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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 15, 2021, 12:47 am

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Myths of WW2

The big one and the one I get asked all the time and the one I’ve spent most of my career debunking is the notion that FDR knew about Pearl Harbor in advance and let it happen anyway, and is responsible for the death of nearly 2,500 American servicemen in cold blood. I label it the biggest myth of World War II. People are willing to entertain the craziest conspiracy theories. There are no documents that come anywhere close to saying that FDR knew about Pearl Harbor in advance.
From the beginning, there was a group of scholars you could call revisionists, who have this whole theory that FDR maneuvered us into war by the back door. John Toland’s 1982 book described a “Seaman Z” who picked a message about the attack on Pearl Harbor and passed it out to his superiors and it was never worked on. In answer to all that, I say, putting together an intelligence picture is not as easy as it sounds. You have a million messages in the air, and 999,000 of them are noise.

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NO STOPPING THIS FELLA 2 VICTORIA CROSSES

Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC & Bar (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the most recent of only three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice.[4] As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy
First VC[edit]
In March 1941, Upham's battalion left for Greece and then withdrew to Crete, and it was here that he was wounded in the action, from 22 to 30 May 1941, that gained him his first VC. When informed of the award, his first response was "It's meant for the men."[8]

Citation

War Office, 14th October, 1941.

an individual has been graciously pleased to approve of awards of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned: —

Second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt Upham (8077), New Zealand Military Forces.

During the operations in Crete this officer performed a series of remarkable exploits, showing outstanding leadership, tactical skill and utter indifference to danger.
He commanded a forward platoon in the attack on Maleme on 22nd May and fought his way forward for over 3,000 yards unsupported by any other arms and against a defence strongly organised in depth. During this operation his platoon destroyed numerous enemy posts but on three occasions sections were temporarily held up.
In the first case, under a heavy fire from a machine gun nest he advanced to close quarters with pistol and grenades, so demoralizing the occupants that his section was able to "mop up" with ease.
Another of his sections was then held up by two machine guns in a house. He went in and placed a grenade through a window, destroying the crew of one machine gun and several others, the other machine gun being silenced by the fire of his sections.
In the third case he crawled to within 15 yards of an M.G. post and killed the gunners with a grenade.
When his Company withdrew from Maleme he helped to carry a wounded man out under fire, and together with another officer rallied more men together to carry other wounded men out.
He was then sent to bring in a company which had become isolated. With a Corporal he went through enemy territory over 600 yards, killing two Germans on the way, found the company, and brought it back to the Battalion's new position. But for this action it would have been completely cut off.
During the following two days his platoon occupied an exposed position on forward slopes and was continuously under fire. Second Lieutenant Upham was blown over by one mortar shell, and painfully wounded by a piece of shrapnel behind the left shoulder, by another. He disregarded this wound and remained on duty. He also received a bullet in the foot which he later removed in Egypt.
At Galatas on 25th May his platoon was heavily engaged and came under severe mortar and machine-gun fire. While his platoon stopped under cover of a ridge Second-Lieutenant Upham went forward, observed the enemy and brought the platoon forward when the Germans advanced. They killed over 40 with fire and grenades and forced the remainder to fall back.
When his platoon was ordered to retire he sent it back under the platoon Sergeant and he went back to warn other troops that they were being cut off. When he came out himself he was fired on by two Germans. He fell and shammed dead, then crawled into a position and having the use of only one arm rested his rifle in the fork of a tree and as the Germans came forward he killed them both. The second to fall actually hit the muzzle of the rifle as he fell.
On 30th May at Sphakia his platoon was ordered to deal with a party of the enemy which had advanced down a ravine to near Force Headquarters. Though in an exhausted condition he climbed the steep hill to the west of the ravine, placed his men in positions on the slope overlooking the ravine and himself went to the top with a Bren Gun and two riflemen. By clever tactics he induced the enemy party to expose itself and then at a range of 500 yards shot 22 and caused the remainder to disperse in panic.
During the whole of the operations he suffered from dysentery and was able to eat very little, in addition to being wounded and bruised.

He showed superb coolness, great skill and dash and complete disregard of danger. His conduct and leadership inspired his whole platoon to fight magnificently throughout, and in fact was an inspiration to the Battalion.
Bar to VC[edit]
Upham was evacuated to Egypt, now promoted to captain. He received a Bar to his VC for his actions in July 1942, before and during the First Battle of El Alamein.

Citation

War Office, 26th September, 1945.

an individual has been graciously pleased to approve the award of a Bar to the VICTORIA CROSS to: —

Captain Charles Hazlitt UPHAM, V.C. (8077), New Zealand Military Forces.

Captain C. H. Upham, V.C., was commanding a Company of New Zealand troops in the Western Desert during the operations which culminated in the attack on El Ruweisat Ridge on the night of 14th–15th July, 1942.

In spite of being twice wounded, once when crossing open ground swept by enemy fire to inspect his forward sections guarding our mine-fields and again when he completely destroyed an entire truck load of German soldiers with hand grenades, Captain Upham insisted on remaining with his men to take part in the final assault.

