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What was the largest camouflaging accomplishment, in the world?
What was the correct answer to this question?
I was in Nuremburg US Army Hospital in 70 on conv status. I had a motorsickle and lots of time on my hands and toured around there a lot and got to meet a lot of the Old Germans in the Gausthous and other places.
One day an Old farmer took me out into his fields and showed me what remained of what he called"the field of lights" on his family farm. He had left them in place, what remained, to show others.
He and I got along really well and I spent many nights with his family under their roof and was more than happy to help out on the farm. His Frau was a great cook and one of his daughters and I became quite close. I really fucked up in the fact that I did not stay there upon my ETS and would have had a happy life as well as a farm in Germany now if I had had my shit together and didn't want to come home so bad.
I am still in contact with the family and my Shotzie but that is water under the bridge.
He was drafted during WW2 and put his time in as a conscript but never talked about it much other than when he and I would be out in the barn knocking down some of the Great bier he made.
The Germans built a BIG series of strings of lights to be lit up during the night NW of Nuremburg out in the farm fields to fool the Allied bombers into dropping there instead of on the airfield where the fighter planes were. That was all blacked out. The Allied bombers did good and hit the shit out of the farm only to uproot their crops and destroy their food supply.
It was really big and from the air looked like a small city with a lit airstrip. It worked as the farm was heavily bombed during the war and the family lived underground in a big root celler during that time.
So, cammo and deception was used by both sides with good effect by both sides during WW2. FM
A stick is drove into the ground, at the end of it's shadow another stick is drove into the ground. For what purpose are the two sticks used for?
A stick is drove into the ground, at the end of it's shadow another stick is drove into the ground. For what purpose are the two sticks used for?
Did you see that documentary about Azorian? If you are into engineering, math or physics, well, that's the most goddamndest operation ever conducted. IMO, the guys on that operation are only bested by the moon landing. Seriously. And they did it in secret --under everyone's noses. Fucking pros, every one of them.
FWIW, my father did shit similar to that but he never talked about much of it. A couple of the things he did talk about are declassified now, like the theft of 100 T72 tanks from Moscow (CIA literally ordered 'em on official papers and diverted the train in Siberia; it's how we knocked out Saddam's tanks so easy). Guys in those kinds of jobs have a VERY hard family life, I remember looking at my father and recognizing his face, but not actually knowing him. It was a strange feeling I'll never forget. His ability to just "switch" was fucking uncanny. I'll never know what he kept secret all those years so I guess he was a pro too. I wanted to get into that life and he did all he could to keep me from it. Enough about me.
I guess you need to come up with some questions now.
Ice Cream... Doesn't that come from the fact one of the patches or flashes looks like a Good Humor ice cream stick? The chute? Isn't it 101st? Ice cream boys were the fuckers in basic that got caught eating the shit on KP when I was in... Recruits are fucking sugar FIENDS.
Disregard my post above, I missed the shadow part, it's DAY land nav. By observing the movement of the shadow on the ground from the original mark you can establish direction.
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Marine NCO sword or Officer' Mameluke sword (pretty sure it's the NCO sword, as it was the Army Officer's sword before the Civil War, but relegated to Marine NCO's when the Army had so many of its officers resign and join the Confederacy).
In the mid to late 60's what did the US Army use Daisy BB guns for and how were they modified?
In the mid to late 60's what did the US Army use Daisy BB guns for and how were they modified?
BB guns were 15-25 feet but remember the apc's were thrown in front of you. Everyone was paired up, an after 25 rds you traded off. The real fun came when we transitioned, back to the M14 an M16, as those were unknown pop ups from 50-200yds, you had 5 seconds, for two targets, from a patrol walk starting point.^^ Impressive, at what distance? .
Fighting In Someone's House
Amazingly, the Medal of Honor.
Point with forefinger,stroke with index finger IIRC
Not that surprising. Until the early 20th century the Medal of Honor was the only medal awarded.
What was the second longest used issued weapon of the Marine Rifleman?