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Will be posting this in parts due to wifi messing up.
Many of you think I'm only interested in the war on the Eastern Front (Germans vs Russians) well that aint the case. I'm about halfway through The Longest Winter by: Alex Kershaw.
Some stuff I found interesting and or funny.
These men belonged to the 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division the: "Checkerboard Division."
Meet Platoon Sergeant William Slape. Slape grew up in the depression in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl days. Dirt Poor and where a Dime for a movie was as rare as a job. It toughened him making him a person without sentimentality, one who was ready to use his fists (as indicated later in the book
) and one who worked very hard. He joined the Army in 1937, and took immense pride in whatever unit he commanded. He cajoled his men with Okie curses like bullS,,,,,,,,,, when they flubbed assignments.
Slape stood at 6 ft 1 in, weighed 185 pounds and looked just like Gary Cooper.
ASTPer Corporal Aubrey "Schnoz" McGeehee, a 230 pound Mississippian w/ prominent nose & curly hair.
Pvt. Robert "Siv" Sivola, w/ Scandinavian features-
Sergeant George "Pappy" Redmond, 6"1, sandy-haired gentle giant. From Virginia.
ASTPer PFC Carlos Fernandez, from El Paso, here in Tejas (CPL Sam Jenkins was as well) was a wisecracking, handsome man born in Mexico.
Pvt Vernon Leopold-originally from Germany escaping in 1938. He kinda was a major klutz in basic: Had troubles getting in and over obstacles on the obstacle courses, and was the brunt of loads of laughs, but good natured about it all. Some include: Moving the rifle rack that ran down the center of the barracks so that Leopold would stumble over it after lights out, especially after he had a few beers. Mops as well as rifles were laid from bunk to bunk, making the few yards to his bunk a veritable obstacle course. Sitting in the back of a Jeep with his radio he wasn't safe. Slape would rabbit jump him--start the jeep rapidly and pull away--and laugh out loud as Leopold tumbled onto his backside in the dust and dirt.
Just to name a few.
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Many of you think I'm only interested in the war on the Eastern Front (Germans vs Russians) well that aint the case. I'm about halfway through The Longest Winter by: Alex Kershaw.
Some stuff I found interesting and or funny.
These men belonged to the 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division the: "Checkerboard Division."
Meet Platoon Sergeant William Slape. Slape grew up in the depression in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl days. Dirt Poor and where a Dime for a movie was as rare as a job. It toughened him making him a person without sentimentality, one who was ready to use his fists (as indicated later in the book
) and one who worked very hard. He joined the Army in 1937, and took immense pride in whatever unit he commanded. He cajoled his men with Okie curses like bullS,,,,,,,,,, when they flubbed assignments. Slape stood at 6 ft 1 in, weighed 185 pounds and looked just like Gary Cooper.
ASTPer Corporal Aubrey "Schnoz" McGeehee, a 230 pound Mississippian w/ prominent nose & curly hair.
Pvt. Robert "Siv" Sivola, w/ Scandinavian features-
Sergeant George "Pappy" Redmond, 6"1, sandy-haired gentle giant. From Virginia.
ASTPer PFC Carlos Fernandez, from El Paso, here in Tejas (CPL Sam Jenkins was as well) was a wisecracking, handsome man born in Mexico.
Pvt Vernon Leopold-originally from Germany escaping in 1938. He kinda was a major klutz in basic: Had troubles getting in and over obstacles on the obstacle courses, and was the brunt of loads of laughs, but good natured about it all. Some include: Moving the rifle rack that ran down the center of the barracks so that Leopold would stumble over it after lights out, especially after he had a few beers. Mops as well as rifles were laid from bunk to bunk, making the few yards to his bunk a veritable obstacle course. Sitting in the back of a Jeep with his radio he wasn't safe. Slape would rabbit jump him--start the jeep rapidly and pull away--and laugh out loud as Leopold tumbled onto his backside in the dust and dirt.
Just to name a few.
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