How about a few things you remember,like

The large over coats with large collars

The shoes, they never wear out

The little cap you hung over your belt, what was that called

The K-rations, candy would never melt

WHAT ELSE

Try this

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Art

Here's something that Jim and I would like to share with everyone regarding the great 87th. This quote is from a manuscript written by the commander of the Wehrmacht Fuehrer-Begleit-Brigade General Ernst Remer about the Battle of the Bulge and the actions of 5 January 1945:

"....In this connection, it must be said that the enemy forces (in this case, the 87 Inf Div (US) fought very skillfully, as far as infantry was concerned. It was the only force for which we had respect, even during the night."

I added this to his Memories of James Hennessey

Thought I'd share this great pic of Major Dick Winters, 101st Airborne, 506th PIR, Easy Company.

Thank you wranglerowner for granting me permission to use this.

Snapshot of the Air Force

- 365,377 individuals are on active duty

-- 73,451 officers and 291,926 enlisted personnel

- The Air Force has 13,754 pilots, 4,594 navigators, 1,299 air battle managers and 36,684 non-rated line officers in the grades of lieutenant colonel and below

Age

- The average age of the officer force is 35; for the enlisted force it's 29

- Of the force, 40.6 percent are below the age of 26

-- 47.5 percent of enlisted are below 26 versus 13.4 percent of officers

Sex

- 19.6 percent of the force are women

-- 18.4 percent of the officers are women and 19.9 percent of the enlisted corps are women

-- 60.8 percent of the female officers are line officers; 39.2 percent are non-line

-- 85.2 percent of the male officers are line officers; 14.8 percent are non-line

- The population of women is 71,655

- Women first began entering pilot training in 1976, fighter pilot training in July 1993 and navigator training in 1977

-- Currently there are 562 (4.1 percent) female pilots and 211 (4.6 percent) female navigators