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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Sweet pics and one nice Chrono. Thanks for sharing. ;) woohoo.gifwoohoo.gifwoohoo.gif |
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tombs 3T WIS 
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Outstanding pictures and a really nice chrono |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Thanks guys!happy1.gif |
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KenC Admin 
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Beautiful time piece...and as a bit of history, I am sure that everyone knows that the 1st Infantry Division spearheaded the invasion at Normandy Beach and the 16th Infantry Regiment spearheaded the division. This was really nothing new as the 1st Infantry Division and the 16th Infantry Regiment spearheded all of the European Theater landings at Tripoli in N Africa, Sicily and Normandy...only this time, the Regiment lost over 1600 men in the first few hours! Contrary to popular opinion, the Normandy invasion was poorly planned and even more poorly executed...the Navy's failures cost the lives of thousands! |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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KenC wrote:Beautiful time piece...and as a bit of history, I am sure that everyone knows that the 1st Infantry Division spearheaded the invasion at Normandy Beach and the 16th Infantry Regiment spearheaded the division. This was really nothing new as the 1st Infantry Division and the 16th Infantry Regiment spearheded all of the European Theater landings at Tripoli in N Africa, Sicily and Normandy...only this time, the Regiment lost over 1600 men in the first few hours! Thanks for some history facts KenC! This chrono is inspired of the WWII models: Robust design! It's thrue that a lot of men died there: Seems like the strategy was to overflow the German fire from the bunkers with massive man attack. We can just be glad that adolph didn't believe in an attack there and didn't reinforce the defence on this shores at this time. I was there once many years ago as my mother is from Normandie: The bunkers and the anti-tank giant iron crosses are still standing. The beach is long to cross, specialy in a situation like that I can guess.... |
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KenC Admin
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One of the things the Navy failed to do was to bombard the beach with high explosive, high trajectory artillery to create "foxhole" like indentations in the beach so that the men had some shelter from the onslaught of direct fire. It was in the plan...but not implemented. The other tragedy created by the NAVY LST captains was that in their haste to get out of the range of direct fire, they off-loaded troop far too early dumping them in water far above their heads and causing them to drown. (sorry Skip) |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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That was not so wise :( |
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Paladin 3T WIS 
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KenC wrote: One of the things the Navy failed to do was to bombard the beach with high explosive, high trajectory artillery to create "foxhole" like indentations in the beach so that the men had some shelter from the onslaught of direct fire. It was in the plan...but not implemented. The other tragedy created by the NAVY LST captains was that in their haste to get out of the range of direct fire, they off-loaded troop far too early dumping them in water far above their heads and causing them to drown. (sorry Skip) Well, hopefully we Navy Gunners have made up for that tragedy.  Bill GM, USN '87-'98  |
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stormin13 3T WIS 
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I apologize for the delay in replying to this post but after reading it I felt compelled to do so. First, Hammerfjord thanks for the wonderful pictures of your awesome chronograph. hand6.gifhand6.gif You took some absolutely stunning photos.  Secondly, Ken thanks for the insight into the D-Day landings and letting everyone know that just one mistake by the military can be catastrophic! We certainly made errors during the landings but thankfully Herr Hitler was a terrible military leader. His delaying too reinforce his troops with Armor certainly helped our cause! Lesson learned-let the military leaders plan and fight the battles and keep the politicians out of this process.Amazing photos of a fantastic looking watch. perfect.gif |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Hammerfjord, those are great photos. Creative composition, correct lighting and impact. Unbeatable. Oh, yes, that's also a good watch and highly-respected. On the Normandy invasion, I think this was an episode on the Band Of Brothers TV series that I really, really liked. I bought 2 sets of this on DVD  |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Thank you guys! Was not often here lately as I was away for the job but It's allways a pleasure to get compliments like that. Special thanks to Bigrustypig: You're my favorit pig! |
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