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- Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:19 pm
- Forum: Other Firearms that We Have an Interest In
- Topic: Ross Mark III
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5690
Re: Ross Mark III
A good find. I have a Mark III B, have yet to fire it.
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:57 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: 14 Juillet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7955
14 Juillet
Une glorieuse 14 Juillet ou Jour de la Bastille a vous!
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:07 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: 14 Juillet
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4768
14 Juillet
When you raise your glass this year, think of les Pantalons Rouge marching off to defend la Patrie 100 years ago.
- Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:49 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: A mes copains..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5810
A mes copains..
un glorieuse Quatorze Juilette-Jour de la Bastille!
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:20 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: 14 juillet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5671
14 juillet
Une glorieuse 14 ou Jour de la Bastille mes amis!
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:55 pm
- Forum: Veterans Remember
- Topic: Beret is out for normal use. No more fashion statement
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18805
Re: Beret is out for normal use. No more fashion statement
The whole "Berets for Everybody-One Army" nonsense was established 10 years ago by the then Chief of Staff of the Army Eric Shinseki to deal with very serious morale problems cause by Clinton. Among other things, Shinseki was alarmed that the retention rate for junior officers had plunged,...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:46 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: 14 Juillet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4432
14 Juillet
To all you real Frenchmen, Francophiles, collectors and reenactors une glorieuse 14 Juillet ou Jour de la Bastille.
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:48 pm
- Forum: Swiss, French, Belgian & Dutch Weapons
- Topic: Bastille Day 2010
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4251
Bastille Day 2010
To all Sons of France by birth or by adoption, to all you Francophiles and collectors of French Arms and militaria
Une Glorieuse 14 Juillet ou Jour de la Bastille. 1789-2010 221 ans.
Une Glorieuse 14 Juillet ou Jour de la Bastille. 1789-2010 221 ans.
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:34 pm
- Forum: Veterans Remember
- Topic: Wearing non-entitled medals
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10630
Re: Wearing non-entitled medals
As Anthony Herbert said in his excellent book Soldier , "There's nothing like a chest full of ribbons and the old war record when the promotion board meets.." and one reason why Vietnam was the bloody fiasco it turned out to be was because, as one USArmy general put it "Too many briga...
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Veterans Remember
- Topic: June 18, 1940
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1915
June 18, 1940
"What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and...