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Subject: Little known weird facts.
Thomas    6/28/2004 9:41:32 AM
I'll try and start a thread here of apparently trivia on leaders (we can move on to tank, if there is any interest). They might be of little consequence: Kemal Atatürk had blue eyes. They might make your skin crawl: Reinhardt Heydrich had a high pitched, squeaky voice. They might add a new side to your knowledge: President William Howard Taft was (beside being the fattest president of the USA) honourable president of the Rebild society - the Danish-American friendship society - George Bush sn. iis one know. They may be of periphial importance: General DeMeza suffered from urin incontinence (he lost in 1864 2 Slesvian War). Your input.
 
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bombard    RE:How about a audie tank   8/27/2004 1:57:30 PM
Really Small, with a big gun? designed to work with infantry? Sounds like a M8 (or XM-8 if your care, I dont) And especially since its already been rejected!
 
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rbrooku    RE:Little known weird facts.   8/28/2004 3:33:53 PM
"In politics, an absurdity is not an impediment." - Napolean -
 
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bombard    RE:Little known weird facts.   8/29/2004 9:01:33 AM
"In politics, an absurdity is not an impediment." - Napolean I guess Bush is exhibit #1 in that case. And several other politicians could other exhibits.
 
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chasmo    RE:Little known weird facts. Murphy / York   8/29/2004 4:14:21 PM
As I recall, the Sgt. York DIVAD was cancelled in the early '80's before entering production. I also seem to recall that it was the first major weapons system to be named for a noncom, hence, it's inevitable cancellation.
 
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jastayme3    RE:Little known weird facts - Patton   8/30/2004 2:11:48 AM
Patton believed in reincarnation and believed that he personally had fought for Carthage in a past life. --------------------------------------------------- Actually that's a pretty well known fact-if you've watched the movie
 
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bombard    RE:Little known weird facts - Patton   8/30/2004 7:27:47 PM
Reincarnation might be kinda comforting if you're a general, means you can send these boys off to die, and be comforted that they'll be reborn. As opposed to sending them off to die, and having to remember them.
 
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Tercio    Liberation of Paris. WWII   9/3/2004 7:32:23 AM
The first Allied troops who arrived to Paris after the German ocupation in WWII were...Spanish. Many Spaniards, supporters of the defeated Republic, fleed to France by the end of the Spanish Civil War. After a period in refugee camps and by the time of the German invasion of France, those exilees joined the ranks of the French Resistance or the French forces in the North of Africa. The last, who were put under the command of General Leclerc, were involved in the operations in Normandy and finally were the first in arrive to Paris. Tercio
 
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mike_golf    RE:Little known weird facts - Patton   9/4/2004 11:21:13 AM
Jastayme wrote: "Actually that's a pretty well known fact-if you've watched the movie" Considering the age of the movie and constant anti-warrior trend of Western society I suspect that the number of folks today in the US who have seen "Patton" is pretty low. It may be common on these boards to watch that movie, but we are not representative of our societies. I would say this is a little known weird fact since most Americans knowledge of Patton will be limited to the fact that he was a general and he was called "Old Blood and Guts".
 
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Marcus     Patton the film   9/4/2004 11:29:10 AM
mile_golf wrote: Considering the age of the movie and constant anti-warrior trend of Western society I suspect that the number of folks today in the US who have seen "Patton" is pretty low. It may be common on these boards to watch that movie, but we are not representative of our societies. The film was shown a few times in the last couple of years on german cable channels. must be our warrior spirit ;)
 
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rbrooku    RE:Little known weird facts.   9/5/2004 11:16:11 PM
"Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." - Otto Von Bismark -
 
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