Pop quiz

[panzergator]

I think I'm asking the easy ones..

[panzergator]

Who commanded the battalion?

[Mk 1]

Who commanded the battalion?

That would be battalion commanding officer, M1, Abrams.

-Mark

[panzergator]

Yep, Creighton Abrams, later Army Chief of Staff.
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Does anybody else have a question to contribute?

[panzergator]

Ok, if the flag of the United States flies at night, it must be well-lit. From whence (Yeah, I just like the expression) does this custom spring?

All questions relate to the military.

[redleg]

Just a guess - in reference to the American flag flying over Fort McHenry that was visible at night by the "rockets red glare"?

[panzergator]

Nope

[mike robel]

Charlie's tank was named Cobra Ki because his guys called themselves Cobras and he was the commander. When I met him I wanted to name all the tanks in my company after those in his. Sadly he only remembered his last one was cobra King VII, so I renamed mine from Cannae to cobra King VIII. When we traded M60A3s forIPM1s, Mr successor named his IX. Sometime later we changed from 2-37 to 3-34, but I was gone.

During the 35th anniversary of the bulge, I saw Charlie get a Hold Medal at the break inpoint from Luxembourg. I have a picture somewhere shaking hands after that event.

He died six weeks or so, as I recall, but he had told Jimmie Leach, our HCOR that he was glad to have met us and he felt the regiment was well in hand.

What other famous action was C/37 involved in?

[mike robel]

Chris beat me to it rats.

Rose was notable for being the most senior US general KIA. IIRC, he tried to go head to head with a Tiger in his jeep. He was machined gunned though.

I believe GEN Simon Boliver Buckner was the most Senior General Officer killed in WWII on Okinawa by artillery fire, followed by LRG Leslie McNair while observing the carpet bombing prior to person cobra.

[chrisswim]

I thought there was a Lt Gnl that died in France in Normandy, they do not know what happened to him, never found his remains.

[panzergator]

Rose was not the most senior officer killed in Europe during WWII, and I should have clarified. Rose, commanding 3AD, was caught too far forward, and machine-gunned by a German tank commander while reaching for his shoulder-holstered pistol. The commander of US forces in the ETO , a fellow by the name of Andrews, was killed in a B24 crash in '43, and in 1944, during Operation Cobra, Leslie J. McNair, Chief of Army Ground Forces, was killed while observing 30th Infantry Division when the Air Corps bombing prep fell short. Simon Bolivar Buckner commanded 10th Army on Okinawa and was killed by enemy artillery fire.

Andrews, McNair, and Buckner were all 3-stars, so it could be contentious, but I maintain that his position as Chief of Army Ground Forces made McNair the senior.

I asked specifically about Rose and should have qualified the answer given. Apologies.

[panzergator]

More folks could chime in with questions and answers.

[chrisswim]

Question
What is the original Day of Independence for the US, it is not 4th of July? Why?

[panzergator]

The original day was 2 July. The delay was due to printing time.I

The LTG was McNair. His body was identified I his 3star insignia.I

[redleg]

Good questions on here! I'm still waiting to find out the story behind illuminating the US flag at night though!

Here is another one:

In what year was the Papal Army disbanded, and who was its last commander?