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General Sherman marched to the what?
aw, the old expreshion. he if famous for his "march to the sea"
What does 'no lost time or lost time AW 107' mean on discharge papers?
According to "The Articles of War - Annotated" (5th Edition 1949) by Lee Tillotson: ARTICLE 107, Soldiers To Make Good Time Lost: Every soldier who in an exisiting or subsequent enlistment deserts the service of the United States or without proper authority absents himself from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day, or who is confined for more than one day under sentence, or while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, if the trial results in conviction, or through the intermperate use of drugs or alcholic liquor, or through disease or injury the result of his own misconduct, renders himself unable for more than one day to perform duty, shall be liabel to serve, after his return to a full-duty status, for such period as shall, with the time he may have served prior to such desertion, unauthorized absence, confinement or inability to perform duty, amount to the full term of that part of his enlistment period which he is required to serve with his organization before being furloughed to the Army reserve. Tillotson's annotation goes on to describe various situations covered by AW 107; e.g., desertion, AWOL, military confinement, civil confinement, drunkenness, fighting, sports, self-injury.
What was ment by the reply nuts in world war 2?
A little narrative explaining it. We got into Bastogne late on the night of 18 December, 1944. We were not well equipped, having just gotten out of combat in Holland. We were particularly short of winter clothing and footwear. On the 21st of December we became completely surrounded by Germans and our field hospital was overrun by a German attack. We had put the hospital in what would normally have been a safe place, but no place is safe when you are completely surrounded. At this time, we were not able to receive air resupply because the weather was absolutely frightful. It was very, very cold and snowy. Visibility was often measured in yards. Our lack of winter gear was partially offset by the citizens of Bastogne who gave us blankets and white linens that we used for camouflage. While we were still surrounded, on the morning of December 22, a German surrender party, consisting of two officers and two NCOs, and carrying a white flag, approached our perimeter in the area of our Glider Regiment, the 327th. The party was taken to a nearby platoon command post. While the enlisted men were detained the officers were blind folded and taken to the command post of the 327th where they presented their surrender ultimatum. The ultimatum in essence said the 101st's position was hopeless and that if we elected not to surrender a lot of bad things would happen. The message was brought in to the Division Headquarters by Major Alvin Jones, the S-3, and Colonel Harper, the Regimental Commander. They brought the message to me, the G-3 and Paul Danahy, the G-2. My first reaction was that this was a German ruse, designed to get our men out of their fox holes. But be that as it might, we agreed that we needed to take the message up the line. We took it first to the acting Chief of Staff of the Division, Lt. Col. Ned Moore. With him, we took the message to the acting Division Commander General Tony McAuliffe. Moore told General McAuliffe that we had a German surrender ultimatum. The General's first reaction was that the Germans wanted to surrender to us. Col. Moore quickly disabused him of that notion and explained that the German's demanded our surrender. When McAuliffe heard that he laughed and said: "Us surrender? Aw, nuts!" the date was December 22nd, 1944
Who led the 82nd Airborne?
Several generals have led the famous "Screaming Eagles" division, but the one you're probably asking about was actually the assistant division commander in December, 1944, Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe. At the time, the actual division commander was Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, but he was away from the unit attending a staff conference. It is said that when his outfit was surrounded at Bastogne, Taylor asked Eisenhower for permission to parachute in to take command and be with his beloved unit, but Eisenhower couldn't take the chance of dropping an American Major General right into German hands if he missed his drop zone, so Taylor had to wait out the battle, fuming, until the 101st was relieved by the breakthrough of the 4th Armored Division of Patton's 3rd Army.On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched what became known as The Battle of the Bulge, so named for the big bulge or salient they created into the American lines in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium. The Germans, in a last ditch attempt to win the war in the west by breaking through the American lines and capturing the Belgian port of Antwerp, threw everything they had in a surprise attack into what had been a quiet sector.To slow the German advance, Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne, along with Combat Command B of the 10th Armored and the 463rd Field Artillery into the important crossroads town of Bastogne. The German 5th Panzer Army needed to control Bastogne very badly, and quickly the town was surrounded, the Americans outnumbered and outgunned. The German commander sent in a couple of fellows under a flag of truce to ask the American Commander, Acting 101st Division Commander "Tony" McAuliffe, to surrender. The way the story was related to me, McAuliffe's instant response was … "Aw, nuts!" Then he went away to check his lines. When he came back, his aides pointed out to him that the Germans were still waiting for an answer. "What should I say?" asked McAuliffe.One of the aides said, "I thought your first answer was pretty good.""What'd I say?" asked McAuliffe."Sir, you said, 'Nuts!'"So McAuliffe grabbed a scrap of paper and wrote: "To the German Commander: Nuts. The American Commander."There being no way to translate this into German, it had to be explained to the envoys that it basically meant "go to hell." It has gone down in history as one of the single most famous quotes in all warfare. And Screaming Eagles to this day will tell you that they didn't need any relief at Bastogne; they were doing just fine, thanks.
