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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:07 am
by ksslemp
guadalcanal

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:55 am
by kclborat
how honest are you guys? who uses the internet to answer? personally I would stick to the honor code and use my own knowledge. i dont mean to insult anyone, i swear. my guess would be midway

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:51 am
by Anon
Evil Pope wrote:
Evil Pope wrote:Umm.. D-day?

Wait.. now that I think about it, D-day doesn't work(yes, i'm a tard).. It was the day the invasion of france began, not the battle in question.. I'd like to change my answer to the battle of Normandy, I think..


sam battle. it was gaudlcanal. the marine should have given you a clue

Another WW2 question. which unit held bastogne during the battle of the bulge?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:20 am
by P Gizzle
rrr....i know nothing about units....


the 501st? :lol:

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:49 am
by CBlake
G unit

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:56 pm
by Ham
Was it the 101st screamin eagles paratrooper division ?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:05 pm
by RuS
Yes indeed, 101st airborne.
(As you can see in Band of Brothers)

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:25 pm
by DogDoc
I'd posted this in the "Favorite Military Quote" thread but thought it's also appropriate here at this time:


"To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.

The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Our near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands.

There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note.

If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hours' term.

All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the well known American humanity.

The German Commander."

"To the German Commander, "Nuts!" The American Commander."

---General Anthony McAuliffe, 101 Airborne, Dec. 22, 1945

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:24 pm
by Anon
that is what my next question was going to be!

ok heres another. Students at what college invented the Frisbee?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:30 pm
by RuS
DogDoc wrote:I'd posted this in the "Favorite Military Quote" thread but thought it's also appropriate here at this time:


"To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.

The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Our near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands.

There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note.

If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hours' term.

All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the well known American humanity.

The German Commander."

"To the German Commander, "Nuts!" The American Commander."

---General Anthony McAuliffe, 101 Airborne, Dec. 22, 1945


And the germans didn't even know what it ment.
'Neutchen???':)

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:30 pm
by kclborat
berkely

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:38 pm
by Ham
Yale ?


You should have stuck with the WW2 questions man !

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:40 pm
by sfhbballnut
a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:19 pm
by hawkeye
sfhbballnut wrote:a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie


It was a pie tin company called Frisbie and there were students taking a tour there, when they started throwing it around. But I don't know the school.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:26 pm
by Backglass
Anon wrote:Students at what college invented the Frisbee?


None.

The "Frisbee" was invented by Fred Morrison, awarded design patent 183,626 and sold to Wham-O in 1957.

While many college students threw pie tins from the "Frisbie Baking Company" around on campus (and Yale claims to be the first to do this), the students themselves neither invented the toy nor the pies as the question asks.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:54 pm
by Anon
Backglass wrote:
Anon wrote:Students at what college invented the Frisbee?


None.

The "Frisbee" was invented by Fred Morrison, awarded design patent 183,626 and sold to Wham-O in 1957.

While many college students threw pie tins from the "Frisbie Baking Company" around on campus (and Yale claims to be the first to do this), the students themselves neither invented the toy nor the pies as the question asks.


maybe he was the first to patent it but the folklore goes that a yale student invented it. and maybe he was a yale student.

heres another college question. when harvard opened what was its main purpose?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:55 pm
by Anon
Anon wrote:
Backglass wrote:
Anon wrote:Students at what college invented the Frisbee?


None.

The "Frisbee" was invented by Fred Morrison, awarded design patent 183,626 and sold to Wham-O in 1957.

While many college students threw pie tins from the "Frisbie Baking Company" around on campus (and Yale claims to be the first to do this), the students themselves neither invented the toy nor the pies as the question asks.


maybe he was the first to patent it but the folklore goes that a yale student invented it. and maybe he was a yale student.

heres another colleg question. when harvard opened what was its min goal?


oh and i didnt want people to google the answer that is against the spirit of the game

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:07 pm
by Backglass
Anon wrote:oh and i didnt want people to google the answer that is against the spirit of the game


I didnt...I used to play ultimate & collect frisbees. ;)

The yale story is urban legend.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:41 pm
by Ham
I saw it on modern marvels awhile back.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:46 pm
by Anon
Backglass wrote:
Anon wrote:oh and i didnt want people to google the answer that is against the spirit of the game


I didnt...I used to play ultimate & collect frisbees. ;)

The yale story is urban legend.


i play ultimate alot but i dont know the patent number

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:22 am
by kclborat
min goal?

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:52 am
by hawkeye
To not have dead students?

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:18 pm
by Anon
close i guess. if no one gets it soon i will make a new question

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:24 pm
by P Gizzle
to have everyone graduate?

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:38 pm
by Caleb the Cruel
to produce more Puritan ministers