So, I was digging around in my basement today... (pictures inside) - Page 2

AVGWarhawk · 01-24-08, 02:03 PM

Your pictures disappeared. That is a great find. I asked my mom about her brother who died in WW2. She came out with all sorts of pictures and his wings. He died over Kiel going after the sub pens. He was a B17 pilot. June 13th 1943 shot down. I took the wings, the pictures, a locket he had sent her from England and put them in a shadow box. I want his Purple Heart but that is with my living uncle in NJ who served in the PTO. His casket flag flys over Flushing Cemetary NY on Veterans day. I recommend you do the same if you can. Check to see if there is a website for his squadron

Get you pictures loaded again! I want to see them!

Blacklight · 01-24-08, 05:02 PM

An older co-worker of mine was a member of "The Big Red 1". He was a tank guy but I forgot what role he played in the tank. He was part of a wave that went over on D-Day but when he crossed in, the main fighting was over.

He knew I was interested in war and battles and such so he gave me the "Big Red 1" patch from his old uniform and what looks like a type of medal or badge of some sort. I have no idea what it is. It reads "Virtus Nobili Tat" accross the top. Here's a scan of them. Maybe one of you can recognise what it is.

Platapus · 01-24-08, 05:38 PM

I honour their services to our country.

Blacklight · 01-24-08, 06:59 PM

Any idea what that metal badge is called ? What award was it ? I've never seen this thing before. The guy who gave these to me passed away a couple years ago so I can't ask him obviously.

It does kind of jazz me out knowing that the patch was actually on the beach on D-Day though.

Happy Times · 01-25-08, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Your pictures disappeared. That is a great find. I asked my mom about her brother who died in WW2. She came out with all sorts of pictures and his wings. He died over Kiel going after the sub pens. He was a B17 pilot. June 13th 1943 shot down. I took the wings, the pictures, a locket he had sent her from England and put them in a shadow box. I want his Purple Heart but that is with my living uncle in NJ who served in the PTO. His casket flag flys over Flushing Cemetary NY on Veterans day. I recommend you do the same if you can. Check to see if there is a website for his squadron

Get you pictures loaded again! I want to see them!

Yes, i want to see them also.

FIREWALL · 01-25-08, 09:59 AM

I'd like to see them too please.

Also I'm with CAMERO that name rings a bell. And that bell ringing in my noggin is saying WWII PILOT. But where did I see or hear it. ?

August · 01-25-08, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

Any idea what that metal badge is called ? What award was it ? I've never seen this thing before. The guy who gave these to me passed away a couple years ago so I can't ask him obviously.

It does kind of jazz me out knowing that the patch was actually on the beach on D-Day though.

It's not American, that's for sure. Googling the latin phrase on the badge returned lots of hits related to Scotland. I didn't find anything that looked like the badge itself though.

Blacklight · 01-25-08, 02:31 PM

I know it's not American. It looks very British to me with the two lions and the crowns. I've been googling and I have yet to find that particular badge.

Stealth Hunter · 01-28-08, 10:58 PM

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Didnt find Randall Tuttle from here..
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Elevon/aces.html

How did the Islamic Republic of Iran let you fly as a pilot when your cousins were Americans?:hmm:

Technically we're related by marriage (my brother, Abdhul, married an American woman; he gave me the boxes, and it wasn't until I opened them till I found what was inside; it's complex).

And they let me fly because they didn't know that side of the family (American side). Not surprised that he's not on that webpage since only 2 kills were confirmed (5 were counted as probable, 1 was called as unconfirmed).

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Huh, the pictures are gone. I'll rescan them and post them back tomorrow (bloody Photobucket).

Happy Times · 01-29-08, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

Didnt find Randall Tuttle from here..
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Elevon/aces.html

How did the Islamic Republic of Iran let you fly as a pilot when your cousins were Americans?:hmm:

Technically we're related by marriage (my brother, Abdhul, married an American woman; he gave me the boxes, and it wasn't until I opened them till I found what was inside; it's complex).

And they let me fly because they didn't know that side of the family (American side). Not surprised that he's not on that webpage since only 2 kills were confirmed (5 were counted as probable, 1 was called as unconfirmed).

EDIT:

Huh, the pictures are gone. I'll rescan them and post them back tomorrow (bloody Photobucket).

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The civilians have bad luck, and maybe should have left the combat area earlier when possible. Or if they willingly hide the enemy, then it would give them the message that they better dont, and are being seen as combatants without uniform, which makes them a valid target. Areas were this scenario also applies are the middle East, Africa.

Note that until today so-called collateral damage from aerial bombing is nothing more than the intentional acceptance of eventually killing civilians if they happen to be too close to the target. According headloines from Iraq and Afghanistan have been in the news at least once per month if not per week during the past years.

We had that problem when Iraq attacked us and invaded. It wasn't necessarily that the civilians hadn't chosen to leave as much as it was they had nowhere safe to go. Constant missile barrages, bombings, and shelling from Iraqi artillery. After a while, you just learn to adapt to it, you know? You know what to do and when to do it. The civilians were no different when Saddam shelled out cities.

