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« Odpowiedź #990 dnia: Czerwiec 06, 2024, 12:12:22 am »
80-ta rocznica D-day w Normandii.

tym razem Brytyjscy spadochroniarze zostali powitani przez celników. Proszę przygotować bagaż do kontroli.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPT6m54WoAANyU6?format=jpg&name=900x900

Powinni być wdzięczni. mogły ich przywitać serie z kaemu jak 80 lat temu.

Pozytywne jest to, że wciąż garści weteranów chce się .. i zdrowie pozwala aby przylecieć z USA.
https://bestdefensefoundation.org/battlefield-return/normandy-2024/

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« Odpowiedź #991 dnia: Lipiec 15, 2024, 09:54:01 am »
koniec pewnej epoki.

bardzo twarde, i mało widowiskowe egzemplarze. Brak wielkich akcji, brak góry medali ...
oni po prostu biegali po dżungli przez 3 lata głęboko za Japońskimi liniami. w towarzystwie lokalnej populacji często ze spiłowanymni w szpic zębami.

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The last two Coastwatchers died last week.
Jim Burrows (Army) at 101, and
Ron Dixie Lee (Navy) at 100.
They were both radio operators without whom there would have been no point in being there.
In spite of a couple of close run things they both survived and went on to lead successful lives.



We just had a job to do, and we did it
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/jim-burrowes-and-the-coastwatchers



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« Odpowiedź #992 dnia: Lipiec 17, 2024, 11:19:44 pm »
Podziwiam "Sztukę Pisania Citations do nagród" zaginona sztuka dostępna tylko nielicznym.

Wpadły mi w ręce ostatnio opis dla ostatniego żyjącego żołnieża nagrodzonego Victoria Cross podczas DWŚ.

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC AE is the last living recipient of a WWII Victoria Cross.
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Air Ministry, 1st September, 1944.

The King has been graciously pleased to confer the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officer in recognition of most conspicuous bravery: —

Flying Officer John Alexander Cruickshank (126700), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. No. 210 Squadron.

This officer was the captain and pilot of a Catalina flying boat which was recently engaged on an anti-submarine patrol over northern waters. When a U-boat was sighted on the surface, Flying Officer Cruickshank at once turned to the attack. In the face of fierce anti-aircraft fire he manoeuvred into position and ran in to release his depth charges. Unfortunately they failed to drop.

Flying Officer Cruickshank knew that the failure of this attack had deprived him of the advantage of surprise and that his aircraft offered a good target to the enemy's determined and now heartened gunners.

Without hesitation, he climbed and turned to come in again. The Catalina was met by intense and accurate fire and was repeatedly hit. The navigator/bomb aimer was killed. The second pilot and two other members of the crew were injured. Flying Officer Cruickshank was struck in seventy-two places, receiving two serious wounds in the lungs and ten penetrating wounds in the lower limbs. His aircraft was badly damaged and filled with the fumes of exploding shells. But he did not falter. He pressed home his attack, and released the depth charges himself, straddling the submarine perfectly. The U-boat was sunk.

He then collapsed and the second pilot took over the controls. He recovered shortly afterwards and, though bleeding profusely, insisted on resuming command and retaining it until he was satisfied that the damaged aircraft was under control, that a course had been set for base and that all the necessary signals had been sent. Only then would he consent to receive medical aid and have his wounds attended to. He refused morphia in case it might prevent him from carrying on.

During the next five and a half hours of the return flight he several times lapsed into unconsciousness owing to loss of blood. When he came to his first thought on each occasion was for the safety of his aircraft and crew. The damaged aircraft eventually reached base but it was clear that an immediate landing would be a hazardous task for the wounded and less experienced second pilot. Although able to breathe only with the greatest difficulty, Flying Officer Cruickshank insisted on being carried forward and propped up in the second pilot's seat. For a full hour, in spite of his agony and ever-increasing weakness, he gave orders as necessary, refusing to allow the aircraft to be brought down until the conditions of light and sea made this possible without undue risk.

With his assistance the aircraft was safely landed on the water. He then directed the taxying and beaching of the aircraft so that it could easily be salvaged. When the medical officer went on board, Flying Officer Cruickshank collapsed and he had to be given a blood transfusion before he could be removed to hospital.

By pressing home the second attack in his gravely wounded condition and continuing his exertions on the return journey with his strength failing all the time, he seriously prejudiced his chance of survival even if the aircraft safely reached its base. Throughout, he set an example of determination, fortitude and devotion to duty in keeping with the highest traditions of the Service.

jeden z 4 wręczonych VC dla Coastal Command i jedyny który nie był "pośmiertny"

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« Odpowiedź #993 dnia: Październik 19, 2024, 10:05:09 pm »
Niewiem czy nie ocieram się o wielki sekret jak działą Polska Armia ...

rozmowa dwóch Łysych Kopułek czyli Meissner i Lisowski
fragment na temat jedynego i najważniejszego człowieka na którym trzymają się rosyjskie bataliony

Zastępca Szefa Sztabu Batalionu - jedyny, niezastąpiony ...  TaDa!
https://youtu.be/nFRFTHhcpfk?t=2925

gdzieś kiedyś słyszałem że w naszej armii "zawsze jest ich dwóch, mistrz i uczeń" ...