CatYaaak
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46Driver said:CatYaack,
OK, I'm not English but I am a Marine so I will quote Chesty Puller when the millions of Chinese came screaming across the Yalu River. "We're surrounded - that simplifies the problem. Now I can shoot in every direction." And yes, Chesty did pile up hordes of bodies....
Indeed Chesty did. Before my time but my father was there and remembered those Chinese hordes well. Good to see not everyone has forgotten the "Forgotten War".
But my previous post wasn't meant in any way to detract from the brothers-in-arms spirit, for it's very real and rightfully so. I was rather just thinking about how if one must be baptized by fire, doing so at the expense of the French would be particularily satisfying. Went off on a tangent, I did.
Having had to spend far too much time in France over the last year experiencing first-hand their witless protests, strikes, and insufferable pontificating, it becomes rather easy to lapse into daydreams about being part of Henry's little band.