Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Thanks for posting all the June 6th pictures. Read Band of Brothers as well as watched the series numerous times. A gentleman who I knew at the gym landed in the first wave at Omaha. He mentioned it was only by God's hand that he survived.
We had a veteran a few streets south of the fire station. He would slip to the floor and couldn't get up. Over 90 years old and still a very big man. Over 6 feet tall and what looked like size 13 shoes. His wife would call us just to get him picked up off the floor. The first time we were there he was sitting up against the bed. Two of us got him to his feet. The engine Captain was in the hallway, and said "sir are these your things in this other room?" He said "yes, that was a long time ago". Airborne, D-Day jumper, bronze star, purple heart (maybe more than one of each). Then she would apologize for calling us. We told her "ma'am you call us any time, day or night. In fact, if you need us to bring you a meal, mow your yard, trim trees, anything you need, here is the number to the fire station." We picked him up several more times over the coming months. Sadly I think he passed a couple of years ago.

I have been on the FD long enough that I got the opportunity to take care of many WWII vets. I got to hear some terrific stories in their homes as well as in the back of the ambulance.

One other home, same deal he just needed help up. On the wall we're black and white photos of P-51's. I asked his wife "did he pilot a Mustang during WWII?" She said "yes, don't get him started". Well we did, and we took a knee in that man's living room. Unfortunately we had to clear up the Engine, after being on location for over 20 minutes. We could have stayed there all day and listened to him.
 
A suppressor on a revolver shows the person knows dick about revolvers, and less than dick about how suppressors work.
And if they really knew about revolvers and suppressors they wouldn't make that comment. They would already know that it does work on gas seal revolvers like the Nagant.
 
We had a veteran a few streets south of the fire station. He would slip to the floor and couldn't get up. Over 90 years old and still a very big man. Over 6 feet tall and what looked like size 13 shoes. His wife would call us just to get him picked up off the floor. The first time we were there he was sitting up against the bed. Two of us got him to his feet. The engine Captain was in the hallway, and said "sir are these your things in this other room?" He said "yes, that was a long time ago". Airborne, D-Day jumper, bronze star, purple heart (maybe more than one of each). Then she would apologize for calling us. We told her "ma'am you call us any time, day or night. In fact, if you need us to bring you a meal, mow your yard, trim trees, anything you need, here is the number to the fire station." We picked him up several more times over the coming months. Sadly I think he passed a couple of years ago.

I have been on the FD long enough that I got the opportunity to take care of many WWII vets. I got to hear some terrific stories in their homes as well as in the back of the ambulance.

One other home, same deal he just needed help up. On the wall we're black and white photos of P-51's. I asked his wife "did he pilot a Mustang during WWII?" She said "yes, don't get him started". Well we did, and we took a knee in that man's living room. Unfortunately we had to clear up the Engine, after being on location for over 20 minutes. We could have stayed there all day and listened to him.
We had a gentleman roll into the ER once that had been in a car wreck. Xrays showed an object next to his heart with no signs of recent injury. We asked him about it and it was a bullet he got in Korea. He said he earned it and it was going with him to the grave. Nicest dude you would ever meet, very gracious and polite to the team even though he was in obvious pain from the accident. Wish everyone was like that instead of yelling and trying to throw shit while I was trying to put in IV's or otherwise help them out.
 
I think it was "Three Days of The Condor" (book, not movie) that mentions a hitman attaching the silencer to his Colt Python...just before he clicks off the safety. Now, I was aware of the Nagant, but I've handled and shot several (owned one) Python and never ran across one that was gas sealed. Maybe the .22LR version. I've never seen one of those, but know they exist.

I've never seen one with a manual safety, either.