papyrus: June 2012

Indian Army

Sam Manekshaw
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw 8th Chief of Army Staff (Pictured wearing General's insignia ca. 1970)

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Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw, Indian Army

WHEN A SOLDIER COMES HOME-ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD....

When a soldier comes home, he finds it hard....
..to listen to people whining about being bored.....to keep a straight face when people complain about potholes.
to be tolerant of people who complain about the hassle of getting ready for work....to be understanding when a co-worker complains about a bad night's sleep.
..to be silent when people pray to God for a new car.
...to control his panic when his wife tells him he needs to drive slower...to be compassionate when a businessman expresses a fear of flying.

....to keep from laughing when anxious parents say they're afraid to send their kids off to summer camp.

....to keep from ridiculing someone who complains about hot weather..

....to control his frustration when a colleague gripes about his coffee being cold.

....to remain calm when his daughter complains about having to walk the dog.
.....to be civil to people who complain about their jobs.

....to just walk away when someone says they only get two weeks of vacation a year.

....to be forgiving when someone says how hard it is to have a new baby in the house.
The only thing harder than being a Soldier...Is loving one.

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Japanese Kawanishi H8K seaplane after strafing. Kwajalein
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Squad of Rufe's at Bougainville . These things were very nimble
even with the pontoons.

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The A6M2-N float plane version of the Zero did extremely well, suffering only a small loss in its legendary maneuverability. Top speed was not affected, however, the aircraft's relatively light armament was a detriment.

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Snow on deck. USS Philippine Sea North Pacific 1945 Image of Battle of the Bulge

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HARVS on the way in shot by a P-47. Rare shot.

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Deck crew climbing up to get the pilot out. He did. That’s a fuel

tank his foot is on. Empty?

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Marines disembark LST at Tinian Island.

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Bougainville.

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Guam

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Outside Bastogne

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German 280mm K5 firing

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U.S. munitions ship goes up during the invasion of Sicily.

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Spitfire "tipping-off" a V1. If you've never heard of this

insane tactic ....... At first V1's were shot down by gunfire. Optimum range

was inside 200yds, which was marginal for survival. Many planes were damaged

and quite a few pilots killed. Basically at such high speed and low altitude a plane

had to fly though the explosion and hope.

With the high risk of being blown up some of the best pilots started tipping the V1's

wing, because of damage to wing tips they later developed a tactic of disrupting

the airflow by placing their wing very close to the V1's wing, causing it to topple.

Not every pilot did this. At night this was not possible, the flame from the V1 blinded

the pilot to everything else, though some Mossie pilots flew past closely in front of

the V1, again causing it to topple. The thought of doing this at 450mph, 4,000 feet

above the ground, at night and being blinded gives me the willies.

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Panzerkampfwagen VI "E Tiger"

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Ju 88 loading a torpedo. This is one HUGE bomber ... and it's on

pontoons!!!!

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German "KARL" mortars. Sebastopol

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Reloading a KARL

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BOOM!

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Macchi 202v

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Italian 303 Bombers over N Africa

See more pictures below!!

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PEARL HARBOR
December 7th, 1941
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Image of The Thin Red Line

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Image of The Guns of Navarone

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Image of Where Eagles Dare

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Image of The Dirty Dozen

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and now some music for you-----anyone remember Anthony Quinn--now that was an actor!!!Guns of Navronne,Secret of Santa Vittorias, Lawrence of Arabia---

and some little known facts-----------
Hans Speidel (28 October 1897, Metzingen – 28 November 1984) was a German general during World War II and the first German NATO Commander during the Cold War.

Hans Speidel

General Speidel (left) with OberstleutnantJosef Graßmann from the 326th Grenadier Regiment on the Eastern Front. General Speidel (left) with OberstleutnantJosef Graßmann from the

326th Grenadier Regiment on the Eastern Front.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord (NATO / OTAN)

The German Bundeswehr provided the largest element of the allied land forces guarding the frontier in Central Europe

Following is a complete list of Wehrmacht Generals/Admirals who served in General/Flag rank postwar:

Heinrich von Behr
Friedrich Albert Foertsch
Ludwig Heinrich Gaedcke
Reinhard Gehlen
Peter von der Groeben
Ottomar Hansen
Heinrich-Georg Hax
Paul Reinhold Herrmann
Adolf Bruno Heinrich Heusinger
Hans-Joachim von Horn
Hellmuth Laegeler
Kurt von Liebenstein
Smilo von Lüttwitz
Helmuth Mäder
Gerhard Matzky
Hermann Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand
Joachim-Ernst Oskar Munzel
Horst Niemack (dR)
Günther Pape
Max-Josef Pemsel
Joseph-Maria von Radowitz
Paul Reichelt
Hellmuth Reinhardt
Hans Röttiger
Wolf-Dietrich von Schleinitz
Joachim Schwalto-Gesterding
Curt Siewert
Hans Speidel
Friedrich Stammbach
Gottfried Ludwig Weber
Johannes Bruhn (Bundesgrenzschutz)
Anton Grasser (BGS)
Willy Langkeit (BGS)

Luftwaffe -

Sigismund von Falkenstein
Martin Harlinghausen
Joachim-Friedrich Huth
Max-Josef Ibel
Josef Kammhuber
Hans Kroh (to Bundesheer)
Artur Paul
Hermann Plocher
Richard Schimpf
Heinrich (Heinz) Trettner (to Bundesheer)
Kurt Andersen (Bundesgrenzschutz)
Herbert Giese (BGS)
Wolfgang Vorwald (Ministerialdirigent)

Kriegsmarine -

Werner Ehrhardt
Rolf Johannesson
Hans Karl Meyer
Bernhard Rogge
Friedrich Oskar Ruge
Gerhard Wagner

The following became generals in der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR:

Rudolf Bamler
Walter Freytag
Otto Korfes
Arno von Lenski
Vincenz Müller
Karl Walther
Hans Wulz

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