During the opening stages of the attack on the ridge Captain Upham's Company formed part of the reserve battalion, but, when communications with the forward troops broke down and he was instructed to send up an officer to report on the progress of the attack, he went out himself armed with a Spandau gun and, after several sharp encounters with enemy machine gun posts, succeeded in bringing back the required information.

Just before dawn the reserve battalion was ordered forward, but, when it had almost reached its objective, very heavy fire was encountered from a strongly defended enemy locality, consisting of four machine gun posts and a number of tanks.

Captain Upham, without hesitation, at once led his Company in a determined attack on the two nearest strongpoints on the left flank of the sector. His voice could be heard above the din of battle cheering on his men and, in spite of the fierce resistance of the enemy and the heavy casualties on both sides, the objective was captured.

Captain Upham, during the engagement, himself destroyed a German tank and several guns and vehicles with grenades and although he was shot through the elbow by a machine gun bullet and had his arm broken, he went on again to a forward position and brought back some of his men who had become isolated. He continued to dominate the situation until his men had beaten off a violent enemy counter-attack and consolidated the vital position which they had won under his inspiring leadership.

Exhausted by pain from his wound and weak from loss of blood Captain Upham was then removed to the Regimental Aid Post but immediately his wound had been dressed he returned to his men, remaining with them all day long under heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire, until he was again severely wounded and being now unable to move fell into the hands of the enemy when, his gallant Company having been reduced to only six survivors, his position was finally overrun by superior enemy forces, in spite of the outstanding gallantry and magnificent leadership shown by Captain Upham.

The Victoria Cross was conferred on Captain Upham for conspicuous bravery during the operations in Crete in May, 1941, and the award was announced in the London Gazette dated 14th October, 1941.
After being taken prisoner of war (POW), he was sent to an Italian hospital where an Italian doctor recommended his wounded arm be amputated in view of their extremely scarce supplies and inability to prevent or treat gangrene. Upham refused. He knew that the operation would have to be carried out without anaesthetic and he had seen other patients dying in agony under surgery.[13] He later had the wound dressed by an Allied POW doctor.

Upham refused on principle to escape from the hospital, but was branded "dangerous" after several later escape attempts.

One attempt occurred when POWs were being transported in open trucks through Italy. Upham jumped from the truck at a bend and managed to get 400 yards (370 m) away before being recaptured. He had broken an ankle in jumping from the moving truck.

By the summer of 1943 Upham was a POW at Campo PG47, near Modena, in the River Po Valley [14]

On another occasion, he tried to escape a camp by climbing its fences in broad daylight. He became entangled in barbed wire when he fell down between the two fences. When a guard pointed a pistol at his head and threatened to shoot, Upham calmly ignored him and lit a cigarette. This scene was photographed by the Germans as "evidence" and later reprinted in a biography, Kenneth Sandford's Mark of the Lion.

After this incident, Upham was considered dangerous and was placed in solitary confinement. He was only allowed to exercise alone, while accompanied by two armed guards and while covered by a machine gun in a tower. Despite these precautions, Upham bolted from his little courtyard, straight through the German barracks and out through the front gate of the camp. The guard in the machine-gun tower later told other prisoners that he refrained from shooting Upham out of respect, and as he could see German soldiers coming up the road whom he expected to capture Upham.[15] Upham was soon recaptured and sent to the infamous Oflag IV-C (Colditz) on 14 October 1944.

During his transfer on a civilian train while guarded by two Germans, Upham made his final escape attempt. Upham was only allowed to visit the toilet when the train was travelling at high speed to prevent him from jumping through a window. Nevertheless, Upham pried open the toilet window and jumped onto the tracks, knocking himself unconscious. After awakening, he escaped into a nearby orchard, but the even rows of trees and lack of undergrowth provided poor cover and he was recaptured after 12 hours.[16]

At Colditz, there were few opportunities to escape. Upham and most of his fellow prisoners waited until Colditz was captured by Allied forces.
Aftermath[edit]
When Colditz Castle was captured by American forces, most of the inmates made their own way home immediately. Upham joined an American unit, was armed and equipped, and wanted to fight the Germans.

Upham was keen to see action again, but was instead sent to Britain where he was reunited with Molly McTamney, who was then serving as a nurse. They were married at New Milton, Hampshire, on 20 June 1945. He returned to New Zealand in early September, and she followed him in December.



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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 16, 2021, 8:54 am

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Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. The 1981 Guinness Book of World Records says he is the tallest non-pathological giant in recorded history (7 ft 9 in,[1] or 2.36 m) and had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man (80 inches, or 200 cm).

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Pascal Cleatus Poolaw (January 29, 1922 – November 7, 1967) was a Kiowa Indian who served with the United States Army in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He is the United States' most decorated Native American, with 42 medals and citations, including four Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars, as well as three Purple Hearts – one for each war.

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Date:

Lt. Jimmy Launders and HMS Venturer sank U-864 on February 9, 1945.

