DEF BUNGIS Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 I can't say that I wish I would had taken part in WWII. It was no doubt a horrible time in our worlds history. But did you ever imagine yourself as that poor, dirty, tired ground pounder on the eastern front?........ As a kid, did you ever imagine taking a bazooka during WWII and getting a direct hit on a german tiger?.......... Well, for me, if I had to go back, I would have wanted to be a bazooka gunner for the 101st AB. What a thrill, the rush of adrenaline flow, fear, excitement of dropping behind enemy lines, cut off from supplies, reaching down for your soul and a basic primitive instinct to survive. Getting close enough to an enemy tank for a kill..... Thats me. So, what would you want to have been???? Any STUKA pilots in the crowd? ------------------ Better to make the wrong decision than be the sorry son of a bitch to scared to make one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Peltz Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 A wombat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 A factory worker. All those guys gone off to war. All those women doing war work. Just me and the chicks getting hot and steamy in the showers after work. That is what I would want to be, a factory worker in the good old USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMMO CHIEF Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 Definatley a General. 4 star at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertanker Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 Eisenhower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeterNZ Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 yo momma! ------------------ .C O M B A T. .V I S I O N. * Film From The Front * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 I had several persona's in my childhood war fantasies. When we would tramp though the neighbors yards at night, jumping fences and running from dogs, etc we were essentially sas or airborne. Most of the time however was spent daydreaming about tactical situations in whatever locale I happened to be in. I really thought Rommel was the coolest, so I guess I aspired to be like him until sid vicious took over the idol role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 Hmm, tough question. From a cool standpoint, I'd like to be an armor CO out in the field leading those neat panzers. But since the idea of fighting for socialism doesn't appeal to me at all, I guess I would go with being in the U.S. Airborne, leading daring raids behind enemy lines, thompson smg in hand. Also, I wouldn't mind being a fighter pilot. P-38, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rommel Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 Americans = Pilot flying P51 D Germans = Pilot flying 262 mess Japanese = Pilot flying a frank on home island defense British = Typhoon pilot French = what do you think i am? some white flag raising freak? Wouldn't have wanted to be Jack squat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>French = what do you think i am? some white flag raising freak? Wouldn't have wanted to be Jack squat<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well... If that's what you really think, I won't even try to argue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s bakker Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 I would just like to be the guy who assinated Hitler, preferably somewhere in the thirties ......... mabe then we would still get a WOII but hopefully nothing as nasty like nazi death camps .... And a role in WOII? It's easy to give yourself a nice heroic role ain't it? (Like brave allied fighter pilots strafing columns of fleeing german soldiers? Easy to do in dreams or games, but in reality you will have to live with the idea of shooting men your age to bloody pulp .....) Well, besides that in the real world 'heroic' and 'surviving to tell the tale' don't mix very well so i will 'bravely' opt for the role of dutch citizen who survives the war and roles up his sleeves to rebuild the smouldering remains of his country ...... Just my two dutch cents (FL 0.02 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Sosaboski Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 Allies-My name says it all . If not that, probably 82nd Abn. Axis: German para at Eben Emael or Crete, or Afrika Korps ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiloIndiaAlpha Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 " What a thrill, the rush of adrenaline flow, fear, excitement of dropping behind enemy lines, cut off from supplies, reaching down for your soul and a basic primitive instinct to survive. Getting close enough to an enemy tank for a kill..... Thats me." Sure... That lasts for about 1 hour then you realise that a violent death is probably what you'll get. You don't want to die, be mutilated have parts of your body blown off. You'll see your friends blown into oblivion, no trace of them at all. He was no different than you, so you are next. Absolute FEAR is the reality of war, not excitement. Ok the first time under fire gives you a massive adrendalin rush, after that.... you want to go home. Not beacause you are a coward, you are just human and want to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschugaschwili Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by s bakker: I would just like to be the guy who assinated Hitler, preferably somewhere in the thirties .........