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2015-04-08 The Grand Turk

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Let's see if they fold like Sony.

Posted by gorb 2015-04-08 10:01|| 2015-04-08 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 I have a memory from my military days, reading the book "Soldier" by Anthony Herbert. He wrote about his days as a young enlisted soldier fighting in the Korean war, and ending up initially on the losing side of some rout of his unit. He ends up separated from his unit. and finds himself on a hilltop defended by an elite battalion of Turkish troops.

My memory is fuzzy about the specifics - if I recall correctly, they are surrounded, and eventually run out of ammo - so the Turkish commander decides to execute a bayonet charge - not in the direction of friendly lines (to the rear), but directly toward the enemy's headquarters - who they proceed to destroy.

What I do remember clearly is Herbert's final analysis of the battle: "If you ever have to be in battle, out-numbered, surrounded and out of ammunition - you want to be so in the company of an elite Turkish battalion."

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-04-08 22:34|| 2015-04-08 22:34|| Front Page Top

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