Ships & Commanders:

British

Lieutenant Jimmy Launders
HMS Venturer (V-Class Submarine)
37 menGermans
Korvettenkapitän Ralf-Reimar Wolfram
U-864 (Type IX U-boat)
73 men
Battle Summary:

In late 1944, U-864 was dispatched from Germany under the command of Korvettenkapitän Ralf-Reimar Wolfram to take part in Operation Caesar. This mission called for the submarine to transport advanced technology, such as Me-262 jet fighter parts and V-2 missile guidance systems, to Japan for use against American forces. Also on board was 65 tons of mercury which was needed for the production of detonators. While passing through the Kiel Canal, U-864 grounded damaging its hull. To address this issue, Wolfram sailed north to the U-boat pens at Bergen, Norway.

On January 12, 1945, while U-864 was undergoing repairs, the pens were attacked by British bombers further delaying the submarine's departure. With repairs complete, Wolfram finally sailed in early February. In Britain, code breakers at Bletchley Park were alerted to U-864's mission and location through Enigma radio intercepts. To prevent the German boat from completing its mission, the Admiralty diverted the fast attack submarine, HMS Venturer to search for U-864 in the area of Fedje, Norway. Commanded by rising star Lieutenant James Launders, HMS Venturer had recently departed its base at Lerwick.

On February 6, Wolfram passed Fedje the area however issues soon began to arise with one of U-864's engines. Despite the repairs at Bergen, one of the engines began to misfire, greatly increasing the noise the submarine produced. Radioing Bergen that they would be returning to port, Wolfram was told that an escort would be waiting for them at Hellisoy on the 10th. Arriving in the Fedje area, Launders made a calculated decision to turn off Venturer's ASDIC (an advanced sonar) system. While use of the ASDIC would make locating U-864 easier, it risked giving away Venturer's position.

Relying solely on Venturer's hydrophone, Launders began searching the waters around Fedje. On February 9, Venturer's hydrophone operator detected an unidentified noise that sounded like a diesel engine. After tracking the sound, Venturer approached and raised its periscope. Surveying the horizon, Launders spotted another periscope. Lowering Venturer's, Launders correctly guessed that the other periscope belonged to his quarry. Slowly following U-864, Launders planned to attack the German u-boat when it surfaced.

As Venturer stalked U-864 it became clear that it had been detected as the German began following an evasive zigzag course. After pursuing Wolfram for three hours, and with Bergen approaching, Launders decided that he needed to act. Anticipating U-864's course, Launders and his men computed a firing solution in three dimensions. While this type of calculation had been practiced in theory, it had never been attempted at sea in combat conditions. With this work done, Launders fired all four of Venturer's torpedoes, at varying depths, with 17.5 seconds between each.

After firing the last torpedo, Venturer dove quickly to prevent any counterattack. Hearing the torpedoes approach, Wolfram ordered U-864 to dive deeper and turn to avoid them. While U-864 successfully evaded the first three, the fourth torpedo struck the submarine, sinking it with all hands.

Aftermath:

The loss of U-864 cost the Kriegsmarine the U-boat's entire 73-man crew as well as the vessel. For his actions off Fedje, Launders was awarded a bar for his Distinguished Service Order. HMS Venturer's fight with U-864 is the only known, publicly acknowledged battle where one submerged submarine sank another.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 17, 2021, 8:53 am

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Canada
Most educated country with 55% holding a Degree

202,080 km of coastline

Oil reserves place Canada with the 3rd largest

Eats more donuts than any other country

Province of Ontario has 20% of the worlds fresh water with 250,000 lakes

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Vasa or Wasa[a] (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] (About this soundlisten)) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship foundered after sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannon were salvaged in the 17th century, until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping area in Stockholm harbor. The ship was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961. She was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Vasa Shipyard") until 1988 and then moved permanently to the Vasa Museum in the Royal National City Park[2] in Stockholm. The ship is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 35 million visitors since 1961.[3] Since her recovery, Vasa has become a widely recognised symbol of the Swedish Empire.


The ship was built on the orders of an individual of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus as part of the military expansion he initiated in a war with Poland-Lithuania (1621–1629). She was constructed at the navy yard in Stockholm under a contract with private entrepreneurs in 1626–1627 and armed primarily with bronze cannons cast in Stockholm specifically for the ship. Richly decorated as a symbol of an individual's ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion she was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. However, Vasa was dangerously unstable, with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull. Despite this lack of stability, she was ordered to sea and foundered only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze.

The order to sail was the result of a combination of factors. an individual, who was leading the army in Poland at the time of her maiden voyage, was impatient to see her take up her station as flagship of the reserve squadron at Älvsnabben in the Stockholm Archipelago. At the same time an individual's subordinates lacked the political courage to openly discuss the ship's problems or to have the maiden voyage postponed. An inquiry was organised by the Swedish Privy Council to find those responsible for the disaster, but in the end no one was punished.

