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It's 1943, you're 18 years old, which would terrify you more?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:00 pm
A. Being assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber crew with the 8th. Air Force
B. Being assigned to the 1st Marine Div. as a rifleman
C. Being assigned to the 101st Airborne Div. as an Infantryman
D. Being assigned to the 4th. Armored Div. as a tanker on an M4 Sherman
Conversely, if you had to choose to do one of the above, which one would it be and why?
B. Being assigned to the 1st Marine Div. as a rifleman
C. Being assigned to the 101st Airborne Div. as an Infantryman
D. Being assigned to the 4th. Armored Div. as a tanker on an M4 Sherman
Conversely, if you had to choose to do one of the above, which one would it be and why?
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 1:00 pm
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:01 pm to Darth_Vader
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:01 pm to Darth_Vader
Do not want
A or B
Want
C- you’d be fighting with the best (and not against the Japs)
A or B
Want
C- you’d be fighting with the best (and not against the Japs)
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:02 pm to Darth_Vader
Statistically speaking, A would be the most dangerous
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:02 pm to Darth_Vader
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A. Being assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber crew with the 8th. Air Force
Bomber crews had the highest fatality rate if I remember correctly.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:02 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:
which would terrify you more?
quote:
Being assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber crew with the 8th. Air Force
By far, these guys had the lowest life expectancy of the war
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
I bet most on here would fear that bad case of flat feet that would keep them stateside
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
Give me C all day. frick B and A.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
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It's 1943, you're 18 years old, which would terrify you more?
To put the question into context...in 1943, in any of these positions you have no idea which theater you would be fighting in.
So...not knowing what was ahead for any of these positions, I would choose Airborne. You get an extra $50 per month (essentially double salary of the other positions).
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:03 pm to Darth_Vader
I'd take whichever one the government assigned me to after volunteering because I'm not a pussy.
Kidding. I'm a giant vagina. I'd probably cry in a hole somewhere. Kudos and bravo to the greatest generation who volunteered to go through hell for the rest of us.
Kidding. I'm a giant vagina. I'd probably cry in a hole somewhere. Kudos and bravo to the greatest generation who volunteered to go through hell for the rest of us.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:04 pm to Darth_Vader
E. Jody banging my broad while I was gone
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:04 pm to Darth_Vader
E. Failing the physical and being labeled a pussy
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:05 pm to Darth_Vader
I choose option E
put me in the navy on a damn submarine
put me in the navy on a damn submarine
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:05 pm to Darth_Vader
I'd say option A. Have you seen how small those things are? And exposed? If that B-17 goes down and you somehow can't get out of the turret, it's a long way down to contemplate your death.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:06 pm to beerJeep
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Bomber crews had the highest fatality rate if I remember correctly.
You are correct. In fact, the 8th Air Force by itself suffered more casualties than the entire Marine Corps did in the Pacific Theater over the course of the war.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:06 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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Jody banging my broad while I was gon
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:06 pm to Darth_Vader
1. A and it's not even close for me
2. C
2. C
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:07 pm to madmaxvol
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To put the question into context...in 1943, in any of these positions you have no idea which theater you would be fighting in.
Wrong. A, C, and D were in the ETO.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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Being assigned as a ball turret gunner
My uncles Father was a gunner on a bomber, he got his promotion to gunner, by helping the last gunner, who was dead by plane fire, out of the bubble and onto a stretcher.
trial by fire Clean'em out, get'em back in
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