Posted by Mike in SoCal (no longer in Kunsan) on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 16:17:44 :
In Reply to: Re: AIRBORNE posted by Robert Kosusnik (In Afghanistan) on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 13:07:30 :
Robert,
That is good news, it's always best to have paratroopers around if there is going to be a fight. As PFC Martin of WWII fame said to a retreating US tank destroyer crew at the Battle of the Bulge "...pull your vehicle behind me - I'm the 82nd Airborne, and this is as far as the b*stards are going!"
Of course SGT Blais will recognize "Rock of the Marne, sir!" But we'll have to check with Paul Cook for a first hand account of what it was like at the Battle of the Marne...;-)
Mike
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