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'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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06-20-2015 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
How General Custer would have liked these toys in all round defence


He couldn't even be bothered to take his Gatling Guns!
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The Gatling guns would not have changed the outcome
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I agree, I've walked the ground several times and been an Infantry Platoon second in command for years...I don't believe if he had todays weapons with front line load, he'd have changed things. There was a human wave dedicated to his destruction. Even the women were involved...
I see only three men's kit there...you guys really did jump heavy Gil?
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Well one thing is for sure, he wouldn't have been "worse off"!
Why use a 50 pound bomb when a 500 pound bomb will do?
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Jim,
I think it was Fathers Day for these two
, or they drew the short straw. 3 PARA always were greedy when it came to weapons.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
3 PARA always were greedy
Better greedy then short handed I should think.
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Originally Posted by
HOOKED ON HISTORY
" bring it"
Sadly they often did where the lads were located in Helmand, thats why they had to be prepared for every eventuality.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Thank You to Gil Boyd For This Useful Post:
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Well if it was the way it was then, the Indians would have been even better armed then that,
Ray
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