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									SHOOTING THE BREEZE - WW2 Combat Engineers Forum				            </title>
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                        <title>Merry Christmas 2022</title>
                        <link>https://ww2combatengineers.com/community/shooting-the-breeze/merry-christmas-2022/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 23:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hope everyone has a good one. Hoping that 2023 will see some more traffic at this site. I really miss those heady days of yore when we have some many active people (including many WWII vets)...]]></description>
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Hope everyone has a good one. Hoping that 2023 will see some more traffic at this site. I really miss those heady days of yore when we have some many active people (including many WWII vets). Here's to you, members past and present!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Happy 4th!</title>
                        <link>https://ww2combatengineers.com/community/shooting-the-breeze/happy-4th/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Happy 4th from me to you and yours. Remembering all our veterans who keep us FREE!]]></description>
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	Happy 4th from me to you and yours. Remembering all our veterans who keep us FREE!
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                        <title>Observing Veteran&#039;s Day</title>
                        <link>https://ww2combatengineers.com/community/shooting-the-breeze/observing-veterans-day/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanking everyone who&#039;s served this great country! Special thoughts go out to my father and all the combat engineers of WWII! God bless you all!]]></description>
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	Thanking everyone who's served this great country! Special thoughts go out to my father and all the combat engineers of WWII! God bless you all!
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                        <title>Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year</title>
                        <link>https://ww2combatengineers.com/community/shooting-the-breeze/wishing-everyone-a-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
 
Click here to view the VI Corps animated card - A Jacquie Lawson card for all my members and readers]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.jacquielawson.com/ecard/pickup?code=6490144424481&amp;source=jl999&amp;utm_medium=internal_email&amp;utm_source=pickup&amp;utm_campaign=receivercontent" rel="external nofollow">Click here to view the VI Corps animated card</a> - A Jacquie Lawson card for all my members and readers</p>
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                        <title>Veteran&#039;s Day 2016</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thinking of all the veterans I have met and thanking God he brought each of you home and into my life.
 
God bless all of you!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thinking of all the veterans I have met and thanking God he brought each of you home and into my life.</p>
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<p>God bless all of you!</p>
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                        <title>Truisms never get old</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I saw this in Terminal Lance today. For those of you not in the know, Terminal Lance is a web comic (i.e. it doesn&#039;t normally appear in papers) about life in the USMC as a young, low ranking...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw this in Terminal Lance today. For those of you not in the know, Terminal Lance is a web comic (i.e. it doesn't normally appear in papers) about life in the USMC as a young, low ranking Marine. The creator was even still an Active Duty Lance Corporal when it began. The term "Terminal Lance" is referring to those who are destined to hit their end of active service (EAS) date still as an E-3 or lance corporal. This is normally not due to any failing on their part, it's just that some military occupational specialties (MOS) just have to many people in them and don't promote quickly. One warning to you, Terminal Lance gets pretty profane as you might imagine a group of your servicemen might do in private.</p>
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<p>
On to the cartoon. This is pretty much a reoccurring theme in TL - the shave tail LT (as Rocky would have put it). It reminded me very much of a Bill Mauldin cartoon on a similar theme.</p>
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The Bill Mauldin</p>
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<p>
Here's an earlier Terminal Lance of the same theme. This is an example of the profane nature of some of the strips, so be warned - and this is after I did a little editing. Still pretty funny so I thought to include it. . .</p>
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The Terminal Lance home if you are interested:</p>
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<a href="http://terminallance.com/" rel="external nofollow">http://terminallance.com/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>The tragedy at Orlando - condolences to Mark Bando and family</title>
                        <link>https://ww2combatengineers.com/community/shooting-the-breeze/the-tragedy-at-orlando-condolences-to-mark-bando-and-family/</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The tragedy at Orlando - condolences to Mark Bando and family
 
 
I know we all shuddered when we read and viewed the tragic events regarding the Orlando massacre this past week. So hard ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The tragedy at Orlando - condolences to Mark Bando and family</p>
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<p>I know we all shuddered when we read and viewed the tragic events regarding the Orlando massacre this past week. So hard for us to imagine this kind of event and to put ourselves into the shoes of the victims and their families. So imagine my surprise when I read the <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2016/06/13/detroit-native-florida-shooting/85840666/" rel="external nofollow">following article</a> this morning, upon waking, for many of you will recognize the name BANDO.</p>
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<p>Mark Bando, famous WWII historian and author of several books, lost his son in this horrible shooting. </p>
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<p>I met Mark for the first time, shortly after starting this forum, while attending a 101st Airborne meeting in Farmington Hills, MI. I was introduced to him by my dear friend, George Koskimaki, of 101st Airborne fame and also a very well-known author. The last time I saw Mark was a few years back, when he, George, Don Burgett, myself and several others were invited down to Fort Wayne to sign books/documentaries at one of their events.</p>
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<p>My condolences to Mark and his family. I'm at a loss for words today, for what do you say to someone who loses a son in this manner...</p>
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                        <title>Go Normandie</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[J-1 and go Normandy...  To honor the memory of my 13 soldiers that I flowered the graves]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>J-1 and go Normandy...  To honor the memory of my 13 soldiers that I flowered the graves</p>
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                        <title>In honor of Memorial Day 2016</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2016 11:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[In honor of Memorial Day! We will never forget those who lost their lives!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In honor of Memorial Day! We will never forget those who lost their lives!  </p>
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                        <title>Happy Birthday Marion!!!</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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