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Old 05-06-2008, 08:52 AM   #232 (permalink)
Albany Rifles
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Originally Posted by Gun Grape View Post
If I'm not mistaken our own OoE was the Combat Engineer Detachment Commander in charge of that operation.

Next he will be saying that it wasn't really the Spartans warfighting abilities that is responsible for the legend but the fine obstacle work by HIS engineers
When I was in the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, when we got to the section on combat engineering, the Corps of Engineer Major showed us part of the movie Zulu. His point was that without the meelie bags Rourke's Drift would have fallen on the first charge. Kind of had a point.

I wonder if OOE advised Lieutenant Chard?

That would make him our own Casca!
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