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Offline Hortlund

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« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2003, 03:02:51 PM »
No way. Infantry for me thanks.

Offline Charon

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« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2003, 05:21:05 PM »
I would want to be a Sherman tank commander :) Given my fair but not perfect eyesight I would probably have washed out of flight school by default just like I did during my pre-WOFT physical in the Army. I passed the funky written test though.

After WW2 avaition, I have always found the Silent Service to be appealing with heroes like Mush Morton and Dick O'Kane. "Hit 'em again and hit 'em Harder" for the late Sam Dealey. If only those Mark 14 exploders were up to snuff.

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Offline Octavius

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« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2003, 11:03:39 PM »
Hell yeah :)

Although I'd probably want to fly my P40 straight through to the end... or maybe jump ship and go fly 109s :)

As soon as they build the first Holodeck (star trek), I'll be first on the list for a WWII simulation.  I'll live in my holodeck.. forever and ever :D
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Offline Birddogg

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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2003, 12:07:44 AM »
to war? NEVER ...

Offline Hristo

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« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2003, 12:13:00 AM »
yeah, I'd open the mouth about bombing the RAF, Enigma code, Ladoga lake, Normandy...you know, all the mean stuff ;)

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« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2003, 01:21:15 AM »
No, I would've gone to the Soviet Union to volunteer, and very likely died in a rifle division ;)
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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2003, 04:39:53 AM »
N. Alantic Merchant Marine here :eek:

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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2003, 04:44:04 AM »
I don't have the eyesight for it.

I think with my background in hard science I would have been used elsewhere - encryption or R&D would have been interesting.
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« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2003, 08:19:46 AM »
I would. Then again I would probably end up wiping windscreens, changing engines and gasing them up.... sorta like real life  ;)

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« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2003, 08:25:43 AM »
Youre all ignoring the big question on everyones mind...

Would you shoot chutes?  ;)

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« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2003, 10:43:49 AM »
"Would you shoot chutes?"


Well....maybe.....if they exploded...

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« Reply #26 on: March 05, 2003, 02:10:08 PM »
best job: test pilot. U don't get shot at, and you get to fly both your country's planes and the enemy's

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« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2003, 02:20:36 PM »
Hell yes!!

I'd have to be in the 56th :D  Just fly my lovely Jug..

My other choice would be a test pilot

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« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2003, 03:34:14 PM »
Many in my family went, so I'd have gone with them.

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« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2003, 04:05:04 PM »
No question, I'd go in a heartbeat.