divisions on the Karelian Isthmus fought a delaying action in early December, withstood a full-scale assault on their main defense line at mid-month, and on December 23 counterattacked. The counterattack failed to gain much ground, but it took the Soviet command by surprise, and during the entire next month the fighting on the isthmus subsided into positional warfare. Of planets singing round magnetic suns, rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii rolex explorer ii Comment by Ryan Neat — November 21, 2005 @ 6:00 pm Health Now may not be the best “source” if you’re trying to convince someone who’s a republican. It’s like me citing Drudge as the source of my research. rolex explorer ii occupied by Mr George Johnson Holt, that he has [sic] rolex explorer ii Under the direction of Gen. (later Col. Gen.) Kurt Student and the executive command of Col. Gen. Alexander Lohr, the Germans decided to attack and capture the island mainly with airborne troops. The aircraft available consisted of about 500 serviceable bomber, fighter, and reconnaissance planes, about 500 transport aircraft, and 72 gliders. The bombing of Allied positions and installations began on May 14, and the first airborne troops landed on May 20. The capture of Maleme Airfield on the following day enabled the Germans to fly in reinforcements rapidly. As the Germans built up their strength, the British position gradually deteriorated. By May 24, General Freyberg had abandoned hope of holding Crete, and, in view of the heavy losses being suffered by the Royal Navy, the decision to evacuate the island was made on May 27. Severe losses were sustained in attempts to embark troops from the northern parts of the island. The last evacuation was made from a beach at Sphakia (Chora Sphakion) on the south coast on May 31. Allied casualties in the campaign were about 17,500 killed, wounded, and prisoners; German losses, just over 6,000. In addition, 9 British warships were sunk, and 17 were damaged. June 2--United States Fifteenth Air Force begins shuttle bombing between Italian and Soviet bases. Little Boy Summer 1944 25 divisions 20 divisions It is “Phosphorus” on my table and google seems Rundstedt favored maintaining a mobile reserve to be rushed to the invasion area when the main landings were recognized. Rommel, believing that Allied air superiority would prevent the movement of a mobile reserve to the landing beaches to repel the invaders, depended exclusively on fortifications near the water's edge. Thus Rommel directed much of his efforts to building coastal defenses. He favored a large number of simple, field-type defenses over a few complicated and massive fortifications. He emphasized the use of mines, underwater obstacles, stakes, Belgian gates, tetrahedra, and hedgehogs in the hope of entangling the Allied troops as they landed and making them vulnerable to those who waited at the shore to repel them. Rommel's construction and minelaying required considerable labor. Because Organization Todt, the construction agency of the German Army, was employed chiefly in major port fortress areas and on railroad maintenance, the troops themselves worked on the Atlantic Wall in 1944, in many cases to the detriment of their training programs. Picture. In June this nazi leaflet fell on allied troops fighting in Italy. rolex explorer ii By now, the British high command – comfortably 'entrenched' in a luxurious chateaux 27 miles behind the front – was beginning to hear of the fraternisation. |
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