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"Speaking of which, before we take a walk down the aisle, I'll be checking your inseam."

As in, I'm Midway up your thigh."

Looks like we've got ourselves an Optimist.

Interestingly enough, "I was an Army Cook" and "I Was an Army Grave Digger "were co-written by the same pair of authors. Which makes me wonder about the ingredients of the Chef's Special Stew.

All great titles. I have copies of all four of those books and would be happy to lend them to you after you've finished running your tests.

Too funny.

The fact that we've yet to see "I Was a Halftrack Gunner" in bookstores might also be a clue as to how vulnerable these guys were. And to how so few of them survived the war.

"Well, there's always Midway."

...or because German soldiers are just that tough?

"But what about a planned invasion of the US West Coast?"

Did someone say Bulge?

@ KSquared FWIW, I have a Tamiya 1/35 scale model of this very subject. All you need to do is add a frame antenna to the roof and Erwin's your Onkel.

He's probably busy building The Atlantic Wall.

"And apparently neither does Tojo."

"Why? Charlie don't surf."

Incidentally, were there any "Waltzing Matildas" in the Ardennes Offensive?

Forget about baked goods, Lads. I reckon we'll be lucky to get a few crumbs by Easter.

I see whatcher done there, Mate.

"Damn. The Japs must be pissed."

I'd settle for an Upside Down Cake right about now.

Well, while you're waiting, you can check out "the goods" on this thread:

Wait for it...and there's The Bulge.

"There is no such thing as California anymore. It just fell into The Pacific."

Sadly, Hitman has left the building and taken his Spam with him.