THE DAY THE 344TH STOPPED PATTON

"ArVa" wrote in message
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Sad as it may be.....Would you like to list the wars, where women and
children were not victims ? None that I have experienced !!

BMC



The Falklands war?


ArVa

I guess your right on that one (or pretty close) !! They claim there were
..3% civilian casualties (gender unknown ?)

Regards, BMC

Brian Colwell wrote:

"ArVa" wrote in message
...
Sad as it may be.....Would you like to list the wars, where women and
children were not victims ? None that I have experienced !!

BMC



The Falklands war?


ArVa

I guess your right on that one (or pretty close) !! They claim there were
.3% civilian casualties (gender unknown ?)

IIRR, either two or three kelper women were killed by British NGFS in Port
Stanley. There were also some civilian casualties including one dead IIRC, as
a result of a bombing raid on one of the outlying airstrips, which in fact was
unoccupied by the Argentines.

Guy

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Brian Colwell wrote:

"ArVa" wrote in message
...
Sad as it may be.....Would you like to list the wars, where women
and
children were not victims ? None that I have experienced !!

BMC



The Falklands war?


ArVa

I guess your right on that one (or pretty close) !! They claim there
were
.3% civilian casualties (gender unknown ?)

IIRR, either two or three kelper women were killed by British NGFS in Port
Stanley. There were also some civilian casualties including one dead
IIRC, as
a result of a bombing raid on one of the outlying airstrips, which in fact
was
unoccupied by the Argentines.

Guy



You're right, I didn't know this fact but three British women were indeed
killed during the war, as the house in which they stood on the outskirts of
Port Stanley was hit by a (British) shell. They were the only civilian
casualties of the war, according to this site :
http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/rafetcroll.html

I guess it just proves once again that there is no such thing as a "clean"
war and that this very concept is just a figment of some generals'
imagination...

Regards,
ArVa

"ArVa" wrote in message
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"Guy Alcala" a écrit dans le message
de . ..
Brian Colwell wrote:

"ArVa" wrote in message
...
Sad as it may be.....Would you like to list the wars, where women
and
children were not victims ? None that I have experienced !!

BMC



The Falklands war?


ArVa

I guess your right on that one (or pretty close) !! They claim there
were
.3% civilian casualties (gender unknown ?)

IIRR, either two or three kelper women were killed by British NGFS in
Port
Stanley. There were also some civilian casualties including one dead
IIRC, as
a result of a bombing raid on one of the outlying airstrips, which in
fact
was
unoccupied by the Argentines.

Guy



You're right, I didn't know this fact but three British women were indeed
killed during the war, as the house in which they stood on the outskirts
of
Port Stanley was hit by a (British) shell. They were the only civilian
casualties of the war, according to this site :
http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/rafetcroll.html

I guess it just proves once again that there is no such thing as a "clean"
war and that this very concept is just a figment of some generals'
imagination...

Regards,
ArVa

Got to give the Brits credit, at least they tried !

Regards, BMC

Subject: THE DAY THE 344TH STOPPED PATTON
From: "Brian Colwell"
Date: 9/10/03 9:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time

I guess it just proves once again that there is no such thing as a "clean"
war and that this very concept is just a figment of some generals'
imagination...

Regards,
ArVa

Got to give the Brits credit, at least they tried !

Regards, BMC



Small war, few casualties. Big war. Lots of casualties. Falklands isn't typical
of anything.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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In message , ArtKramr
writes
Small war, few casualties. Big war. Lots of casualties.

Yeah, but three civilian dead out of around a thousand is good going by
both sides.

Falklands isn't typical
of anything.

Ain't that the truth...

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

"ArVa" wrote:

I guess it just proves once again that there is no such thing as a "clean"
war and that this very concept is just a figment of some generals'
imagination...

It is cleaner than a day or two of traffic collisions in the Seattle area. And
we don't even use bombs.

-- Charlie Springer