On 06/05/2015 02:39, Rod Speed wrote:
Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote
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That might come as something of a surprise to General Patton, were he
alive today.

Nope, no surprise at all given how small
the battle of Medina Ridge actually was.

He would be particularly surprised to have been involved in that, given
that he had been dead for the best part of half a century when it happened.

....
Aircraft are only useful if the weather allows them to fly.

BULL****.

It was one of the problems that Patton faced.

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Colin Bignell