Who was worse Hitler or Churchill?
Hitler was responsible for deaths of 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, and millions of other people.Also, he had concentration camps and was a racist, but he modeled his policies on another abominable racist, who inspired him and his crimes - on Churchill, and British rule of India (that Hitler intended as a model in his brutal oppression of the Slavs and Jews).Churchill was responsible for starvation of 7 millions of Indian people, while British rule is responsible for genocide that resulted one billion of Indian lives lost.Facinating!According to the book I read there wasnt one billion Indians during the 1700's till 1945 when the British empire decolonised. In fact it would mean that 1 sixth of the whole planets poulation today would live in India.This is incredible since China only has an estimated 1.6 billion today. My my, India would be a crowded place on the planet!Lets start calculating this. 1876 India becomes part of the British empire 1945 Britain starts decolonisation. Thats 69 years. Say add 20 years for conquest 80 years or there abouts. One billion into 80.(Ill use an American billion to give you a chance in your argument) That means that 12.5 million people in India were personally murdered by Churchill per year for 80 years!Churchill was the First Minister of the Treasury for 10 years total. He must have been a busy boy!Churchill was unashamed racist,So were many people during this period of history. You cannot apply current political correctness in historic retrospect.Abraham Lincon was documented as being pro-slavery prior to and after instigating the antislavery act in America. So for Churchill to be a racist may we be true, but not unusual of the period.was in favor of use of poison gas on "uncivilized tribes"Was he? I think you'll find that the books actually say "The British had considered using poison gas against the Kurds but it was never implemented". So because Churchill was British he personally was in favour of using poison gas?Lots of things are considered in any government of any country, few of them are actually implemented. After all isn't that what a Parliament, senate or assembly is all about? Selecting and discarding options according to merit and sensibility.(Hitler used Zyklon B on Jews, and British used mustard gas on Iraqi women and children).There is no reference to this. Saddam Hussien used mustard gas on his own poeple. I think you are confused.But... "Mustard Gas (Yperite) was first used by the German Army in September 1917"British invented concentration camps in the Boer war, killing women and children. Hitler imitated British in every way, but racist theories and policies, implemented by Churchill in during and after WWI, and in WWII are of British origin.No the Russians invented the term concentration camp which the Polish historian Władysław Konopczyński documented as being created in Poland in the 18th century.Besides which concentration camp as a term is quoted in the roundhouse dictionary as meaning "A guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc." This is somewhat different to the use of the concentration camps by the Nazi's which were effectively factories for the murder of anyone whom the Nazi regieme considered not racially pure.Hitler spared what he hoped to be his potential allies in Dunkirk,Hitler admired the British people, so what? And hitler spared the allies at Dunkirk? Hitler didn't order the German army to halt Gerd Von Rundstedt and Gunther Von Kluge suggested that they should consolidate their position to avoid the allies breaking through at a weak point. There was no empathy in this, it was simple logistics.but Churchill believed higher race are British, not all Germanic people.Documentary evidence source please?He killed millions in firebombing of Dresden, Hamburg, Berlin and many other cities.Quoted from wikkipedia..."The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF)"..."A 1953 United States Air Forcereport written by Joseph W. Angell defended the operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial target, which was a major rail transportation and communication centre, housing 110 factories and 50,000 workers in support of theNazi war effort"Doesn't sound like a wholly British operation to me. But you have to consider that there were no convinient smart bombs or Apache "See the whites of their eyes" Helicopters available at the time.The civilian casualty losses to Dresden were estimated at 22,000.Both Churchill and Hitler were in favor of eugenics.Yes they were but you left out a lot of other poeple like Margeret Sanger, Theodore Roosavelt, H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard, and that the sterilisation of "Defectives" had already been carried out in the United States.Those people changed their minds about Eugenics. Hitler did not.Hitler was a kindly man, vegetarian who didn't drink or smoke. He suffered from flatulence.I'm sure he was a lovely man, if you didn't happen to be;A gypsy, a Jew, a Negro, an Asian, physically disabled, mentally retarded, unemployed, have a hereditary defect, short, epileptic,... or within ten feet of him after a curry night.Churchill was an ill tempered alcoholic,But a fantastic orator and (allegedly) wasn't flatulant. Score one to Churchill!who smoked fat cigarsThis point is totally irelevant. Yes he did and this wasn't particularly unusual for this period in time. Most people smoked and it wasn't seen as doing