During the 1961 recovery, thousands of artifacts and the remains of at least 15 people were found in and around Vasa's hull by marine archaeologists. Among the many items found were clothing, weapons, cannons, tools, coins, cutlery, food, drink and six of the ten sails. The artifacts and the ship herself have provided scholars with invaluable insights into details of naval warfare, shipbuilding techniques and everyday life in early 17th-century Sweden. Today Vasa is the world's best preserved 17th century ship and the most visited museum in Scandinavia.[4] The wreck of Vasa continually undergoes monitoring and further research on how to preserve her

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

A beautiful piece of work More info here A great read

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 18, 2021, 1:09 am

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MAY 16, 2021) FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS – D-Day veteran awarded highest Dutch honor dies aged 104.
Major Ken Mayhew played a pivotal role in the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
In 1946, Major Mayhew was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, the great-grandmother of the current monarch, individual William-Alexander.
He was awarded the Knight fourth class of the Military William Order, the Dutch equivalent of the Victoria Cross and the Légion d'Honneur. The Order's motto means bravery, leadership and loyalty.
Born in Helmingham in 1917, and educated at Framlingham College, Major Mayhew was a keen sportsman representing his school, regiment and county in cricket, hockey and squash.
He joined the Territorial Army in April 1939 and was commissioned into The Suffolk Regiment in May 1940, reporting to the Depot in Bury St Edmunds. There he was ordered to collect 150 recruits from Warley and take them to the 1st Battalion in Somerset to join the remnants of the battalion who had just escaped from France at Dunkirk.
Once the threat of German invasion had passed the battalion started training as one of the assault divisions for the eventual liberation of France. Three and a half years later Major Mayhew landed with 1 Suffolk in Normandy on D-Day. By then he was a Captain commanding the carrier platoon.
He served continuously until February 1945, apart from three weeks recovering from his injuries.
In Normandy he took part in the battles for Hillman on D-Day, Chateau de La Londe and the Tinchebray crossroads.
On August 16, commanding three sections of his carrier platoon “Ken Force”, he was part of the vanguard to liberate the town of Flers, subsequently receiving the Freedom of Flers from a grateful town.
His Commanding Officer wrote: "He proved himself a magnificent and courageous company commander, showing a contempt for his own safety which shortly was to win for him the admiration of every man under his command.
"His tall figure, proceeding unconcernedly from man to man under most dangerous conditions in action have won for him a place of admiration and respect achieved by few in North West Europe.”
After the war, Major Mayhew built successful grain and transport businesses, while maintaining close contact with his Suffolk Regiment comrades.
At the age of 70 he took up golf, continuing to play into his 90s, and at the age of 97 he was still carrying his clubs. He is survived by his wife Trish, his mainstay and support for 40 years, and family.

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Dry ice is the solid state of carbon dioxide, the gas we all breathe out, but have you ever seen it in liquid form? When left at room temperature, dry ice doesn’t actually melt; it sublimates, changing directly from a solid to a gas. To understand why, let’s take a look at its phase diagram, a plot of the states of CO2 relative to temperature and pressure.
At standard pressure of one atmosphere, liquid CO2 is unsustainable and any solid carbon dioxide above -109℉, or -78℃, directly converts to a gas. In order for liquid CO2 to exist, the pressure needs to be increased to at least 5.11 atmospheres; which is where our pressure syringe comes in.
Substances tend to condense as pressure increases, changing down in state from gas to liquid or liquid to solid or at least making that state change easier. As the plunger of the pressure syringe drops, the pressure increases to the point where dry ice melts rather than sublimating and CO2 can be held in liquid form.
Just as increasing pressure aids substances in changing down in state, decreasing pressure facilitates changing up in state. At sea level, the boiling point of water is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, but if you live at 5500 feet like those of us at AstroCamp, that boiling point is decreased to 201.5 degrees. This 10.5 degree difference may not seem significant, but that’s the result of a change of less than 0.2 atm. In a vacuum chamber, water will actually boil at room temperature because of the immense drop in pressure.

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Investigative teams soon starting locating the Black box of plane after any crash in the world. It is the most important part of any plane with respect to investigation purpose. Black box can also be named as a recording device as it records all the conversations in cockpit of plane. It is made of a special material and designed in such a way that it remains safe in all kind of accidents.

It is designed with such a system that is activated soon after feeling water in case planed is crashed on water surface. Special quality of this Black box is that it emits correct signals even within a depth of 14000 feet,

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 18, 2021, 11:52 pm

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Richard Louis Proenneke (/ˈprɛnəkiː/; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 53, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1969–1999) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes. Proenneke hunted, fished, raised and gathered his own food, and also had supplies flown in occasionally. He documented his activities in journals and on film, and also recorded valuable meteorological and natural data.[1][2] The journals and film were later used by others to write books and produce documentaries about his time in the wilderness.

Proenneke bequeathed his cabin to the National Park Service upon his death and it was included in the National Register of Historic Places four years later. The cabin is a popular attraction of Lake Clark National Park.

