targul Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 If you were to actually serve in combat which one would be your choice. Also which theater of operation. For me it would have been WWII African theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 1) David's Army vs Philistines 2) 20th Maine, Little Round Top 3) Midway, open up a couple Jap carriers 4) Teddy's Rough Riders 5) w/ Patton, anytime, anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 BoB on the UK side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Sniper on the front lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Morale Officer - Olongapo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 REMF, in the states during WWII. Why make it tougher than you have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Pearl Harbor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realdeal Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Macedonian army under Alexander the great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John DiFool the 2nd Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 USN Pacific Submarine Fleet-fits my personality and I don't get seasick either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arado234 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 noKnoK im with you,Battle of britain in a spitfire.I know this is real bad but i think it would be a rush flying a ME262 in combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGungHo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Well as long as we're indulging ourselves... 1) USMC in the pacific - along side my father who really did fight there! 2) With Patton (& Rambo!) 3) Several others that I can't seem to think of right now!! (Getting old! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konigs Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 With Rambo--- Patton anywhere, he could motivate troops... Either side in the Desrt war of North Africa, last gentleman's war... Flying Biplanes in WWI would have been very exciting. Would have been neat to fly SR-71 on a spy mission. Along side the "Old Guard" in Napoleon's Grand Armee. Wiht most of the generals of the Civil war either side, both had their share of bold and daring leaders. Nice call by Arado 234, an ME262 with nothing but prop planes around would have been neat to say the least... Could probable go on for hours with this subject, Hannibal, Caesar, Frederick the Great, Washington, Alexander the Great, ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 If I have to choose a leader, I'll take Hannibal. No one leader has shown to be as resourceful as he was and ingenious. Always undermanned and in hostile territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonslayer Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 1) Battle of Saint-Mihiel, September 1918... Firing a German machine gun. 2) British Para at Arnham. 3) Chindit in Burma. 4) At Rourke's Drift... not a Zulu 5) Member of the 13th Light Dragoons in the Valley of Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Originally posted by jon_j_rambo: 5) w/ Patton, anytime, anywhere In Tunisia Patton sent one of his aides to a forward post for a couple of days. He was advised to shift him around a bit, but didn't....the Germans identified the post from radio trafic and dropped a bomb on it killing the man, who was a favourite of the general, despite over 300 allied fighter sorties that day. Patton blamed everyone else, especially the allied airforce commander Conningham. I don't know much about the man except the hollywood hype, the gung ho, and the general mythologic regard he is held in by many Americans - did he ever become less careless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 @SO --- Please explain your point? Or maybe your point was to make me that aide Thing I liked about Patton, he was on the move. If I'm going to die, at least lets get the show on the road. Carnal warfare is alright, but the real deal is spiritual warfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I was wondering if you'd have been happy to be that aide....you did say anytime,anywhere after all....? also I wonder why the adoration? It seems to me he had good points, but also plenty of bad ones, and overall his major success in France was 'cos he was hte commander who got the easiest job - racing through the Germans where they weer weakest. Certainly that could ahve ben screwed up, but pretty much anyone could have done it. Is gruff manner could be endearing too of course ...unless you were black or Jewish and reading what he really thought of you after the war.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Well, that's an interesting comment that most apply to success. "Well, anybody could have done it". Same could be said for all those Buntas crushing Poland & other weaklings. I agree, level of difficulty does come into mind. If we are going with the best Commander, rather than where I'd want to be...then my vote for the best is Robert E. Lee. But I'm a Yankee, not a Rebel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGungHo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I think that old Bobbie Lee has been highly over rated. Great yes, but not as great as his supporter like to claim. Anyone remember Pickett's Charge?? Actually Patton wasn't careless about his men's lives, but he believed that constant offense and movement saved lives in the long run and practiced that principle consistently. He wasn't perfect either, but I think that history is being kinder to him that it is to Ike, Monty and Bradley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkins Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I think I would want to be the bombardier on the Enola Gay if I could refuel and reload and head for Moscow after the first drop. Imagine what a nice oil rich ally Russia could have been all these years. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 @AZGungHo --- Pickett was going for the win, the entire battle & possibly the war if they break the middle. South was on a timetable. Just because you die...well, you gotta fight eventually. @Kevin K. --- How about being Slim Pickens & riding the nuke all the way down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Originally posted by AZGungHo: I think that old Bobbie Lee has been highly over rated. Great yes, but not as great as his supporter like to claim. Anyone remember Pickett's Charge?? Actually Patton wasn't careless about his men's lives, but he believed that constant offense and movement saved lives in the long run and practiced that principle consistently. He wasn't perfect either, but I think that history is being kinder to him that it is to Ike, Monty and Bradley. Patton is hard to judge as he almost allways fought against a weaker german counterpart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
targul Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 These answers are awesome. I am finding much more variety then I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xwormwood Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 1967, IDF, conquering Jerusalem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timskorn Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Revolutionary War under George Washington at the Battle of Trenton, 1776. Sans frost-bitten feet. I can't stand a frozen limb. I'd rather be charged at by a Hessian with a broadsword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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