08-06-2008, 10:41 PM
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| Ostfront is where its at!   Join Date: Apr 2004
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 | Hello Leslie and welcome to our forum!
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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08-06-2008, 10:47 PM
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| Ubique  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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| Welcome, Leslie!
__________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm |
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09-06-2008, 06:08 AM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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| Hello Leslie, welcome here 
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.    マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] |
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09-06-2008, 06:43 AM
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| Legendary Member   Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Hi Leslie, Great to see that you have taken the time to ensure your fathers exploits are not forgotten.
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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21-06-2008, 04:12 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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 | Good morning Nick That seems to be the one document I am missing, or have been unable to find in the massive load of documents I do have. Dad also lost his Kriegie log, later in his career in a fire in the airforce offices in Dorval Quebec. Would you have any idea how I would get the questionnaire. As an aside, I think I mentioned previously that my Dad is still alive and his memory is still pretty sharp. We are in the process of completing a book on his wartime experience. I will likely post some of his story on the forum. Thanks Leslie
__________________ My avatar is a picture of the "F" for Freddy crew. My father is 3rd from the left. Missing is the Navigator |
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14-09-2008, 12:51 PM
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| Member   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woking
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| Leslie, Sorry for the delay but l now have your Dad's liberation questionaire completed on 3rd May 1945. It does not tell you a lot, most of which you will already know, but it is part of the story. I will scan in tomorrow and get it across to you. Regards, Nick |
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