<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's quite a sad story... Everytime a group of brave people had come together to do this, Hitler came home with a major political/military success and they couldn't do it anymore because they feared nobody would have understand them and Hitler would be known as the greatest politician/general of all time that was cowardly murdered by some insane terrorists after that. History can be very cruel sometimes. I really don't know what I would have been. But the idea of serving as cannon fodder in the Volkssturm doesn't make me feel any better about war. Dschugaschwili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabot Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pirate: A factory worker. All those guys gone off to war. All those women doing war work. Just me and the chicks getting hot and steamy in the showers after work. That is what I would want to be, a factory worker in the good old USA.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No,No...not a factory worker. Those guys busted their asses 24-7. Too tired afterwards to get the "soldier" to stand at attention No, you want to be the Mailman! That guy "delivered" come rain, sleet or snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMMO CHIEF Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KiloIndiaAlpha: " What a thrill, the rush of adrenaline flow, fear, excitement of dropping behind enemy lines, cut off from supplies, reaching down for your soul and a basic primitive instinct to survive. Getting close enough to an enemy tank for a kill..... Thats me." Sure... That lasts for about 1 hour then you realise that a violent death is probably what you'll get. You don't want to die, be mutilated have parts of your body blown off. You'll see your friends blown into oblivion, no trace of them at all. He was no different than you, so you are next. Absolute FEAR is the reality of war, not excitement. Ok the first time under fire gives you a massive adrendalin rush, after that.... you want to go home. Not beacause you are a coward, you are just human and want to live.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Not if your RAMBO! ------------------ [This message has been edited by COMMO CHIEF (edited 04-04-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEF BUNGIS Posted April 4, 2000 Author Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kevin Peltz: A wombat...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And what exactly is this...? A women in combat? Ohh...Kevin, I had no idea........... ------------------ Better to make the wrong decision than be the sorry son of a bitch to scared to make one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 A wombat is something you do not want to run over, believe me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Ned Anderson Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Speedy: A wombat is something you do not want to run over, believe me!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Heh heh.. ever seen an Australian soldier do an impression of a wombat? Its really bloody funny.. Greg ------------------ I love the f***ing Army and the Army loves f***ing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ol' Blood & Guts Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 I would have liked to have been the guy that placed the bomb-suitcase on the wrongside of the table leg in that Hitler assaination attempt......except to have done the job right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerLeader Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 My name says it all as well Preferably in the WaffenSS or the GrossDeutschland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 4, 2000 Share Posted April 4, 2000 A fighter pilot. Otherwise a Panzer commander in the Panzer Lehr Division. ------------------ Veni, vidi, vici Julius Caesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GriffinCheng Posted April 5, 2000 Share Posted April 5, 2000 I had always want to stay aside with Rommel's Afrika Corps, especially the part during Operation Cursader when his HQ remained behind Allied line and he paid a visit to an Allied field hospital. IIRC. Of course, I completed my ToD and end up in the Allied Prision Camp after Tunis Griffin @ work -- dreaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 5, 2000 Share Posted April 5, 2000 A King Tiger commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundminen Posted April 5, 2000 Share Posted April 5, 2000 KilloIndiaAlpha is right on. The vast majority of those who actually saw combat were in for a rude awakening. For the years and months leading up to action most troops/flyers/sailors were eager and excited about it. They never thought they would be killed. It always happened to somebody else. Then they saw their buddies getting killed. Still, they never thought they would be killed. Then they realized it didn't matter who won a particular battle, or who lived or died, the war would not end for a very long time. For most, there was no "tour of duty" period, after which they got to go home (if they beat the odds). Then they realized sooner or later their own number would be up, and they were inevitably destined to be seriously wounded or killed. Add to that the misery of their daily "living" conditions; disease, cold, hunger, etc.. You get the idea. It was no picnic. Of less than 1,000,000 American servicemen who saw "sustained" front line combat action, almost 300,000 died. Another 300,000 or so were wounded. Turnover in some divisions was well over 200% in less than a year! Now, having said all that, I always thought it would be cool to command a tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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