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Interviewing vets... what to ask and what not to ask?

because it's something that I intend to do sometime, I might as well get prepared. what kind of questions do any vets dislike being asked? what should i always ask them (the essential info?)?

cheers,
Dragunov

also, for the French, i'd bet it would be rather strange watching Panthers roll in a postwar parade... probably bring bad memories back to some lads.

IIRC they featured that thing in the "Männer gegen Panzer" video. search it up on youtube, it's rather interesting anyhoo.

oh yeah, more info about the lad who took the shot here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong

so, i went back, and things changed. new exhibit on Afghanistan. Unfortunately we were rushed (school field trip) so there's not much. so much so that we didn't get to go to the vehicle hall, i they restored a Panther and have it on show there. and my friend said that they have a V2 in storage. lame...

haha, but Reb, that's what i was actually planning do with the dough if i ever found a job. looks like real fun, and it's more macho than piano for sure

there is a dotted line separating the two halves of the dogtag, right? well, i heard that if you were KIA, a comrade would break the dogtag along this line, and take one half to confirm/identify who was killed and bury the other half with the body.

can someone confirm or correct this?

well, when he claimed it was an offensive tool, i thought of headbutting, but his gestures were more like using it to stab people. is it just me, or does it sound alot like more 'evil German super-soldier' propaganda crap? speaking of which, a student-made propaganda poster hangs in the room which r...

my history teacher claimed that the spike on the pickelhaube was designed to be used as a CQB weapon... but that's total bull. but hey, was it ever used as such?

surprises?
dragunov

well, if i follow correctly, the creation of the Verboten section had nothing to do with my suggestion (but I can't say for sure, but i can say that it's not really of importance) , but i suppose it all could fit there.

cheers to you, sir!
Dragunov

haha! retired? other side of the spectrum, 16 (i think...) years of age and bored to tears. okay, not really. but anyhoo, it would be a plus if i could get a summer job that would involve WW2ish history since doing something that you hate day in, day out is a royal drag (but that won't get me out of...

ever wonder what happens when weapons experts and Disney come together to win the war? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XEcZS9WZs8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=marXJGUcX_Q&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAo0GQSz_90&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcMr...

Diefenbaker was PC (now just Conservative) and Pearson was a liberal. not that i knew that offhand, i wasn't born yet back then. it rained today, actually. and there's too much snow. and the Sens seem to be on a suckage spree now, last game we lost 3 to 2. and they made some sort of a trade to end t...

haha, i've changed a tad since then, eh? a year ago... still no stahlhelm, or change in firearms laws, still not a reenactor (probably will never be)... but i did learn a crucial lesson in treasure-hunting: KNOW YOUR STUFF! i bought a pair of 'soviet WW2' binocs which look awfully post-war eastern b...

and it starts rolling...

here's a potential one, as of now, i have no potential ideas for this pic.



have fun!