Andreas Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Just found this very interesting website while googling for some pictures of Ortona, for, err, no specific reason. Worth going through, has newsreels and radio coverage from the battlefield. CBC - Return to Ortona . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Thanks for the link -------------------------------------------- Bush Plays God A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed for two weeks but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush. The President was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. President Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy. The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read: Dear God, Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington D.C. and, as usual, those crooks deducted $95.00. Monty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Originally posted by Andreas: Just found this very interesting website while googling for some pictures of Ortona, for, err, no specific reason. Worth going through, has newsreels and radio coverage from the battlefield. CBC - Return to Ortona . The interview with the engineers is very cool; you can hear a Bren Gun ripping away very loudly, and the interviewees are amazingly casual about it all. Brings a real immediacy to the subject; hard to believe these interviews were essentially recorded on vinyl records in equipment that took up enough space to fill up a jeep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 17, 2003 Author Share Posted July 17, 2003 Mike, do you have any pictures of Ortona before it became a heap of rubble by any chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Bellator Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Thanks for sharing that find, superb. Those audios were excellent as well. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your googling-for-no-specific reason in the future 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Andreas, go here, and do a search based on year. You might also try using a few keywords. The cataloging is pretty good, but it's worth checking forward and backward a year as I've often found relevant photos under some odd-seeming headings. Regards JonS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potential Italian Player Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Another "heap of rubble". San Pietro Infine 18/02/1944 John Huston docet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 18, 2003 Author Share Posted July 18, 2003 Originally posted by JonS: Andreas, go here, and do a search based on year. You might also try using a few keywords. The cataloging is pretty good, but it's worth checking forward and backward a year as I've often found relevant photos under some odd-seeming headings. Regards JonS Jon, the site appears to be down. Anyone else got any ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 That site seems to be working now.... Record Title Aerial view of Ortona, Italy Reference No. DA-05188 Display Dates 2 January 1944 Quantity 1; b&w original negative(s) Restrictions Unrestricted Collection Record War History Collection :Photographs relating to World War 1939-1945, the occupation of Japan, the Korean War, and the Malaysian emergency (PAColl-4161) Scope and Contents Aerial view of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. Taken by George Kaye on 2 January 1944. Historical Notes Ortona was close to the New Zealand sector of the 8th Army front, and had been captured by the men of the Canadian Division. Names Kaye, George F, 1914-; as the photographer Subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Italy Cities and towns - Italy Aerial photography Places Ortona Search Dates 1944; 1944 Ortona 1944 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 18, 2003 Author Share Posted July 18, 2003 Brilliant, tanks a lot! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Also came across these Ortona battle maps showing the street layout of Ortona.... Ortona Battle Maps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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