29 Jun 20 Garand Picture of the Day

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Opening of Allied Officers Club, Londonderry, January 1943

Can't help but wonder what my thoughts would have been, had I been told to dress up for an inspection and parade to mark the opening of some club 'my kind' would not be allowed in.... I distinctly remember being an enlisted driver in 1985 and waiting all day in the parking lot with all the other drivers (no refreshments, etc) while the French Berlin Command hosted a Bastille Day 'to-do' at Pavilon Du Lac. Spent the time practicing my Russian with a couple drivers.

I would definitely agree...

...its raining, we are marching for the officer's club. I would bet they were offered lemonade or tea to the troops... if that... LOL

Guys think on the time this took place.

What was the reason for the US participation in this opening?
US - new to Britain, showing solidarity, show the flag, see how good we are, we are part of the victory to come?
British - man are we glad to see our allies, here they are at last, see how good they look!
Find the photos showing the British participation?
Etc.

If I understand comments above correctly, you are denigrating the action without considering what it was intended for.

They really look good and would impress any number of civilians gathering to see the opening, think of the morale boost.

I think the point is not their rank but the fact that they are allies. There may have be UK and other allied nation's soldiers also take part in the opening parade which obviously this photo doesn't show.

I understand the morale issue, and glad to see the period photography too. Allies such as we are certainly few and highly valued. Having been in similar events, from the soldier perspective, is a tad bit different. Ever since those days, I will salute the passing flags and officers but think of the ones in the middle, trying not to step on teh lead or get stepped on, keeping your place out of the corner of your eye, and ready to get back to work. The road home is (was) through Berlin, you know.

When the Queen visited the RAF station where one of my uncles was stationed in the 1950's he was told to "keep out of the way" and wasn't allowed to take part in the parade. He was told that this was because "he wasn't smart enough". He has been a republican ever since.

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

When the Queen visited the RAF station where one of my uncles was stationed in the 1950's he was told to "keep out of the way" and wasn't allowed to take part in the parade. He was told that this was because "he wasn't smart enough". He has been a republican ever since.

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Curious logic, but curiously logical, for a republican. :D

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Originally Posted by Surpmil

Curious logic, but curiously logical, for a republican. :D

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He's still sore about it more than 60 years later.

Perhaps if you could arrange a modest kiss from a princess he might be transformed?

If he doesn't croak first.

:lol:

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Originally Posted by Surpmil

Curious logic, but curiously logical, for a republican. :D

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My Daddy voted Republican his entire voting life. It wasn't until he was dead that he started voting Democrat.

Okay fellas. :nono: :rofl:

Bill, you could have let us have one good last laugh! ;)

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Originally Posted by Surpmil

Bill, you could have let us have one good last laugh! ;)

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You did have a good laugh ;)

If I can't say what I want in response to a post, please tell me what I am allowed to say.

Skip

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Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger

You did have a good laugh ;)

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You're right! But I wanted others to share in it. :D

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Originally Posted by skip_c

If I can't say what I want in response to a post, please tell me what I am allowed to say.

Skip

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Skip, you can respond just keep politics out. I gave a very friendly warning and then the the political post got quoted. I deleted that quote. No big deal so please let's not make it one. :) :thup:

Thank you.

If you can delete whatever I post. To me this is censorship. With power comes the ability to censor. To me you have demonstrated your use of power. I'm sure this with be deleted.
Skip

Skip, this is from the owner of milsurps.com

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Originally Posted by Badger

Hi bb1 ... :)

When I was doing my officer training back on the 60's, we were told there were three things that shouldn't be discussed while drinking in the officer's mess. They were women, religion and politics .. :lol:

The reason was simple. Those discussions always lead to bitter disagreements and acrimony, even amongst friends. To validate this, all you have to do is see the vitriol spewed at and about people on Internet forums, that have a political or religious aspect to them. We even saw it here for a period of time. ;)

We're supposed to be sharing our forums to interact with a lot of like minded folks, who share a common love of old milsurps and the terrific collecting hobby surrounding them.

We really don't want to see a lot of good "electronic" friends who may differ in political or religious views, destroy an otherwise enjoyable experience talking about old guns, by deliberately creating a posting environment which by its nature promotes divisiveness.

There's a huge number of political discourse sites (and forums) on the Internet already (some on gun sites), catering to both left and right wing viewpoints. If anyone really needs a "fix" of watching perfectly sane and normal people deteriorate into name calling and verbal assaults simply over their political views, we'd recommend they join one of those sites and have at it. ;)

Our site isn't the place for this kind of behaviour, or the content that causes it, plus we have no desire to have to install a "Romper Room" as a time-out area for mature adults, who when discussing any gun related material wouldn't even need it. :lol:

Our registration agreement is quite clear ....



Thanks for the feedback and I hope that helps clarify your question. :cheers:

Regards,
Badger (Doug)

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Badger does not want politics and I work for him and do as he has requested.

Bill,

If you reread my posts you will see I said nothing about politics. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Skip

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Originally Posted by skip_c

Bill,

If you reread my posts you will see I said nothing about politics. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Skip

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No you did not nor did I delete your post. I deleted a post on politics and you chose to jump in the fray about my deleting another member's post and go on about censorship.

So you chose to make this a big deal, not me. Can we be done with this please and get back to talking military surplus weapons?

Please folks ... :ugh:

My triple bypass is starting to act up. Life is too short to stress over this stuff. :surrender:

Regards,
Doug