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The FReeper Foxhole - Lazy Sunday and some WW1 Facts - October 17th, 2004
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Posted on 10/16/2004 10:14:43 PM PDT by snippy_about_it



Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.



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Just the facts, ma'am.





WWI Facts



OTHER NAMES FOR THE GREAT WAR

World War One
The War to End All Wars
The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy
The War of the Nations
The First World War
The World War

Famous Alumni of World War One

Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney, Charles DeGaulle,
Ernest Hemmingway, Pope John XXIII, Lawrence of Arabia,
Winston Churchill, Bella Lugosi, Fritz Kreisler,
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussollini, Fiorello LaGuardia
Harry Truman, King Edward VIII, General Marshall,
General George Patton, General E. Rommel, G. Marconi
General Douglas MacArthur, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Field Marshall Montgomery, Walter Brennan



CASUALTY FACTS

During the summer and fall of 1914, France lost as many men on the battlefield as the U.S.Army would lose in all of the 20th century!

Russia's losses were never actually counted. It is estimated that over 6 million Russian soldiers were killed in WWI.

During World War One, 230 soldiers perished for each hour of the four and a quarter years it continued.

The world's worst train accident occured in France, in December 1917 with the deaths of over 600 soldiers.

There were 70,000,000 men and women in uniform of that number one-half were either killed, wounded or became prisoners of war.

In Great Britian at the end of the war there were 250,000 wounded soldiers who suffered total or partial amputation.

The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed 51 million people worldwide!

The U.S. was in the war in actual combat for only seven and a half months. During this time 116,000 were killed and 204,000 were wounded.

In 1916 in the Italian Alps a winter avalanche killed 10,000 men. In four years of conflict on the Italian Alpine Front 50,000 soldiers killed by avalances.

The Italian Front 1915-1918 was the site of the largest scale mountain warfare in history.

During the course of the Great War 11% of Frances's entire population was killed or wounded.

The site of the Battle of Verdun is remembered as the battlefield with the highest density of dead per square yard.

The biggest naval battle in history occurred off the coast of Jutland in the afternoon of May 31, 1916. More than 200 warships and 100,000 men of the rival navies were involved. The British "Grand Fleet" lost 14 ships. The German "High Seas Fleet" lost 11 ships.

Half of the dead of Great War have no known grave.

The largest man made explosion occured at Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada 1917 with the collison of 2 ammo ships.

The 10 month Battle of Verdun, 1916 caused over a million casualties.

At the end of the war in France the 650,000 war widows became a powerful voting block .

Italian Front
60,000 Alpine troops would freeze to death in the "high mountains" (Dolomiti Adamello ranges) during 3 years of war.



WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS

First war to be fought on 3 continents.
First industrialized conflict.
First use of chlorine & mustard gas.
First use of the flame thrower.
First tank battle.
First use of mass airplanes.
First use of x-ray in the military.
First use of a blood bank.
First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers.
First four-star general, General John J. Pershing
First use of trillion in estimating war costs.
First commissioning of war art for propaganda.
First use of the IQ Test given to Doughboys of 1917.
First U.S. president to visit a European country while in office was Woodrow Wilson on 12/04/18.



WORLD WAR ONE ANIMALS

1917 - "Stubby" a mutt, who wandered into the Connecticut National Armory, goes overseas with the 102nd Inf. Regiment during WW1. The dog saves his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks and locates wounded soldiers. "Stubby" was decorated for Valor by Gen. John Pershing.

1918 - "Cher Ami" a U.S. Army Singal Corps carrier pigeon is wounded during the Battle of Verdun, France. He dies of wounds in 1919 and is awarded the French Croix de Guerre.

1918 - "Rin Tin Tin" a German Shepherd dog was born in a trench in 1918 and rescued by an American Soldier. The dog became the nation's most famous dog and starred in more than 40 films.

It is estimated that over 800,000 horses were killed in the line of duty with the British Forces on the Belgium Front.

Over 40,000 war dogs were killed while serving with the Allied Armies.

Buddy, the offspring of a war dog, is the first seeing eye dog.

The Original Pooh Bear was a Canadian World War One Mascot.

Rin Tin Tin ,a German Shepherd war dog, helped shape our image of dogs, as a problem solver, paved the way for Lassie and made the dog into an American Folk Hero.



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To: E.G.C.
He tore the top half of the front section.

LOL. Probably had a Kerry story on the front page and like me, he just couldn't take it anymore.

61 posted on 10/17/2004 8:50:30 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Valin
Signs Your Cat is Planning to Kill You!...
As the wind blows over the grassy knoll in downtown Dallas, you get a faint whiff of catnip.


62 posted on 10/17/2004 8:56:45 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: shield

Good morning sheild. Thanks for the bump.


63 posted on 10/17/2004 8:57:39 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Thanks PE. Just look at the faces of those men in the Mt. Rushmore size pic. I bet they aren't voting for sKerry.


64 posted on 10/17/2004 9:00:34 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it

And Good Morning to you snippy_about_it...and your very welcome. ;o)


65 posted on 10/17/2004 9:11:02 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: bentfeather

Morning/Afternoon Feather!


66 posted on 10/17/2004 9:23:06 AM PDT by The Mayor (The Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.)
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To: SAMWolf

My puter is supposed to be ready tomorrow afternoon.

He has to reinstall windows, but, he is also taking all the data out before he does it. I will have to reinstall alot of stuff but he will save the data.

Still gonna be a pain in the butt..


67 posted on 10/17/2004 9:25:10 AM PDT by The Mayor (The Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.)
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To: snippy_about_it

Thanks Snippy

update above to Sam


68 posted on 10/17/2004 9:26:07 AM PDT by The Mayor (The Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.)
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To: E.G.C.
My black lab grabbed this morning's papaer and ran with it. It took several minutes to catch up to him. He tore the top half of the front section.

LOL! Gotta love em anyway. ;-)

69 posted on 10/17/2004 9:38:25 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: Valin
1781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown


70 posted on 10/17/2004 9:42:22 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: Valin
Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

LOL! I like that one!

71 posted on 10/17/2004 9:42:55 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: alfa6

Good luck on finding a ladder for a reasonable price.


72 posted on 10/17/2004 9:44:17 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Morning PE.

Mount Rushmore size sure looks good. :-)


73 posted on 10/17/2004 9:45:02 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: Grzegorz 246

OOOOOO! Like the Warsaw Uprising coins!


74 posted on 10/17/2004 9:45:35 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: snippy_about_it

LOL!


75 posted on 10/17/2004 9:46:09 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: The Mayor
Still gonna be a pain in the butt..

You got that right. Good luck.

76 posted on 10/17/2004 9:46:43 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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To: All
A couple of WWI re enactors pics courtsey of Warbirds over New Zealand website.

http://www.warbirdsovernewzealand.com/

This pic covers three of the firsts in WWI, machine guns, tanks, and of course aeroplanes.

Perhaps this couyld be a aerodrome scene out of WWI in this pic.

Lunch break is over back to work I must go.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

77 posted on 10/17/2004 10:15:32 AM PDT by alfa6 (He who hath, so hath who he)
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To: alfa6
Like that first pic!


80 posted on 10/17/2004 10:43:44 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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