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Hey, it's back on the boat & out of the printers!!!
I really am looking forward to getting my hands on a couple copies of this one!
Damm the torpedos skipper, full speed ahead!!!
Young, Rodger W., Private, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division (the Ohio Buckeyes) born Tiffin, Ohio, 28 April 1918 died 31 July 1943, on the island of New Georgia, Solomons, South Pacific, while singlehandedly attackingdestroying an enemy machine-gun pillbox. His platoon had been pinned down by intense fire from this pillbox Private Young was wounded in the first burst. He crawled toward the pillbox, was wounded a second time but continued to advance, firing his rifle as he did so. He closed on the pillbox, attackeddestroyed it with hand grenades, but in so doing he was wounded a third timekilled.
His boldgallant action in the face of overwhelming odds enabled his teammates to escape without loss; he was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor.
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Huzzah! This has been on my lfgs' pre-order list for a month!
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In Sigmar's name I smiteth thee, thrice acursed daemon!
kaufschtick said:
Damm the torpedos skipper, full speed ahead!!!
That was War at Sea Kaufy.
:D
Damn the dive bombing maybe?
eheh
All I want for Christmas is my own AVATAR FFG!
Considering how awful US torpedoes were in the early-war period, I'd say there was a *lot* of Torpedo-Damning in that period.... :P
(I met George Gay once.)
CF
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The Sundance Kid said:
kaufschtick said:
Damm the torpedos skipper, full speed ahead!!!
That was War at Sea Kaufy.
:D
Damn the dive bombing maybe?
eheh
LOL!!!
Torpedos...Dive Bombing...Just as long as the Skipper of the ship that Fire from the Sky is on firewalls the throttle!!!
Just don't hit any icebergs on the way! 
Young, Rodger W., Private, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division (the Ohio Buckeyes) born Tiffin, Ohio, 28 April 1918 died 31 July 1943, on the island of New Georgia, Solomons, South Pacific, while singlehandedly attackingdestroying an enemy machine-gun pillbox. His platoon had been pinned down by intense fire from this pillbox Private Young was wounded in the first burst. He crawled toward the pillbox, was wounded a second time but continued to advance, firing his rifle as he did so. He closed on the pillbox, attackeddestroyed it with hand grenades, but in so doing he was wounded a third timekilled.
His boldgallant action in the face of overwhelming odds enabled his teammates to escape without loss; he was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor.
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