Military History

[CagleMtnVol]

By the way I love that YouTube channel posted in the reply.

 

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[Tri-CitiesVol]

Thanks for the timeline posts

 

[BigSteve09]

Pretty deep in a Vietnam War revisit.

Reading some good books, watching videos on YouTube I haven't seen before. Came across some firsthand accounts. Some good military studies as well.

There aren't a lot of Street View options on Google available for some of the hot spots of the war, and the jungle has reclaimed most, if not all battlefields. The whole point of the jungle was that there weren't battlefields anyway.

This is pretty interesting:
“Cover” in “Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam” on Manifold at the University of Washington

Revisiting We Were Soldiers Once And Young and Matterhorn. The latter is a great read if you haven't heard of it. The author served combat duty in Vietnam in 68-69 in the area and hills pictured here, after the war he shopped his autobiography for years with no takers, so he turned his story into a historical fiction work. Kind of like Oliver Stone did with Platoon, but way less dramatic liberties. Pretty heavy read, but I can't put it down.

Reading about 17-19 year olds fighting over "hills" like this, to get artillery and landing bases on top of, to provide cover for patrols down in the valleys.

To aid in immersion:
Mix of 2 videos from youtube : Vietnam Jungle Radio

 

[Toujours Pret]

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July 2, 1863 is a day full of amazing stories. The Lions of The Round Top, The Men Must See Us Today, Lee Calls on Hoods Texans, Barksdale's long white hair blowing in the air as he leads his Mississippi Brigade to glory, and ultimately his death.

I'm on record as saying the battle of Gettysburg was over at nightfall on the 1st, Meade had won by holding the line from Culp's Hill to the Round Tops.

Lee had one last shot, on a position far more important than the Round Tops. Meade, a new Army commander, had called all available reinforcements to the center to counter the McClaws/Hood assault, leaving a brigade of New Yorkers, 1200 strong, to defend a mile and a half front.

Greene set his men too cutting trees for defenses, and soon the spine tingling cry of the rebel yell echoed from the late afternoon shade as nearly 2 divisions of Ewell's Corps moved on the thin and scattered brigade.

Keep in mind that there was 4-5 regiments per brigade, 3 brigades per division, and 3 divisions per corps. So one under strength brigade was tasked with holding a front intended for 9x their number.

They held, Greene begged for help, and it came (sort of). Men from the 1st ans 11th Corps arrived as they could, in handfuls. Both of these units had been so battered on 1 July that they would no longer exist in a month.

The damndest thing happened. In a war run by field grade officers, corporals and sergeants took over. Rotating men in and out of the line, replacing and replenishing. The survivors of the storied Iron Brigade cheering on their German colleagues of Von Steinwhers division as they switched places on the thin line.

Greene held, and in my view saved the day. The defense of Little Round Top was amazing, but I don't know that it would have made a difference had Hood taken it.

Also pictured is John Wesley Culp. He had moved to Virginia several years earlier, and ended up on his family farm in July 1863 with B Company, 2nd Virginia Infantry, of the Stonewall Brigade. He fell on the hill named for his family.

 

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[TVOLS]

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; only three remain from group | KTLA

 

[Grand Vol]

This is pretty cool. One of our employees (former Marine) was invited to the dedication.

Native American Veterans Receive a Place of Their Own to Reflect and to Heal | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine

 

[OrangeTsar]

Me

 

[loggervol]

Thanks York for posting this. I have started showing your post to some friends of mine and, shamefully, none of us have heard of his name or story, and were all retired USAF.

A lot of civilians and members of all service branches (including Air Force) don't realize the many combat rolls within the USAF. Most believe we're "buzz boys" only.

Thanks

Yeah, when I had been out of the Army for about 2 years. I was being recruited to a unit in the USAF that cleared buildings like they did in Iraq. I didn’t know about them until the recruiter started telling me about it. I was completely done with the military though, So I stayed home.

I knew there were USAF commando’s and they have a search and rescue squad that’s pretty bad ass also.

 

[JFreak]

Had a chance to visit Okinawa and was able to see the Peace Memorial Park and explore the underground caves that made up the headquarters of the Japanese Navy. Brutal and humbling history.

 

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[Rasputin_Vol]

Nothing about Missionary Ridge this week? Interesting.

 

[SlipKidVol]

As a Chattanooga guy I love the history of Chickamauga and Chattanooga during the Civil War.

I live a mile south of Chickamauga battlefield and it crazy to know the 2nd biggest and bloodiest battle in the western hemisphere took place right here

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

As a Chattanooga guy I love the history of Chickamauga and Chattanooga during the Civil War.

I live a mile south of Chickamauga battlefield and it crazy to know the 2nd biggest and bloodiest battle in the western hemisphere took place right here

I used to take my classes to Chickamauga for a battle analysis every third month.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Bazooka Charlie and the Grasshopper: A Tale of World War II | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine

Not a recent article but pretty dang cool.

 

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