tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post6011023195627498667..comments2024-03-28T11:54:53.075+00:00Comments on Adullamite: What's That in the Distance?Adullamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-29133592258608253392016-05-10T16:43:50.121+01:002016-05-10T16:43:50.121+01:00Fly, Aye the ATS would have done that, willingly ...Fly, Aye the ATS would have done that, willingly I suspect! People did say ''take one with you' but most never got the chance. Had the Germans come many would have done that unlike the French. Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-30771684657019379612016-05-10T16:13:44.589+01:002016-05-10T16:13:44.589+01:00There is a weird pill box near Fontevraud in Franc...There is a weird pill box near Fontevraud in France...metal and looking like a sky rocket. I bet the occupants would have preferred lift off to an encounter with a German tank shell.<br /><br />Mother remembers the invasion scare..she and her ATS colleagues were taught how to use a rifle, how to make a Molotov cocktail and how to throw it at a German tank....the motto then was 'Take one with you...' but it was not clear whether this meant people or tanks...I keep suggesting that she keeps in training in case she meets any politicians...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-81790109810171801852016-05-10T15:31:51.941+01:002016-05-10T15:31:51.941+01:00Lee, Not sure eerie is the word but had the invas...Lee, Not sure eerie is the word but had the invasion come I suspect someone would have made use of this. It might have been eerier after that.<br /><br />Carol, An interesting experience but not all would like it.<br /><br />Jerry, That rings true. Not something to easily forget.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-16322882356769734212016-05-10T06:51:57.544+01:002016-05-10T06:51:57.544+01:00One of the few accounts of his WWII combat experie...One of the few accounts of his WWII combat experiences that my dad talked about was assaults on some German pillboxes at the top of hill overlooking Omaha Beach on D-Day. Suffice to say, it was not a pretty sight after a grenade was tossed inside. Be assured that his countenance was one of horror--certainly not indifference. By the way, I am now around 2/3 done with the processing for the new directory and am starting to see some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-13716349593005852132016-05-09T21:33:37.144+01:002016-05-09T21:33:37.144+01:00I wouldn't have gone into one of those pillbox...I wouldn't have gone into one of those pillboxes .. carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-75057857350937085392016-05-09T10:11:20.308+01:002016-05-09T10:11:20.308+01:00It must have had an eerie feeling about it...being...It must have had an eerie feeling about it...being in the "pill box". I'm sure I would've sensed a strange atmosphere...I'm sure you did, too.<br /><br />Great post, Adullamite....thank you. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com