The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Project Aphrodite and the German V-2 Rocket - May 14th, 2004

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[SAMWolf]

"A Novel Concept"
The 'Mistel' was a combination of an un-manned Ju88 bomber fitted with a huge warhead, coupled to either a Bf109 or Fw190, which guided the bomber to it's target. The last mistel attack of the war is depicted.

The Mistel (Mistle Toe) was a top-secret German aviation project. The weapon consisted of a JU-88 with the nose convirted to an explosive warhead and an attached ME109 or FW190 in which a pilot flew the two joined aircraft to it's target. The JU-88 was aligned with the target, placed on autopilot, and then released to fly into and destroy the target. The mission for which the weapon was to have it's greatest effect was to be the destruction for all power plants in and around Moscow. Code named operation "Iron Hammer", the mission had to be called off because the airfields close enough to Moscow to launch the operation were overrun by the Soviets.

The Germans also tried the Unmanned remote control bomber concept.

[snippy_about_it]

Neat paintings. Thanks for the information, too.

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Thank you Light Speed. Stop in tomorrow for our Foxhole "Revisits" thread. I'll "re-do" a thread Sam did on The Ploesti Raid back in Jan 03.

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[Light Speed]

How long would John Kerry have lasted in this time?

[Darksheare]

IIRC, yes.

[Light Speed]

Stop in tomorrow for our Foxhole "Revisits" thread. I'll "re-do" a thread Sam did on The Ploesti Raid back in Jan 03.

Great...can you also do a Photoshop splice of Gen Patton slapping John Kerry? : )

[Professional Engineer]

Good afternoon ladies. Flag-o-gram.

Been busy here. Fixed a leaking toilet, replaced some broken couch legs, and oh yeah taking care of Msdrby and Kidlette.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good afternoon Foxhole freepers. I just wanted to drop by and say that I am grateful for all of the Veterans and soldiers who have worn the uniform for the United States of America.

[Johnny Gage]

3rd/7th Marines update.

I just receieved an email from my coworker who's son is with the 3rd/7th along the Iraq/Syria border.

Here's the letter from from the Commanding Officer of his unit. Hot off the 29-Palms website:

 

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From the Commanding Officer, Col. C.A.Tucker, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7)

Addresses for Marines and Sailors

12 May 2004

These have been quiet days. There are no sacrifices to remember at the end of this letter.

April and the early days of May were busy for the RCT. As mid-April approached 3d Bn 4th Marines transited from the RCT-7 area of operations to the vicinity of Fallujah, followed on April 15 by the RCT-7 Forward Headquarters, 2d Bn 7th Marines, and 1st LAR Bn. 3d Bn 7th Marines remained in Al Qaim/Husaybah, and we entered a 2-3 week period of combat operations designed to destroy this scum. Don't know if he has gone to ground, or if he is soundly defeated…the next few weeks will tell…but he is most certainly thrashed. And now resorting to the tactics of the cowardly. If any of you ever doubted there were terrorists here, the images of the young American beheaded by these bastards should remove all doubt.

But these have been quiet days. The RCT Forward, 2/7, 1st LAR are back at Al Asad or Al Qaim, 3/ 4 returns to us tomorrow, and following their victory in the Battle of Husaybah 17-19 April 2004, 3/7 has enjoyed relative quiet in their area of operations.

I'm getting beat up about the picture thing…I failed in the expectation management arena the first time I ever sent a picture out; I should never have let on I knew how to use a digital camera. So, lots of pictures today, but don't get greedy.

I spent about 4 days with 3/7 in Husaybah this week. During my time there the battalion conducted a battalion level patrol across the ground they fought on 17-19 April. This time, however, they were distributing soccer balls, school supplies, and candy: an active reminder to the people of Husaybah that we realize they are victimized by the terrorists and mostly mean us no harm. This first series of pictures was taken that day:

This photo was taken from the roof of a company patrol base and shows a great deal of the ground fought over on 17-19 April. View is to the northwest.

This house--- known as "the crack house" during the battle and the scene fierce fighting--- is thought to have been the terrorists headquarters.

The large white house in the background-nicknamed "the white house" during the fight, anchored the southern line of the enemy.

.And just down the road on the day I was there, Marines handing out soccer balls and school supplies….

.The Marine in the right foreground is PFC Schmidt, K 3/7. That's "Art" in the truck. Art is a bit agitated at the moment: he is a military working dog and, in the absence of any other specific instructions, Art has decided his current "work" is to guard the soccer balls in the HMMWV. He's not too happy that Marines keep removing his charges and giving them to the kids, and is currently and quite intently keeping an eye on some of his strayed "sheep."

Marines from K Company 3/7 preparing for a patrol.

The true outer edges of the empire: F Company 2/7 at home on the Syrian Border.

"Dear Mom, Please send a seat. And a door. Oh..and some tweezers. Love, Your Son

Ok…one picture of me. Now quit asking.

That is all for now. If things stay quiet, maybe I can get back on my promised weekly timeline.

For the first time in almost 8 weeks, "Nothing further to report."

Share your courage.

 

[GailA]

Our Guys and Gals are GREAT! Thanks for sharing

[Soaring Feather]

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[Soaring Feather]

Hi poppy!! How's it going??

Great Flag-o-gram. Thanks.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!!

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How long would John Kerry have lasted in this time?

His coniving blue blood would have frozen the first ten minutes.

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Great...can you also do a Photoshop splice of Gen Patton slapping John Kerry? : )

LOL. Excellent idea!

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Thanks for the flag-o-gram. I figured you'd be a little busy the next couple of months. :-)

Hope everyone is doing fine.

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Thanks Betsy for dropping in on the Foxhole with your message for our Veterans.

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I like the way this commander writes. Calling Sadr what he is..."scum".

Art has decided his current "work" is to guard the soccer balls in the HMMWV. He's not too happy that Marines keep removing his charges and giving them to the kids, and is currently and quite intently keeping an eye on some of his strayed "sheep."

This guy could write for a living. Great story about Art the dog.

Tell your co-worker how much we appreciate her son's service.

Thanks Johnny. This is very special.

[Johnny Gage]

You're welcome.
I've decided that I'll pass along anything she sends me, and I've told her that there's a group of folks (ie foxhole'rs) who are praying for him and his unit.