Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Going out at first light tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's on the way to you, Badger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Roger. Will advise when arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Roger. Will advise when arrives.No need. I have a tracking number. I will follow it from Colorado to New Mehico, to Nebraska, to Missouri, to Ohio, back to Nebraska, over to Nevada, then California and eventually to you. That's the usual path of things I order on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Didn't come in today, Bob. Probably tomorrow. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Didn't come in today, Bob. Probably tomorrow. Â Here's the tracking on it. https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction!input.action?tLabels=9405803699300197510801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Roger That. Will set up an observation post to watch for Delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Package arrived. Will try to get it off to Joe on Monday. Got a full week end. Thanks Bob. Looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Package finished. Should go out today to Joe. Will advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Next Shooter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Thanks, Charlie. You say ETA is the 3rd of March. Looks like I'll get it in time for the weekend, then ship it out on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Received the package today. Will watch it over the weekend and get it out on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 "So few." Â Pretty much sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Haunting stuff, isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Haunting stuff, isn't it. Â Â Yep. Especially watching their eyes as they go back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Surprised at how long they all lived, most into the 100s and some very close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Surprised at how long they all lived, most into the 100s and some very close to it. Really? The vets? Or just the guys on the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 The vets in the video were all close to or over 100 years old at the time of the filming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Well, consider that they only intervewed survivors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I forget when they filmed the interviews, sometimes in the early 1990s I believe, but at the end they show them and give the specifics on date of birth and date of passing. Almost all of them lived beyond 100. One thing I found interesting is the different takes on their involvement in the action, depending of course how they served and the time of the war. It was not a good time to be living, I suspect. That battle of the Somme was something else. Casualty list were long and gruesome. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 The DVD is on its way to the next person on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hoss Carpenter, SASS Life 7843 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 UB I too have seen the DVD; it is awesome. In the Fall of 78 I was stationed at Zweibrucken AB, Germany. On Nov 11th , I drove over to Verdun; only a couple of hours. I got there early and spent most of the day at the Museum; it is horrifying. The worst sight is a huge vault with glass side filled with human skeletons of both countries! I left the Battle Field Museum very glum. Â As I drove back into the small Village of Verdun about 1630, I stopped at a small Bar, which was decorated in Red, White and Blue bunting. I walked in and everyone in the room stopped talking and stared at me. (reminded me of several Western movies). I went to the bar and ordered a Stella (beer). The Bartended said, "you American?" I said yes, and I then had several more beers, and never paid for one of them! I shook every hand in the place, and went home with on old couple to their Cottage and spent the night. Had to call back to the Base early and tell my Major, I would be a little late. Â Most of the people in that bar were elderly French and most could speak little English. I had a few phrases I knew in French from College, but every one there thanked me for being an American and "saving" their country! This was not Paris! I have never bad mouthed the French people since then. What a trip that was! I never went back to Verdun; however I did get to Normandy twice. Â Cheers, Hoss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 It arrived this afternoon. I will get it out by Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 UB I too have seen the DVD; it is awesome. In the Fall of 78 I was stationed at Zweibrucken AB, Germany. On Nov 11th , I drove over to Verdun; only a couple of hours. I got there early and spent most of the day at the Museum; it is horrifying. The worst sight is a huge vault with glass side filled with human skeletons of both countries! I left the Battle Field Museum very glum. As I drove back into the small Village of Verdun about 1630, I stopped at a small Bar, which was decorated in Red, White and Blue bunting. I walked in and everyone in the room stopped talking and stared at me. (reminded me of several Western movies). I went to the bar and ordered a Stella (beer). The Bartended said, "you American?" I said yes, and I then had several more beers, and never paid for one of them! I shook every hand in the place, and went home with on old couple to their Cottage and spent the night. Had to call back to the Base early and tell my Major, I would be a little late. Most of the people in that bar were elderly French and most could speak little English. I had a few phrases I knew in French from College, but every one there thanked me for being an American and "saving" their country! This was not Paris! I have never bad mouthed the French people since then. What a trip that was! I never went back to Verdun; however I did get to Normandy twice. Cheers, HossIt truly was a war that should have ended all wars. Too bad it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 It arrived this afternoon. I will get it out by Monday   Great! I was about to run the tracking number!  I'm not sure if "Enjoy" is the right work for that documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 It went out today. It is a very powerful presentation. The man that said they should have sat down at a table and settled it at first was putting steel on target. Â Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 It just arrived at my house today! Bob, can you please PM me with whomever is next and their address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 It just arrived at my house today! Bob, can you please PM me with whomever is next and their address?Will do.10 demerits to Duffield for failure to follow instructionsand not including the list!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Then there is the firing squad to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Bob, Â The list was inside with the DVDs. Â Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Bob, Â The list was inside with the DVDs. Â Duffield 10 demerits to Cyrus then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Will do. 10 demerits to Duffield for failure to follow instructionsand not including the list!! Â Oh, he included the list. I just didn't open the case and find it before I posted :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabby the frog Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 historicaly speaking there were 40 million casualties but with all the nations involved there population was close to 500 million people i know its a lot, but more deaths were caused buy sickness and famine but it is the first war that was not for the glory of one nation although that is what started it, and yet it pales to comapre to the slaughter of the second ww with estimates of 60 million and over a billion people involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Â My WW1 reenactment unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 They look very clean and well fed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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