Lest We Forget

[rpbcps]

 

This 11th Nov. I thought I'd add some photos of Thompsons from WW2, which I have not seen on the board before, if I missed them, my apologise for adding them again.

 

29th Infantry Div. Duren, February 45

 

Marine M3 Stuart crew, Guadalcanal Campaign, fall 1942.

 

USN Sailor Saipan June 44

 

SAS firepower Italian Campaign

 

Canadian Armoured Unit

 

and a well deserved rest

 

Stay safe

 

Richard

Edited November 11, 2017 by rpbcps

[Devious6]

Not a Thompson, but this is my Dad in boot camp in 1946 having just qualified as high shooter in his platoon.

 

 

 

 

And this is me as a battalion commander in Bosnia 50 years later in 1996.

 

[rpbcps]

With a MRE in your hands, I remember exchanging French 24 hour ration packs with US marines in Djibouti, back in the 1980's, the French rations were poop! It was not until 1989 that a ration, similar to MRE, was issued to us while we were on tour in French Guiana, patrolling the border during the Surinamese Interior War.

Edited November 11, 2017 by rpbcps

[Devious6]

With a MRE in your hands, I remember exchanging French 24 hour ration packs with US marines in Djibouti, back in the 1980's, the French rations were poop! It was not until 1989 that a ration, similar to MRE, was issued to us while we were on tour in French Guiana, patrolling the border during the Surinamese Interior War.

 

I spent two weeks living on a French military base in Paris in '95 or '96 while tagged to be commander of US troops assigned to support Eurosatory - it only took one meal in their mess hall to convince me never to do that again. Ugh.

 

My pic was taken on Christmas Eve, 1996 - heading out to check on some of my troops and grabbed a delicious meal for on the way.

[rpbcps]

They say the French are proud of their cuisine, which has a reputation of being some of the best in the world, obviously that pride is absent in the military, I suffered six years of French military food, my first experience was also in Paris, in May 1984 when I arrived at Fort de Nogent to join the legion.

[anticus]

We were in the Balkans at the same time. I was deployed as a civilian analyst by my agency (NIMA later NGA) at the air base in Kaposvar in Hungary supporting the NATO IFOR peacekeeping mission, July-September '96.

[rpbcps]

Today I visited the Veterans walk in Sunderland, UK, to see the plaque that has just been put in place for my former work colleague, during my time in North Africa, who died of a heart attack in August.

 

https://www.nationalveteranswalk.co.uk/

 

 

This reminded me to bring this post back to the top... lest we forget!

 

Legio Patria Nostra

 

Richard

 

Edited November 8, 2020 by rpbcps

[thomas.hondo]

2-2 Infantry - Camp Bedrock - 97

[thirtyround]

Lovely Location Bedrock is. Nice view as well of the surrounding hills and mountains and dotted homes and villages.

Bedrock set atop a pretty good size hill. An unnatural hill comprised of smoke stack Fly Ash from the smoke stacks of Tuzla electric power plant, the worlds most filthy unregulated power plant during those years. It was so filthy during the winter, the snow around the plant and in/around Tusla was brown. Further more the hill is comprised of heavy metal wastes, coal trash / other toxic waste byproduct of coal mining. All this came from the mine which was just outside the hill. Makes for a fine cocktail of dusts to breath on a daily basis.

I suggest you get VA to do a CT scan of your lungs if you spent any considerable time there. Good times / good memories... most anyway. Semper Fi Mac.

[thomas.hondo]

Appreciate it. I did my claim when I retired back in 2015. Focus was on Iraq - Afghanistan but I will highlight this when I eventually go back in. I was fortunate to be off the Mega-FOBs with the burn pits for my tours. Happy to say No respiratory issues at this time

Thanks again.

[DougStump]

My Dad in WWII:

 

Me in Desert Shield/Storm:

 

[rpbcps]

On the 11th day of November, let us reflect.

We know that Freedom is not Free, it is provided by Brave Men and Women who are willing to put themselves in harm's way and we thank them all, from the bottom of our hearts, for their service.

 

 

 

[ron_brock]

To all those that served, my sincerest thanks to you all and your families!!

 

Ron Brock

[halftrack]

The short one.

[rpbcps]

Not in uniform, but on duty with an Algerian Gendarme:

 

Parachute drop over Calvi, our base in Corsica:

 

Memories

Edited November 11, 2020 by rpbcps

[anticus]

Corporal Robert Grove, USMC. Received the Navy Cross for actions at Cape Gloucester.

[Melvin]

Some pictures of my father . He was very proud American and a great father . He was a purple heart vet. He never talked to much about his life in the service. He carried a Thompson and a Grease Gun . He liked the grease gun better as it was lighter. He passed shortly after I got my 1st Thompson he shot it a few times I just cannot find the pictures.

[rpbcps]

This year's 11th Nov. remembrance ceremony in London, had only 11 veterans from WW2. There are not many left... Mind you this year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

 

Edited November 11, 2024 by rpbcps
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3 minutes ago, pstidan said:

Armistice descends from Latin sistere, meaning "to come to a stand" or "to cause to stand or stop," combined with arma, meaning "weapons." An armistice, therefore, is literally a cessation of arms. Armistice Day is the name that was given to the holiday celebrated in the United States on November 11 before it was renamed Veterans Day by Congress in 1954. The original name refers to the agreement between the Allied Powers and Germany to end hostilities that constituted the First World War—an agreement designated to take effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.