German soldier/gear (picture).

[gunner]

Harlan, this point is to you, my friend! Lets meet at a other battle ground and we´ll see...

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Not at my age old buddy!

I'm fighting the "Battle of the Bulge" with myself now. (It's getting difficult to see my own feet!)

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Ulrich und Villers (and everyone). Please excuse me for offending with my ignorance. The rhyme fit easy and I wrote it without thinking.
(Saying things without thinking is my forte at times)

Sincerely,
~ Harlan

Villers - Barry Manilow.... You are lucky you missed him! He was a 'sweet' crooner who was everywhere in the 80's. I thought he looked like a homely woman, but women everywhere over here fell at his feet and would go on and on (and on) about him. He was probably a nice guy, but it was one of those 'too much, all the time' deals to me and his sickly sweet songs played constantly. He still sells out large venues, and many people rate him the "greatest performer of all time", even over 'Elvis'
Nobody tops The King!

[gunner]

Harlan,

there is no need to excuse, nothing happend and no offense taken......or wait, if you will feel guilty what can i blackmail from you? LOL

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Not at my age old buddy!

I'm fighting the "Battle of the Bulge" with myself now. (It's getting difficult to see my own feet!)

Me too and not only difficult with seeing my feet.....

[villiers]

I maybe over reacted. One reason could have been the I was `requested´ to take part in the Normandy celebrations several years ago, where they needed ex-service geriatrics who were forcibly ejected from a DC3 to commemorate the Pegasus Bridge (and a few other) landings. I spent some hours visiting the Regimental Cemetery where I was surprised to find a fair number of gravestones with Scottish names, but adorned with the Star of David (the place was divided into two for the German and British dead ... but with only two French graves). I was told that as soon as it was known that the Paras would be the first to land in enemy territory, a large number of Jewish servicemen absconded to Scotland, changed their names and joined the Regiment. They were the bravest of the lot and died so that I could play silly b*ggers on the end of a parachute in their honour so many years later.

[MeatMarket]

I´ve never heard of anyone called Barry Manilow

But does he know you raid his wardrobe? lol

This guy does look plastic. That grin and the black and white image makes it look really creapy.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

This guy does look plastic. That grin and the black and white image makes it look really creapy.

This was scanned from an original photograph. I looked back at the original and he is real but you are correct about the creepy part.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I maybe over reacted. One reason could have been the I was `requested´ to take part in the Normandy celebrations several years ago, where they needed ex-service geriatrics who were forcibly ejected from a DC3 to commemorate the Pegasus Bridge (and a few other) landings.

I've done many flights in a C-47 as crew chief to commemorate vets Villers, but I STAY IN THE AIRCRAFT!



Most flights are 'Missing Man' flights where one aircraft turns on smoke and peels out of the formation. Not a great photo, but there are four aircraft in formation in front of us lining up to pass over the Veteran's Hospital on Memorial Day. The CAF does it for free every year - you can see the vets are out on the lawn in front of the big hospital when we pass over and the staff tells us it means a lot to the them.



It's very commendable you took place in the jump. Doing some of these things for the vets is a little dangerous at times, but you figure it's nothing compared to what they did for our freedom.

Honestly, I'm not sure I could ever jump unless we were on fire or the wings fell off! We've also dropped parachutists and I would be the loadmaster for them. We wear a harness that's tethered to the inside and can communicate with the pilots up front over the headphones to stage the jumpers and tell them when to jump. I can honestly say that watching those guys (and galls) exiting out the plug whole was surreal looking to me.



The group above were funny. None of them had ever been in a WWII Warbird before and a couple of them admitted they were scared to go up. (And they were wearing parachutes!)

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Great cockpit POV shot!

[villiers]

Attachment 30767So you, Harlan are the man who turns on the green light.
"The group above were funny. None of them had ever been in a WWII Warbird before and a couple of them admitted they were scared to go up. (And they were wearing parachutes!)" I can sympathise with that lot. They don´t like rounds ... and I´m not that keen on squares.

I also take part in commemorative events with our company´s L4: