"D" Day.

[Rocky]

I thought everyone had an Ox Wagon. I have one parked next to my igloo and birch bark canoe

 

[Gromit]

I thought everyone had an Ox Wagon. I have one parked next to my igloo and birch bark canoe

 

[DaveM]

Wow now that is a bit of history for sure, glad she was not injured.

 

[CarlS]

I have mine parked next to my chikee - ("house" in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts, with a raised floor, a thatched roof and open sides

 

[DaveM]

I think Carl beats us all for sure

 

[Gromit]

I think Carl beats us all for sure

This round definitely goes to Carl!

 

[Gromit]

Wow now that is a bit of history for sure, glad she was not injured.

She's a real case - 88 now so we just take each day as it comes.

 

[Rocky]

I see your chikee and raise you two igloos
Yep, you're #1 this time Carl

 

[DaveM]

She's a real case - 88 now so we just take each day as it comes.

Shame bet she can tell you some stories from way back then

I see your chikee and raise you two igloos
Yep, you're #1 this time Carl

 

[CarlS]

I think Carl beats us all for sure

This round definitely goes to Carl!

LOL I have friends that still live in chikees down on the Big Cyress Reservation. However, they have gone modern. The sides are boarded about 1/3 of the way up and then screened to the roof to cut down on mosquitoes. I remind them that they are whimps.

She's a real case - 88 now so we just take each day as it comes.

I would really enjoy talking with her.

 

[CarlS]

I see your chikee and raise you two igloos
Yep, you're #1 this time Carl

:y24: :y24: :y24:

The igloo would not last very long down here!

 

[The Seeker]

Make no mistake, war is still horribly brutal. The media focuses on the high tech stuff, the drones, the laser guided weapon systems, etc; but soldiers on the ground are still required and it is still brutal. The high tech weaponry reduces the risks and makes it possible to incapacitate the enemy from a distance; but the real estate must be occupied and held. There may not be as much hand to hand combat; but it still happens, especially in urban fighting and clearing buildings. Close contact with the enemy is still very much a part of battle.

Absolutely!!!

Just ask my Son to tell you about the 2nd Battle of Fallujah.....that is IF he'll talk at all about it. It wasn't merely house to house fighting, but room to room. That's life (or death) in a Marine Corps Infantry Rifle Platoon.

 

[CarlS]

Absolutely!!!

Just ask my Son to tell you about the 2nd Battle of Fallujah.....that is IF he'll talk at all about it. It wasn't merely house to house fighting, but room to room. That's life (or death) in a Marine Corps Infantry Rifle Platoon.

Or any infantry outfit that is fighting in an urban area. I know several Marines who were at Fallujah - none of them reenlisted.

 

[The Seeker]

I know several Marines who were at Fallujah - none of them reenlisted.

That was it for Ian too!

 

[CarlS]

I don't blame them at all.

 

[avion]

A photo tribute to D-day.

http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/06/05/together-we-shall-achieve-victory-d-day-39-hq-photos/

 

[The Seeker]

A photo tribute to D-day.

http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/06/05/together-we-shall-achieve-victory-d-day-39-hq-photos/

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Thanks for posting!!

 

[CarlS]

Superb post. Thanks.

 

[DaveM]

Very nice link G

 

[The Seeker]

For anyone interested, I have some photos I took of a WWII landing craft actually used at Normandy in my "Roadtrips" gallery.