On May 21, 1968, Proenneke arrived at his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes. Beforehand, he made arrangements to use a cabin on Upper Twin Lake owned by retired Navy Captain Spike Carrithers and his wife Hope of Kodiak (in whose care he had left his camper). This cabin was well-situated on the lake and close to the site which Proenneke chose for the construction of his own cabin.[5][6]

Proenneke's cabin is handmade and is notable for its fine craftsmanship as a result of his carpentry and woodworking skills; he also made 8mm films covering its construction.[6] Most of the structure and the furnishings are made from materials in and around the site, from the gravel taken from the lake bed to create the cabin's base, to the trees he selected, cut down, and then hand-cut with interlocking joints to create the walls and roof rafter framing. The fireplace and flue were made from stones he dug from around the site and mortared in place to create the chimney and hearth. He used metal containers for food storage: one U.S. gallon (3.8 L) cans were cut into basin shapes and buried below the frost line. This ensured that fruit and perishables could be stored for prolonged periods in the cool earth yet still be accessible when the winter months froze the ground above them. Proenneke's friend, bush pilot and missionary Leon Reid "Babe" Alsworth, returned periodically by seaplane or ski-plane to bring mail, food and orders that Proenneke placed through him to Sears.


Proenneke remained at Twin Lakes for the next sixteen months, after which he briefly visited home to visit relatives and secure more supplies. He returned to Twin Lakes the following spring and remained there for most of the next thirty years, traveling to the contiguous United States only occasionally to visit his family. He made a film record of his solitary life which was later re-edited and made into the documentary Alone in the Wilderness. In 2011 a sequel was produced after enough footage for at least two more programs was discovered. Alone in the Wilderness: Part 2 premiered on December 2, 2011.

Proenneke's cabin was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The site is a popular attraction for many who want to personally experience parts of Proenneke's life and values.

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Serious at Sea Submarine accidents Recent years

Russia
Year 2000 Kursk explosion in torpedo room 114 men lost
Year 2008 Nerpa Gas leak 20 crew lost
Year 2019 Losharik Fire in battery room 14 men lost


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Not all heroes stand on two feet! The War Dog Platoon.
WWII November 27, 1943
This is Thor, a five year old German Shepherd messenger dog who was donated for war service to the Marine Corps by James Beplat (Flushing, New York).
Thor's obedience and alertness is credited with saving lives of US troops in jungle fighting against the Japanese Army on Bougainville. His trainers are P.F.C. Homer J. Finley, Jr. and P.F.C. John E. Carter.
Espirito Santo Island, New Hebrides (Pacific region of Melanesia), 27 November, 1943.
In the late summer of 1942, the Marine Corps decided to experiment with the use of dogs in war, which may have been a new departure for the Corps but not a new idea in warfare.
The Marine Corps received its dogs from various sources, including Dogs for Defense, Inc., the Doberman Pinscher Club of America, and from many individuals who wrote directly to the Marine Corps to offer their animals on a voluntary donation basis.
The dog handlers were almost unanimous in their praise of the Doberman Pinscher and the German Shepherd for scout and messenger work. Before leaving the War Dog Training Company at Camp Lejeune, the men and dogs were formed into platoons consisting of 1 officer, 65 men, and 36 dogs (18 scout and 18 messenger).
The first Marine Corps dog unit sent to the Pacific, the 1st Marine War Dog Platoon, sailed from San Diego, California, 23 June 1943, and arrived in the South Pacific on 11 July 1943. This unit went into combat during the Bougainville operation, November 1943, attached to the 2d Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional).
These Marine Raiders were enthusiastic over the performance of the war dogs in the Bougainville operation, as indicated by the official report of the Commanding Officer, 2d Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional).
The report states that:
“The War Dog Platoon had proven itself to be an unqualified success and the use of dogs in combat was on trial. To prove this only a few of the feats
of the dogs need to be cited.
On ‘D’ day Andy (a Doberman Pinscher) led ‘M’ Co.
all the way to the road block. He alerted scattered sniper opposition and undoubtedly was the means of preventing loss of life.
On ‘D’ day Caesar (a German Shepherd) was the only means of communication between ‘M’ Co. and Second Battalion CP, carrying messages, overlays and captured Japanese papers. ‘M’ Co. ‘s telephone lines were out and Caesar was again the only means of communication. Caesar was wounded on the morning of ‘D’ and had to be carried back to Regimental CP on a stretcher, but he had already established himself as a hero. While with ‘M’ Co. he made official runs between company and Battalion CP, and on at least two of these runs he was under fire.
Otto (a Doberman Pinscher) on ‘D’ while
working ahead of the point of a reconnaissance patrol,
alerted the position of a machine gun nest and the patrol had time to take cover with no casualties when the machine gun began firing. Otto alerted the position at least one hundred yards away.
On ‘D’ Jack (a German Shepherd) was shot in the back but even though wounded carried the message back from the company on the road block that the Japanese had struck and sent stretcher bearers immediately. This was a vital message because the telephone lines had been cut. One of Jack’s handlers, Wortman, was wounded at the same time and thus Jack was the means of bringing help to his master.
On the night of ‘D’ Rex (a Doberman Pinscher) alerted the presence of Japs in the vicinity. At daybreak of ‘D’ plus 8 the Japs attacked. This was not a surprise, however, because the dog had already warned of their presence.
During the night of ‘D’ Jack (a Doberman
Pinscher) frequently alerted a tree near ‘M’ Company
CP. When it became light enough in the morning Jack’s
handler pointed out the tree to a B.A.R. man near him.
A Jap sniper was shot down out of the tree. This sniper
was in a position to do real damage in the company C.P., but due to Jack, the sniper was eliminated.
Night security is an intangible. Dogs on night security have less chance to show spectacularly how they may be the means of saving life. One fact stands out, and that is that the troops have confidence in the dogs.
From ‘D’ day until the Second and Third Battalions
were relieved from front line duty, there
were dog squads with every company on the front line.
“More instances could be cited but this should suffice to show that the dogs have proven themselves as message carriers, scouts, and vital night security; and were constantly employed during the operation of securing and extending the beachhead…”

