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probably not but I like his dogged persistence regardless of the outcome
 -- Sue MCNGP #69 "Larry Samuels" <> wrote in message news:OCRLrg9%... > ROTFLMAO!! > > Is persistence finally going to pay off? > > -- > Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) > Associate Expert > Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at > http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > "Jtyc" <jtyc_mcngp@f'nspammersdie.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:OwHN5c9%... > >> ME!!!!! > >> wasnt that worth waiting for? > > > > > > I'm not sure... > > > > > > you havent' given it to me > > > > > > > > > > yet... > > > > > > |
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> probably not but I like his dogged persistence regardless of the outcome
Never retreat, never surrender. On November 27, 1950, the Chinese Communists launched a massive counterattack against the X Corps and cut the road stretching 80 miles back to Hungnam in several places, trapping the Marines. After conferring with Almond, Smith decided to withdraw his division to Hungnam. Almond told Smith to leave his heavy equipment and artillery. But Smith, never doubting the ability of the Marines to fight their way out of the Chinese entrapment, was determined to conduct "an orderly and honorable withdrawal" and bring out his equipment, wounded, and even as many of his dead as possible. Regrouping his forward units and attached Army units at Hagaru-ri, he withdrew from the Changjin area, all the time making sure that he controlled the hills overlooking the road. Opposed by no less than eight Chinese divisions, fighting through numerous enemy roadblocks as they made their way south, and forced to endure subzero temperatures, the Marines suffered thousands of battle casualties and cases of frostbite. Yet Smith's dogged leadership and crucial air support enabled them to maintain their tactical integrity and inflict 25,000 casualties on the Chinese. Asked by a journalist December 6, if the Marines were retreating, Smith, in a widely circulated quotation that earned him great acclaim at home, defiantly replied: "We are not retreating, we are just advancing in a different direction." By December 11, after 13 harrowing days, Smith's force finally arrived at Hungnam, where his division was evacuated by sea. In a brilliant feat of military management, Smith had saved his division and given American morale a desperately needed boost at a critical time in the Korean War. |
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so brave
-- Sue MCNGP #69 "Jtyc" <jtyc_mcngp@f'nspammersdie.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%235bANu9%... > > probably not but I like his dogged persistence regardless of the outcome > > > Never retreat, never surrender. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On November 27, 1950, the Chinese Communists launched a massive > counterattack against the X Corps and cut the road stretching 80 miles back > to Hungnam in several places, trapping the Marines. After conferring with > Almond, Smith decided to withdraw his division to Hungnam. Almond told Smith > to leave his heavy equipment and artillery. But Smith, never doubting the > ability of the Marines to fight their way out of the Chinese entrapment, was > determined to conduct "an orderly and honorable withdrawal" and bring out > his equipment, wounded, and even as many of his dead as possible. Regrouping > his forward units and attached Army units at Hagaru-ri, he withdrew from the > Changjin area, all the time making sure that he controlled the hills > overlooking the road. Opposed by no less than eight Chinese divisions, > fighting through numerous enemy roadblocks as they made their way south, and > forced to endure subzero temperatures, the Marines suffered thousands of > battle casualties and cases of frostbite. Yet Smith's dogged leadership and > crucial air support enabled them to maintain their tactical integrity and > inflict 25,000 casualties on the Chinese. Asked by a journalist December 6, > if the Marines were retreating, Smith, in a widely circulated quotation that > earned him great acclaim at home, defiantly replied: "We are not retreating, > we are just advancing in a different direction." By December 11, after 13 > harrowing days, Smith's force finally arrived at Hungnam, where his division > was evacuated by sea. In a brilliant feat of military management, Smith had > saved his division and given American morale a desperately needed boost at a > critical time in the Korean War. > > |
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yeah but I still get mistaken for being in my early 20's... I still get ID'd
at bars (legal age is 19 in Canada)  I guess I will withhold information for that comment though -- Sue MCNGP #69 "Jtyc" <jtyc_mcngp@f'nspammersdie.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:u4Nsnx9%... > > and I am soooooooo proud of you, young one > > Thanks! > > > > > old one... > > > > *runs* > > |
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