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re: It's 1943, you're 18 years old, which would terrify you more?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 pm to Darth_Vader
Ball turret gunner. Life expectancy of something like 4 missions and a good number of those were because they couldn't get out of the ball and were crushed when the rest of their crew made an emergency landing.
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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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.
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Wrong. A, C, and D were in the ETO.
A. The 8th Army Air Force was created in February 1944. so...they weren't in the ETO in 1943.
C. I guess that the 101st knew they were going to Europe once they shipped over to England in early '44. Prior to that...the enlisted man had no idea where he would be going. So, if you were enlisting in 1943, I don't think you would actually know you were going to be fighting in Europe. So, they weren't in the ETO in 1943.
D. The 4th Armored Division didn't arrive in Europe until January 1944. So they weren't in the ETO in 1943.
Again...in 1943 as a volunteer enlistee, you didn't know where any of these would be fighting, save the 1st Marines.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 pm to Eric Stratton
My grandfather, retired a Colonel after 26 years, was a glider pilot for the 101st.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:58 pm to Eric Stratton
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Ya sorrey, I'm going to choose Canada
Canada fought in WWII as well. They had the second hardest beach to take at D-Day behind Omaha Beach.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:59 pm to SeeeeK
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My uncles Father
Grandfather?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:00 pm to Darth_Vader
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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?
I'm 6'3" and immediately eliminated from ball turret but I would have loved to pilto a B-17
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:00 pm to madmaxvol
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A. The 8th Army Air Force was created in February 1944. so...they weren't in the ETO in 1943.
They were in the ETO in 1943. Prior to Feb. 44 it was called VIII Bomber Command. They just changed names in 44.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:01 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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My uncles Father
Grandfather?
Good Lord
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:02 pm to Darth_Vader
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Conversely, if you had to choose to do one of the above, which one would it be and why?
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C. Being assigned to the 101st Airborne Div. as an Infantryman
"Gory, gory, what a hellu'va way to die"
The Deuce or Rakassans... although being in a glider would be more much more terrifying
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:03 pm to Darth_Vader
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A. The 8th Army Air Force was created in February 1944. so...they weren't in the ETO in 1943.
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They were in the ETO in 1943. Prior to Feb. 44 it was called VIII Bomber Command. They just changed names in 44.
I stand corrected...the VIII began in Europe in mid-42. The other two, were still training in the states in '43, however.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:03 pm to Darth_Vader
Based on deaths as a percentage of number of personnel during WWII
Marines 5.1% chance of death
Army 3.8% chance of death
Navy 1.9% chance of death
Marines 5.1% chance of death
Army 3.8% chance of death
Navy 1.9% chance of death
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:06 pm to Darth_Vader
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During the Second World War, 2,043 soldiers of the 101st were killed, 7,976 were wounded and 1,193 were missing. The paras of the 101st spent 214 days fighting.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:07 pm to Darth_Vader
I gotta go with B-17. Probably the best percentage
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:08 pm to jimbeam
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Do not want
A or B
Want
C- you’d be fighting with the best (and not against the Japs)
yep, thats a list of the worst of the worst places to be serving but of those choices "C" gives you the best chance to survive
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:08 pm to WestCoastAg
Pussy.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:09 pm to chinhoyang
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Based on deaths as a percentage of number of personnel during WWII
Marines 5.1% chance of death
Army 3.8% chance of death
Navy 1.9% chance of death
You had a higher chance of dying in the 8th Air Force (which was part of the US Army) than you did in the Marines. In fact, the 8th Air Force suffered a total higher casualty count by itself than the entire Marine Corps combined.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:10 pm to Darth_Vader
Am I the only one who would be the most hesitant to be put in a tank? Let's get in a hot metal box on tracks and fire heavy guns at each other. Yeah, hard pass here.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:10 pm to Darth_Vader
A)
More airmen were lost in the 8th airforce than marines in combat during world war 2.
More airmen were lost in the 8th airforce than marines in combat during world war 2.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:11 pm to Darth_Vader
C would terrify me the most, and it’s also the one I’d pick.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:12 pm to highpockets
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My grandfather was a glider pilot for the 101st.
There are 3 generations in my family with CIB's and 101st combat patches. I'm glad to be one of them.
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