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 20, 2021, 12:28 am

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There's truly nothing like biting into a crispy, salty, cheesy tuna melt. The toasty bread, the savory fish, the melty cheese—it's like heaven on earth in one sandwich. And while eating fish from a can may not seem like the healthiest thing in the world, in fact, canned tuna is one of the best (and cheapest) sources of lean protein you can buy at the grocery store. Along with having a long shelf life (meaning you can indulge in your tuna melt craving any time it hits), there's another major effect of eating canned tuna that your body absolutely loves, and that's the boost of omega-3 fatty acids that the fish is full of.

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Cambodia’s flag is the only one in the world to feature a building
Angkor Wat is the heart and soul of Cambodia. The world heritage-listed site was built in the early 12th century and is the biggest religious complex on the planet.

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You’ll find the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia

The Tonle Sap provides sustenance to nearly half of Cambodia’s crops and is a major source for fishing. The amazing thing about this lake is that large parts regenerate during the wet season when the monsoon rain falls and floods the central area between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh


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There’s nothing like a traditional Cambodian wedding
Traditional Cambodian weddings are full of celebration, intermingled with glamorous garments and a non-stop party that can go for up to three days and three nights!

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 21, 2021, 2:05 am

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35 years ago 7 astronauts died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improved safety.


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A fast-food burger is full of salt.
Salt is the spice of life. It's an essential nutrient for your body, but too much sodium contributes to high blood pressure, a key risk factor for heart attack and stroke.

A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and condiments contains 1,360 milligrams of sodium. That's nearly as much as the 1,500 milligrams the American Heart Association says most adults with high blood pressure should ideally keep their salt intake under for an entire day. Read nutrition labels and you'll find out how quickly milligrams of sodium can add up.

One study presented to the American College of Cardiology showed that average daily sodium consumption grew to 3,100 milligrams over the 14-year-study period. The researchers found that people who had high blood pressure consumed an average of 2,900 milligrams of sodium daily in 1999, which grew to 3,350 mg per day in 2012.

Keep the sodium intake low by ordering one of these 19 Best Low-Sodium Fast Food Orders, According to Dietitians.

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A fast-food burger is fuel for obesity.
A typical double cheeseburger and large fries contain upwards of 1,100 calories. Add a large soda and slather those spuds with bacon and cheese, and you can put away nearly a day's worth of calories at lunchtime. When you take in more calories than you burn off through digestion, metabolism, and movement you store the surplus as fat, and over time, you may become overweight or obese.

Many studies have shown that eating away from home is associated with weight gain and related health problems. One such analysis, the CARDIA study, looked at the number of times 3,000 young adults ate at fast-food restaurants or sit-down-style restaurants and compared weight, waist circumference, and other metabolic measures. The researchers reporting in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who ate the most fast food at the start of the study weighed 13 pounds more on average and had larger waists than people who ate the least amount of fast food.

Another study from Australia found a correlation between the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood and heart attacks in the same geographic area. For every fast-food joint in a neighborhood, there were four additional heart attacks per 100,000 people each year in that area, according to the report from the European Society of Cardiology.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 22, 2021, 7:32 am

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Common cold
Caused by more than 200 different viruses, nasopharyngitis—or the common cold—affects people of all ages every year. Adults suffer from colds two to four times a year, while children under the age of two can catch up to 10 colds a year.

Touching your face after handling a contaminated object causes the majority of colds. The most common symptoms are fatigue and a congested or runny nose.


The common cold does not usually have any after-effects, but it can sometimes lead to more serious complications. Some people, especially seniors, can develop pneumonia or meningeal syndrome.

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Flu (influenza)
The virus responsible for the flu is particularly contagious and can live up to 48 hours on surfaces. That means you can catch the flu by simply handling contaminated objects. The same applies if you come into contact with contaminated droplets released into the air by an infected person.


Flu symptoms include fever, sudden cough, sore throat, severe fatigue, headache, and muscle and joint pain, but someone with the flu can be contagious even before symptoms appear. In fact, some patients are contagious up to 24 hours before the first signs become evident.