anything wrong. besides fat cigars are much better than those skinny ones, ask Bill Clinton.... and held his meetings in nude.This refers to a single incident which was reported by his stenographer. Its worth pointing out that he was in his bedroom in the Whitehouse at the time and had just that second, got out of the bath when Roosevelt walked in unnannounced. Churchill Joked "You see, Mr. President, I have nothing to hide from you." It's worth noting that after Churchills death the story was expanded to include a meeting in the nude. Sounds like his stenographer wanted to sell a few extra books by adding a bit of sensation to the mix!Roosevelt was against both Third Reich (that he fought against and helped Russians beat the Hitler) and atrocious British Empire (that, mostly thanks to Roosevelt, also dissolved after the WWII). He was a great US president, and is universally respected.Do you think you think he missed the bit about Roosavelt being in favour of eugenics? Selective memory perhaps?Death toll:Hitler and Nazi Germany : 30 million (6 million in direct genocide)Churchill and British Empire: 1 billion(Do the math people!)(7 million Indians in one genocidal incident alone, rarely mentioned today)So rare that there is no record of it. Youd think that some other country not involved would mention this little nugget but nope.But for comparison lets look at the track record of a few other organisations.The Roman Empire comparitively millions compared with the population at the time.The Roman Catholic Church millions. (Remember Torquemarda, cos NOBODY expects the Spanish inquisition!).The Spanish Empire, an entire civilisation.(South America Incas)The Soviet Union (Name your state!).The Spartans ...(errr lots But three hundred died(Allegedly!)).Here's a fun list of Genocides in history on wikipedia no one country misses out on this list! [Ref: 1 bottom of page related links]Nobody says it is right to create an Empire by conquest but if you get back to the crux of this Neo Nazi rhetoric, it was about Churchill and Hitler, not about the British Empire.Churchill didn't create the British Empire, he was prime minister from 1940 - 1945 and 1951-1955.The first British Empire started in 1583-1783. The British empire you know started in 1783 and ended in 1945. If this is taken into account it actually looks like Churchill was central to ending the British Empire.Both Churchill and Hitler were racists, for eugenics, use of poison gas and concentration camps, Hitler in fact emulated Churchill.Dont forget Roosevelt, a documented supporter of eugenics!Poeple sometimes support bad things, not everyone acts on those things and kills poeple over it at least I don't remember H.G.Wells creating an army and using eugenics to support the murder of weomen and children in death camps yet he too supported eugenics.Yet due to propaganda, their images are distorted.A fact well known by Joseph Goebbels (Propaganda minister). It seems that many facts have been distorted here Joseph would be proud to know that you are continuing his legacy.Clearly, Churchill was worseOnly in your Neo-Nazi mind.
What does 391 AAA aw bn cac on a grave marker mean?
391st Anti-Aircraft (AW) Battalion
What is the correct pronunciation of the word our?
The correct pronunciation of the word our is "aaa or aw(-)r".
Is there a book about the 460th AAA Aw Bn?
If there is I want to know about it. My father served in Battery D, 460th AAA. I do have a written history of the unit declassified in 1958 in my possession.
Was the 863 battalion in the battle of the buldge?
There was the 863rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons), which was among the "corps troops" of the V Corps, US First Army, which was in the Battle of the Bulge. The US Army had, besides its divisions, hundreds of "independent battalions" of various types, which were "independent" because they were not a permanent part of any larger formation. These battalions were assigned to corps HQs (where they were referred to as "corps troops") or field army HQs (where they were referred to as "army troops"). These included artillery of several calibers, signals, combat engineers, tank, tank destroyer battalions, and so on. All AAA battalions were "separate" or "independent" battalions. If you want to search the net include among your search terms "863rd AAA (AW) Bn". I've included a link below, under "Related Links" which is an "Order of Battle" (a list of all units involved) for the Bulge.
Where can you find a picture of the unit insignia for the 478th anti-aircraft unit?
Couldn't find it either but the following contact seemed to be the organizer of reunions, most recently in 2003. Maybe he knows? 478th AAA AW Bn: Ralph L. O'Dell (254) 776-6009; email: rodelltx@ThisisToPreventSpam-RemoveThisbefore Sending.earthlink.net
Examples of ordinary form of verb?
These are called state of being verbs:amarebebecomebeenbeingiswaswere
When was Aw Come Aw Wry created?
"Aw Come Aw Wry" is an album by American indie rock band Deerhoof. It was released on October 12, 2004.
Is aw a element?
no it is atomic weight (AW)
Where can you find unit rosters for the 792nd AAA AW Battalion in World War 2?
I'm trying to find information about the same unit. My grandfather was in it I believe. If you found any information you could share, I'd love to see it. Thanks.
When was Tash Aw born?
Tash Aw was born in 1971.
How do you write past tense of aw?
'Aw' isn't a verb.
When was Aw Cmon created?
Aw Cmon was created in 2004.
