Subject: Thought for Today A car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market. A toy company can out-source to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it's a free market. A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and claim it's a free market.

The Curse Of Kant (1917) The papers publish sob-stuff And drool of the horrors of strife They speak of the fallen as murdered And lie about us and our life. But we who are in it know better There still is a glory to war The death which one dies for Country

My website just exceeded 50,000 hits. Thank you all who have visited and directed so many others to visit. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Since I started this thread on instructors who have have combat experience versus those who have not, 100% of the replies were in favor of instructors who have never been to combat. Many state that they would rather have an instructor who was skilled at instructing suggesting that once you have...

Go to my website to the section titled, "MISSIONS AND RESULTS". Click on "The Bridge at Verberie" then" Wurzburg" to see how effective we were. Then peruse the other 10 strike photos to get a good idea of precision bombing at its best. The Bridge at Verberie is an example of putting a bomb in a...

It was September 17th 1944. We were returning from a mission. As we flew west we could spot a sky full of C-47's pulling gliders. The sky was black with them. As we watched them fly by us, going East, the command radio came alive. Someone blurted over the Command set and in the clear, "Wow, look at...

I haven't thought about John O'Brian in years. But a comment made on this NG reminded me of him. He was a bit older than the rest of us. He had a civilian pilots license when the war started in Europe. He went to Canada and ended up flying Hurricanes in the MTO. When the US entered the war he...

We fly two missions again today. No losses. The sky is once more full of C-47's and parachutes as the 101st continues to be resupplied. The C-47's will fly over 5,000 missions before the battle is over. The men of the 101st await Xmas Eve deep down in their frozen foxholes clutching their K...

Rumors are there are German infiltrators who speak English who are attempting to penetrate our airfield to reach the mess tent and poison our food supplies.. We close down our kitchens and mess tents and we all are issued K rations. The cooks and bakers are issued rifles and sent out to join...

Sehr geehrte Kunden / Dear Sirs, ich wünsche Ihnen allen Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue jahr I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. außerdem sind noch einige Neuheiten eingetroffen. Smoke Trails

There has been some talk of men who wanted combat but due to "timing" or "luck" they missed out. Well if you are in a unit that won't get into the fight, just try this. Go to your CO and say," Sir, I hear the 344th is moving out to the ETO. I want to go with them. Here is my transfer request....

Sehr geehrte Kunden, es gibt wieder einige Neuerscheinungen auf dem Büchermarkt,außerdem ist es ab sofort möglich Modelle der Firma Kopro,siehe Anhang,zu bestellen. KG 200 The Luftwaffe`s most Secret Unit /Thomas & Ketley 192 Seiten,200 Fotos,16 Farbseiten 45,50 Euro

I recently posted an account of a B-26 mounted in a hanger used for training purposes. I called it a simulator. But as I think back I begin to realise that we never called it a simulator at that time. I think we called it "The trainer in the hanger". And it makes sense since we called the Link...

DEATH OVER PARIS On preparation for D-Day the 344th was hitting bridges and rail lines leading to Omaha Beach. A critical target was the Paris RR bridge which allowed vast amounts of train traffic to move west toward Omaha. We hit the Paris RR bridge on the morning 28 May, 1944. The defenses were...

My website just passed the 40,000 hit mark. more than I ever dreamt possible, athough Bob McKellar knew it all along. I never thought there was so much interest in that war so long gone and behind us. Thank you all for your constant repeat visits and warm, encouraging E-Mails that come on a daily...

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Lest we forget. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

A Soldier's Burial by George S. Patton Not midst the chanting of the Requiem Hymn, Nor with the solemn ritual of prayer,

Their heroic record speaks for itself. And it seems that the only ones who question that are back-biting, carping, do-nothings who themselves have no record of acheivement. Arthur Kramer Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Subject: P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German tanks,reality From: (Walt BJ) Date: 8/6/03 10:07 PM Pacific I'd guess the pilot's eyes were on flak rather than a target a lot of the time. No point watching flak. There is nothing you can do about...