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HIV
As of 2019, approximately 38 million people worldwide are living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

HIV is transmitted through sexual intercourse or blood. Use of non-sterile equipment is one culprit. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot get HIV from bathing or using a public toilet.

In addition to fever, headache, and muscle and joint pain, HIV-infected people sometimes lose a lot of weight and suffer from nausea and diarrhea. That said, others will remain asymptomatic.



For certain at-risk individuals, influenza has serious consequences, such as hospitalization and even death.

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Hepatitis B
One of the most common ways of spreading hepatitis B is through sexual intercourse. However, you can also get the disease by coming into contact with the saliva, breast milk, urine, tears, or blood of an infected person.

While most people manage to eliminate the virus from their systems after a few months, 5% to 10% of patients become chronic hepatitis B carriers.


The most common symptoms include loss of appetite, liver pain, nausea, and jaundice. An infected, but asymptomatic person may still be contagious.


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Hepatitis C
People often get hepatitis C from contact with unsterilized needles, either through drug use, tattooing, or piercing.

Before stricter controls were introduced in the early 1990s, transmission also occurred through blood transfusions and organ transplants from infected donors.


Although this disease is generally asymptomatic, it does increase the risk of developing cirrhosis and even liver cancer.

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Dengue fever
Dengue is particularly virulent in tropical and subtropical regions. Infections are caused by the bite of mosquitoes carrying one of four serotypes (also called serovars) of the dengue virus (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4).

The first symptoms usually appear after 3 to 14 days and are similar to those of the flu.


Each year, approximately 50 million people worldwide contract dengue fever.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Khun Paul » May 22, 2021, 10:39 am

And we are all worried about Covid 19.streuth !!!!!

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 23, 2021, 8:16 am

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When Chilean air force jet engines arrived for repair at a Rolls-Royce factory in Scotland in 1974, inspector Bob Fulton swiftly decided he would not touch them.
The World War Two veteran had been shaken by images thousands of miles away in Santiago of Hawker Hunter jets bombing La Moneda presidential palace in the Sept. 11, 1973, military coup that toppled democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende.

Despite risking his job, Fulton refused to let the engines through maintenance and, with fellow trade union workers, led an act of international solidarity against the coup and ensuing dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Documentary “Nae Pasaran”, meaning they shall not pass, takes a look at the boycott of Chilean air force engines by the engineers in East Kilbride and the impact it had.

“It’s very rare ... for anyone ... to find out decades later that something you’ve done ... actually pays off and affects positively the lives of others,” film director Felipe Bustos Sierra told Reuters.

The son of an exiled Chilean journalist living in Belgium, Bustos Sierra said he first heard of the Scottish workers’ actions as a child.

“I suppose as I got older that story stuck with me because it connects directly with the most iconic image of the coup in Chile which is the Hawker Hunters flying low over Santiago, and firing ... into the palace,” he said.
“The idea that Scottish workers on the other side of the world had managed to, I suppose, dent that image in some ways was quite incredible.”
The workers labeled the engine parts “black”, meaning they would not be touched on the factory assembly line for months. They were then put and left outside, until they disappeared in 1978. The workers were told they had gone back to the Chile.

“That’s the only information they got ... for years until we started making this film,” Bustos Sierra said.

“Nae Pasaran” shows Fulton, now in his 90s, and colleagues, who were honored by the Chilean government in 2015, look back on their actions and hear stories from Chileans jailed after the coup. A Pinochet-era general is also interviewed.

The documentary, which got an ovation at a festival in Glasgow and is released in Britain in November, has yet to be screened in Chile, where Bustos Sierra said he had seen positive comments on social media about it and some who thought the story was “science fiction”. He hopes for a 2019 cinema release there.

“I think somebody taking that sort of action today would probably be in more jeopardy than Bob was back then,” he said, when asked if such defiance was still possible. “But I think the idea of a peaceful civil disobedience still stands today.”

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On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: blue jeans.

In San Francisco, Strauss established a wholesale dry goods business under his own name and worked as the West Coast representative of his family’s firm. His new business imported clothing, fabric and other dry goods to sell in the small stores opening all over California and other Western states to supply the rapidly expanding communities of gold miners and other settlers. By 1866, Strauss had moved his company to expanded headquarters and was a well-known businessman and supporter of the Jewish community in San Francisco.

Jacob Davis, a tailor in Reno, Nevada, was one of Levi Strauss’ regular customers. In 1872, he wrote a letter to Strauss about his method of making work pants with metal rivets on the stress points—at the corners of the pockets and the base of the button fly—to make them stronger. As Davis didn’t have the money for the necessary paperwork, he suggested that Strauss provide the funds and that the two men get the patent together. Strauss agreed enthusiastically, and the patent for “Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings”–the innovation that would produce blue jeans as we know them–was granted to both men on May 20, 1873.