Now Basra was a different case. If you were an innocent and were still there, you were shot. Pure and simple. You were warned, it was time to leave, and now we were going into the breach. For the conditions during the war and Basra, you could have been an Iraqi militant, and we didn't take chances. We played it safe, but we lost many, many good soldiers during that time.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...525#post735525

List of major Iranian operations during the war
27 September-29 September 1981: Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh; Iran retakes Abadan.
29 November-mid-December 1981: Operation Tarigh ol-Qods; Iran retakes Bostan and area north of Susangerd.
21 March-30 March 1982: Operation Fath-ol-Mobeen (Operation Undeniable Victory; Iran expels Iraqi troops from Dezful-Shush area.
30 April-24 May 1982: Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas; Iran retakes Khorramshahr and drives Iraqis back across the border.
14 July-28 July 1982: Operation Ramadan; Failed Iranian offensive to capture Basra.
9 April-17 April 1983: Operation Valfajr-1/Dawn-1; Failed Iranian offensive in Ein Khosh to capture Basra-Baghdad highway.
19 October-mid November 1983: Operation Valfajr-4/Dawn 4; Iranian offensive in Iraq's Kurdistan near Panjwin makes small gains.
22 February-16 March 1984: Operation Kheibar; Iranian offensive captures the Iraqi Majnoon Islands in the Haur al-Hawizeh marshes.
10 March-20 March 1985: Operation Badr; Unsuccessful Iranian offensive to capture the Basra-Baghdad highway.
9 February-25 February 1986: Operation Valfajr-8/Dawn 8; Three-pronged Iranian offensive leads to capture of al-Faw Peninsula.
2 June 1986: Operation Karbala-1.
1 September 1986: Operation Karbala-2; Iranian offensive in the Hajj Umran area of Iraqi Kurdistan.
9 January-26 February 1987: Operation Karbala-5; Iranian offensive in southern Iraq to capture Basra.
21 June 1987: Operation Nasr 4. Iranian Operation captures Kirkuk
16 March 1988: Operation Valfajr-10/Dawn 10; Iranian offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan.
27 July 1988: Operation Mersad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Ir..._Iran_and_Iraq

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Nice try on their part, but wiretapping has been in place since Nixon went into office. I used to work for AT&T during the 1970's and '80's, and we were wiretapping back then just as we are now.

It's not Clinton's fault. These people are just trying to pin the blame on him and walk away from the scene of the crime. Nixon is the first one who did major wiretapping schemes (not something you'd read about everyday), not Clinton.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...111#post725111

When did you leave AT&T and join the military in Islamic Republic of Iran?
You never took Basra so did you meen Operation Ramadan in 1982?
If you are a 51 year old retired Captain then im Marshal of Finland.:p
And i hate bul****ters.
If i pissed you off, you can always come and shoot me like you did those prisoners in the war or that burglar.:p

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=burglar

Dowly · 01-29-08, 12:06 PM

Easy there, Happy Times.

ROFLMAO, tho!

Happy Times · 01-29-08, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Easy there, Happy Times.

ROFLMAO, tho!

Tämäkin on ihan mettään vietävä juttu, täyttä paskaa..:rotfl:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129507

Dowly · 01-29-08, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

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Easy there, Happy Times.

ROFLMAO, tho!

Tämäkin on ihan mettään vietävä juttu, täyttä paskaa..:rotfl:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129507

Ohan tuo vähän kova uhoamaan, tunnustetaan. :p

Brag · 01-29-08, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Your pictures disappeared. That is a great find. I asked my mom about her brother who died in WW2. She came out with all sorts of pictures and his wings. He died over Kiel going after the sub pens. He was a B17 pilot. June 13th 1943 shot down. I took the wings, the pictures, a locket he had sent her from England and put them in a shadow box. I want his Purple Heart but that is with my living uncle in NJ who served in the PTO. His casket flag flys over Flushing Cemetary NY on Veterans day. I recommend you do the same if you can. Check to see if there is a website for his squadron

Get you pictures loaded again! I want to see them!

Yes, i want to see them also.

Me too.

Jimbuna · 01-29-08, 02:45 PM

Interesting translations :hmm:

01-24-08, 02:03 PM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Your pictures disappeared. That is a great find. I asked my mom about her brother who died in WW2. She came out with all sorts of pictures and his wings. He died over Kiel going after the sub pens. He was a B17 pilot. June 13th 1943 shot down. I took the wings, the pictures, a locket he had sent her from England and put them in a shadow box. I want his Purple Heart but that is with my living uncle in NJ who served in the PTO. His casket flag flys over Flushing Cemetary NY on Veterans day. I recommend you do the same if you can. Check to see if there is a website for his squadron Get you pictures loaded again! I want to see them! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-24-08, 05:02 PM	#17
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	An older co-worker of mine was a member of "The Big Red 1". He was a tank guy but I forgot what role he played in the tank. He was part of a wave that went over on D-Day but when he crossed in, the main fighting was over. He knew I was interested in war and battles and such so he gave me the "Big Red 1" patch from his old uniform and what looks like a type of medal or badge of some sort. I have no idea what it is. It reads "Virtus Nobili Tat" accross the top. Here's a scan of them. Maybe one of you can recognise what it is. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-24-08, 06:59 PM	#19
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Any idea what that metal badge is called ? What award was it ? I've never seen this thing before. The guy who gave these to me passed away a couple years ago so I can't ask him obviously. It does kind of jazz me out knowing that the patch was actually on the beach on D-Day though. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !" Last edited by Blacklight; 01-24-08 at 07:09 PM.

01-25-08, 09:59 AM	#21
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I'd like to see them too please. Also I'm with CAMERO that name rings a bell. And that bell ringing in my noggin is saying WWII PILOT. But where did I see or hear it. ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-25-08, 02:31 PM	#23
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I know it's not American. It looks very British to me with the two lions and the crowns. I've been googling and I have yet to find that particular badge. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-24-08, 05:38 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I honour their services to our country.

01-29-08, 12:06 PM	#26
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Easy there, Happy Times. ROFLMAO, tho!

01-29-08, 02:45 PM	#30
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Interesting translations :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!