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Originally Posted by Mylander
Thanks for the welcome fellas. I'm a veteran too - XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery - First Gulf War. I was a Ranger and Fire Direction Officer in a 155mm howitzer platoon. But that was just a training exercise compared to what these guys went through in WWII. We are all deeply in their debt. I try to let these guys know how much they are (still) appreciated. The first time I met "Pop" Beasley, I asked him: "So you were in the Cactus Airforce?" He said that he hadn't heard anyone use those words in 60 years - made my day. I told him I just read a lot. Rev, Dartt loaned me his 3 books on the Peleiu invasion. He was with 2/5 Marines, 1st MarDiv. He had highlighted some passages that pertained to his battalion and regiment, and made some handwritten notes in the margin like "This is where I got hit" in the Umurbrogol pocket. Invited me to his home where we spent a couple of hours talking, and he finally showed me his Navy Cross. These guys are to a man, very modest, and not grandstanders at all. Their attitude is "We just did what we had to do". They are heroes. The best of what America stands for.
As for my Subsim resume, it goes back to Avalon Hill's "Submarine!" cardboard counter, hex and dice game. On PCs, back to Silent Service II. I have been lurking on this board for a long time, just not a big poster. Can't wait for SH IV, it looks beautiful, and I am definitely a PTO guy. Been a long time since SH I.
Best regards,
Andrew Mylander
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Hey Andrew!!! Welcome to Subsim!!!
A Pastor I used to get preached by (
) was either with 1st Marines 3/5 or 2/5--can't remember which off the top of my head... Have you ever read
With the Old Breed? It's a great book about the 1st Division Marines on Pelileu and Okinawa. Great book. My ex-Pastor's name is in the back among the survivors, Orley Uhls. He's retired and I haven't seen him for years. Hope he is still well.
And!!!
I also started out on Avalon Hill's
Submarine! It was a great game (as long as you used advanced rules
).
Cheers!!!