Croda Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 I have a special Grog treat. Well, I think it's special anyway, hopefully you'll enjoy it as well. I've mentioned a few times that my wife's grandfather was in the 10th Armored Division (many of you saw the flag) and that at the end of the war he compiled his "memoirs" from the Division's morning reports and added many personal recollections. I've had that document for some time and have now - finally - gotten it scanned and posted to the web. I consider it a great primary source of history. Any who are interested please check it out. I find it to be a remarkable story and am currently doing research into a couple of different ways in which to beef it up and publish it. But for the time being, and to help hold us over until CMBB, I submit this for your reading pleasure. I would love to hear any comments anyone has. Catch it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Are there any tank dogs in it? Seriously though, good on ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Thanks Croda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Köhler Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Great stuff!!! I seriously dont consider myself as a grog, but Im still looking forward to getting off work so I can read this in full... Just had time to skim it through quickly... Seems VERY promising... Jussi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Duquette Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Thanks for posting the URL Croda. I did the quick look over and was interested enough to book mark the page for a more serious return look. These old vet's stories are always great to read through. Best Regards Jeff Duquette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 These vet stories and recollections are a highly valued piece of history. Their generation's time is slipping by and all we will eventually have left is what they have told us and what they have written down. So each of these recollections are the eye witness accounts that can be passed on to our safe keeping for history sake. Good job Croda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Thanks for sharing this, thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Hiram Sedai Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 I now know that I wasn't the first to do a gamey peep rush. hehe Thanks for posting that, Croda. It was a very good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 Nice piece of history. I would suggest sending a copy to the Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks for their archives. Here's the direct link for the process: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/1donations.html#Donationsofhistoricalmaterials [ March 15, 2002, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: Frenchy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted March 16, 2002 Author Share Posted March 16, 2002 Thanks for all the nice responses. I had hoped that this could be my way of "giving back" to the community (other than my witty reparté, of course). Tanks dogs, Stuka? None of them, but there are tanks. One of my favorite snippets: From March 24th, 1945 Edenkoben, Germany...On our march we saw the biggest tanks any of us had ever seen. There were two of them, one of them had sixteen direct hits from our seventy six's and it didn't knock either of them out. The only reason we captured them, because they ran out of gas...King Tigers in action, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGSF Posted March 16, 2002 Share Posted March 16, 2002 Originally posted by Croda: King Tigers in action, anyone?Bah! Ain' tha real (CM) worrrld thea'd hae suffered "Gun Damage". *grumble* *fester* Eh Warpy? MacOGSF PS Nice link, Croda, a guid read mon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted March 16, 2002 Author Share Posted March 16, 2002 Little bump for those who may not have seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 Thanks for sharing that Croda. Stuff like that is always great to read and look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Hiram Sedai Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 This is my post and this is my bump. This is for talking out of my rump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Fredriksson Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Not being a grog, you mean I can not read it? Too much to read at the moment, but it sure looks like good reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbs Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 *BUMPETY-BUMP-BUMP* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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