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BillyGoatHill

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  1. Those are badass. Have always loved our away grays. Simplistic and timeless. 🤘
  2. Part of the uniform....plus they were actually also part of some ground troops attire (Patton scolded his officers more than once about wearing their ties) US, RAF, and other allies plus the European Axis pilots ALL usually wore a dress or other uniform that required a tie while waiting for sorties. As to wearing while flying, that usually came down to discipline and uniform standards from the units or squadron/bomb group CO. Plenty of pics of pilots out there from all countries with ties on with their flight gear. Gotta remember that is only 20 years past WW1 where it was a but a gentlemen's game and prestige to be a pilot. Scarves (usually silk) were worn to not only protect the neck, but keep the neck warm. This tradition carried on to WW2. German prisoner of war camps for allied pilots were initially run or overseen by the Luftwaffe on Goerring's insistance. He had been a combat pilot in WW1 and though he was drug addict and had a sexual preference that should have had put him in a German concentration camp, he tried to see that Allied pilots were treated with that gentlemanly conduct while under the Luftwaffe officers oversight. edit: I also remember reading somewhere years ago that ties made for good tourniquets for wounded flight crew.
  3. Great play...
  4. Hit a teammates foot or ankle...
  5. Gotta just fall on that...
  6. Spanish channel (Univision?) has better halftime analysis than Phil, Boomer,JJ etc…
  7. Niners were driving too when McCaffrey coughed it up....Equals out
  8. OK Karen
  9. I suggest a strongly worded letter to NFL officials....
  10. Ben , Tom, and Bourne....🤣
  11. YESSSSSSS!!!! TD
  12. Officials and the NFL rulebook say otherwise. But you do you.
  13. Ball didn't go past the line of scrimmage....
  14. Grounding!!
  15. Injury from tripping over the sideline???
  16. Damn allergies....😢 Congratulations Bam Bam.
  17. No biggie about not knowing, was just trying to pass that along. I served in the 80's, but wasn't positive about WW2 until I found some paperwork/pictures of a Great Uncle of mine that was Marine in the Pacific. His paperwork dating was the same as were some letters and the telegram (KIA) to my great grandmother. As for the show, I was trying to make out the handwriting too when first watching that episode but it was kinda small on my computer. I thought the lighter was funny also but it didn't dawn on me until @Whitewater Horn pointed it out. CSB//?? Concerning the French/Allies underground, I used to work with a guy (and went to medic school with) in our Fire Dept. that we gave crap to regarding his French heritage (surrenders/never fired rifles/ha ha etc). He took all the kidding in good stride. He was a good cook as that it was his dad did with owning his own restaurant. His dad passed a few years back. Included with his obituary were some links to articles about his dad not only being part of the French Underground during the war, but he was a high up leader that caused quite the problems for the Germans with assassinations of high ranking Officers/ blowing up of bridges and railways/ really helping out with D Day stuff and after. Dude had been a real badass during the war and had all types of medals from the French Government and the Allies. My buddy Gil had never told us those stories about his Dad.
  18. These tickets weren't included in my email...
  19. Cool that the show emphasized the counting of chutes....Even if only one chute was seen by other aircraft, EVERYONE on that plane was then listed as missing in the telegrams to NOK vs being "killed in action" I get that they wanted to point out something to show how the underground knew, but day, month, year for dates is correct for the US military.
  20. Not trying to take away from the show, but his service seems noting for the thread and site... Left UT after one semester to follow in his brother's footsteps of being a B17 pilot (brother lost ferrying his B17 to England somewhere in the North Atlantic around Iceland/never found) 30 missions in the 8th AF as a B17 co-pilot from November 44-April 45 with a crash landing in Belgium due to loss of fuel Returned to UT after the war, playing football as a full back and defensive back. Degree and T Ring in 1949. Did some cool things as a player and Coach in the NFL after. Longhorn Legend 🤘 Tom Landry
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