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There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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11-04-2013 12:15 PM
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Some hard put men, probably a lot less than there were the day before...
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Some 1000 yard stares, God Bless The Marines!
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Originally Posted by
gtodan
Some 1000 yard stares, God Bless The Marines!
Great minds think alike. A whole truck load of 1000 yard stares.
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MAN O MAN you can tell by their faces they fought hard for those flags!!!
So can anyone tell where this pic was taken?
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That is a very famous photo used in the Reader's Digest WWII book. I can't remember for sure but Guadalcanal comes to mind.
Bill Hollinger
"We're surrounded, that simplifies our problem!"
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No difference in the stares between WWI & WWII in the war to end all wars WWI Chaos, Noise, Slaughter was epitomised by 19th century tactics meeting 20th century weapons things that come to mind Fromelles, 3 x Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Somme, Pozieres, Villers Bretanaux, Flanders, Cambrai, Jutland where 5000 british sailors perished the Somme 60,000 casualties in 1 day.
And in WWII all the island campaigns I for one as an Australian
thank the USA as they were the only nation that I reckon could have sustained a war on 2 fronts the Pacific and the European theatre, Napolean failed and so did herr Hi***r with that concept.
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"19th century tactics meeting 20th century weapons "
Man, you hit the nail on the head, Cinders. I can't believe the officers could get those guys to charge across open ground directly in the face of all those MGs. The attitude of the staffs was midieval -- the men were fodder to be used up as necessary.
Real men measure once and cut.
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