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2022-07-04 -Land of the Free

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Posted by Mercutio 2022-07-04 11:20|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Walking away from the Visitor's Center movie at Gettysburg 10-15 years ago, I overheard some twit telling her husband, "Wow, that's worse than Vietnam!"

40,000 in a single battle - yes, sweetheart, that is worse than Vietnam.

Posted by Bobby 2022-07-04 15:19|| 2022-07-04 15:19|| Front Page Top

#2 overheard some twit

Well, if she grasped it was worse than 'Nam, then maybe she was stating the obvious, but twit?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-04 15:21|| 2022-07-04 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 ...27 years ago, we went to Gettysburg and spent three days there, walking the entire battlefield.

That will put the fear of God into you.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-07-04 16:01|| 2022-07-04 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Gettysburg is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in America, and, although I'm not into the whole haunting thing, it's not hard to see why. Always something moving just out of your field of vision.

Posted by Matt 2022-07-04 16:17|| 2022-07-04 16:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Wargaming the Gettysburg battle (multiple games) and reading the battle histories made me amazed how little we (most people) understand about the battle. Read some of the history books or play a wargame and you know ahead of time the battlefield and the troop movements ... not the 'Fog of War' they fought under and the horrible pressure of knowing that what they did mattered (and they had only one shot and no 'do overs')!

Bravery even in the mistakes.

Posted by magpie 2022-07-04 17:33|| 2022-07-04 17:33|| Front Page Top

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