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October 26th, 2004
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| Tirones | Post; New quizWhat do the following div have in common? 6th Airborne 9th Airborne 18th Airborne 21th Airborne 135th Airborne |
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October 26th, 2004
| Post 2 |
| Tribuni Angusticlavii | they are all Airborne
__________________ Some more words of wisdom from LIPS |
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October 26th, 2004
| Post 3 |
| Optio | all of the are divisible by 3 |
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October 27th, 2004
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| Milites Gregarius | all part of First United States Army Group (FUSAG) , created & put under the command of Gen Patton in hopes to trick the germans into thinking the real invasion of France would be at Calais, not Normandy. they were all, if I remember correctly, fictional units |
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October 27th, 2004
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| Tirones | Post; PigPen is correct!These are official U.S. Army Airborne Divisions that existed on paper. They had personnel wear these patches around and in towns. The object was to convince the spies in England that the American had more Airborne Divisions then there really had. It worked. |
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