Strauss brought Davis to San Francisco to oversee the first manufacturing facility for “waist overalls,” as the original jeans were known. At first they employed seamstresses working out of their homes, but by the 1880s, Strauss had opened his own factory. The famous 501 brand jean—known until 1890 as “XX”—was soon a bestseller, and the company grew quickly. By the 1920s, Levi’s denim waist overalls were the top-selling men’s work pant in the United States. As decades passed, the craze only grew, and now blue jeans are worn and beloved by men and women, young and old, around the world.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » May 23, 2021, 9:13 am

I doubt that you wrote this. Can you provide a link? Thanks.
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 23, 2021, 10:38 am

Nope
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » May 23, 2021, 10:30 pm

Well, in that case, one can not deem your information to be reliable. It is customary, and a common courtesy, for those who use words that are not their own to provide a link to the source, and not expect the reader to do so. Does that ring a bell in that noggin of yours?
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 23, 2021, 10:36 pm

Those maybe your Customs

Hope this helps

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Earnest » May 23, 2021, 11:13 pm

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
May 23, 2021, 10:30 pm
Well, in that case, one can not deem your information to be reliable. It is customary, and a common courtesy, for those who use words that are not their own to provide a link to the source, and not expect the reader to do so. Does that ring a bell in that noggin of yours?
You're getting very bolshy in your old age, Uncle T, did you get out of the wrong side of bed?

Citing references is an old Uni thing, of course readers, and the new boys on Udon Map today no longer adhere to Lee's stickler for correct referencing. Do you remember when he showed us how to reference a source on UM? Great days. :lol:

Interesting piece on the engines from Chile, by the way. My company gets alot of interest from pro-Palestinian groups in UK because we're involved in partnerships with Israeli companies. We're about about as popular as a pork chop in a...well, you know. ;)
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » May 23, 2021, 11:23 pm

Yes, well, Lee would have known what to do with the new lads.

Speaking of Beer Monkey, has he come back from purgatory yet? I miss him in a way. I wonder if he has met up with Danny, the Mighty Chang?

There should be a large percentage of the U.K. who supports your ventures with Israel. After all you guys helped re-invent a state over in what used to be considered 'light land' ( a large wasteland of sand).

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Earnest » May 23, 2021, 11:29 pm

Well, you're being a bit terse with Doggy Doo Doo, maybe we could give him some space as some of his threads can be interesting. I do disagree with the Hep C post, though. I knew two little Thai boys who contracted Hep C and they hadn't been organ recipients or had a blood transfusion.
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 24, 2021, 12:36 am

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On this day in 1967 Staff Sgt. Frankie Molnar earned the #MedalofHonor

while assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. Molnar distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader with Company B, during combat operations. Shortly after the battalion's defensive perimeter was established, it was hit by intense mortar fire as the prelude to a massive enemy night attack. S/Sgt. Molnar immediately left his sheltered location to insure the readiness of his squad to meet the attack. As he crawled through the position, he discovered a group of enemy soldiers closing in on his squad area. His accurate rifle fire killed five of the enemy and forced the remainder to flee. When the mortar fire stopped, the enemy attacked in a human wave supported by grenades, rockets, automatic-weapons, and small-arms fire. After assisting to repel the first enemy assault, S/Sgt. Molnar found that his squad's ammunition and grenade supply were nearly expended. Again leaving the relative safety of his position, he crawled through intense enemy fire to secure additional ammunition and distribute it to his squad. He rejoined his men to beat back the renewed enemy onslaught, and he moved about his area providing medical aid and assisting in the evacuation of the wounded. With the help of several men, he was preparing to move a severely wounded soldier when an enemy hand grenade was thrown into the group. The first to see the grenade, S/Sgt. Molnar threw himself on it and absorbed the deadly blast to save his comrades. His demonstrated selflessness and inspirational leadership on the battlefield were a major factor in the successful defense of the American position and are in keeping with the finest traditions of the U.S. Army. S/Sgt. Molnar's actions reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

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The Luddites were a secret oath-based organisation[1] of English textile workers in the 19th century, a radical faction which destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. The group are believed to have taken their name from Ned Ludd, a weaver from Anstey, near Leicester. They protested against manufacturers who used machines in what they called "a fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices.[2] Luddites feared that the time spent learning the skills of their craft would go to waste, as machines would replace their role in the industry.[3] Many Luddites were owners of workshops that had closed because factories could sell the same products for less. But when workshop owners set out to find a job at a factory, it was very hard to find one because producing things in factories required fewer workers than producing those same things in a workshop. This left many people unemployed and angry.[4] Over time, the term has come to mean one opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation, or new technologies in general.[5] The Luddite movement began in Nottingham in England and culminated in a region-wide rebellion that lasted from 1811 to 1816.[6] Mill and factory owners took to shooting protesters and eventually the movement was suppressed with legal and military force.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Earnest » May 24, 2021, 4:09 pm

Yes, the Luddites! We covered them in GCE O Level History (British Social and Economic History 1750 to 1945).

But what about the Chartists, Doo Doo?
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » May 24, 2021, 4:19 pm

Nothing to stop you from educating the Readers on Chartists

Awaiting your input

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