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Chas - are the Huertgen and Peleliu HASL's likely to include CG's? Are they going to be big mo-fo's or only treat one small corner of the battlefield? Would like to know as there are other, unnamed, products in the pipeline covering the same areas. Would like to make an informed choice, so any more info (less about schedule and more about content/intent) would be appreciated.
I think I'll be getting the BFP version of Peleiu. Sounds huge and awsome.
 

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.... [snip]. MArines are almost done for. [snip].
Sarge,
One of our Kiwanians, Jim Long, was a Marine at Peleliu.... he said he was almost "done for" there too.... but he was fortunate to have lived on and died in 2006! Good guy!

Keep up the good work... sounds exciting.

Best regards,:salute:
John
 

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Over the first seven CG Days the Marines fielded five front line rifle coy's, two combat engineer coy's, and three replacement rifle coys. At start of CG Day 8 (the Marines' last in the battle) they can still muster 2 very depleted front line rifle coy's, a depleted replacement rifle coy, and a reinforced platoon of combat engineers. Rough guess...about 70-75% casualties. In the actual battle the front line rifle coy's suffered about 70% losses...so I guess thisis about as close to "reality" as one can get.
Many years ago I too knew a man who served on Peleliu (sadly all I remember is his first name, Richard). One day at work I asked him about his experiences there. He took a deep breath, looked me square in the eyes, and said "I can't...I just can't". I dropped the subject immediately. You could see his eyes getting moist and they had that far away look to them. It was obvious what he endured was very painful, even after almost 50 years. We can never truly understand what the men form both sides suffered on that chunk of coral in the Pacific. We can only honor what they did by remembering they served.
 

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Many years ago I too knew a man who served on Peleliu (sadly all I remember is his first name, Richard). One day at work I asked him about his experiences there. He took a deep breath, looked me square in the eyes, and said "I can't...I just can't".
After seeing the Peleliu part of The Pacific, I can completely understand why he would say that.

:salute:

John
 

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I'm reading Brotherhood Of Heroes by Bill Sloan. I can understand the gentleman not wanting to speak about his experiences because in reading accounts by Gene Sledge etc it didn't get much worse than this place. What these troops were asked to accomplish was mind blowing when you consider the conditions they fought under. Hopefully that man found some peace in his life.
 

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I'm reading Brotherhood Of Heroes by Bill Sloan. I can understand the gentleman not wanting to speak about his experiences because in reading accounts by Gene Sledge etc it didn't get much worse than this place. What these troops were asked to accomplish was mind blowing when you consider the conditions they fought under. Hopefully that man found some peace in his life.
There is another recent book on the battle of Peleliu which I found impossible to put down. "Last Man Standing - the 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu" by Dick Camp. It details the first seven days of the battle, shortly after which the 1st Marines were withdrawn from the battle having suffered almost 70% casualties in seven days. Excellent source for those wanting to know more about the first part of the battle. Really mind-blowing when one considers this level of blood-letting went on for another two months. I was fortunate to get an autographed copy of this book. Dick Camp is a retired Marine Colonel who was a commander at Khe Sanh, Lima - 6, in Vietnam. He knows first hand what brutal fighting is like. His writing style puts you right into the action. Highly recommended. :thumup:
 

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For our next release down to three scenarios still being tested, but all are close. Boards are in final review and I anticapate going to the printer with them in a week or so.

Our Hurtgen project is based on Schmidt, Kommerschiedt, and Vossenack. Everything is done (but not in pub layout) except for the CG. That is the sticking point on getting this out, but we are working on it. Sarge answered much on the Loo, and we have a number of projects in the works with rare vehicles, boards, and such, very similar to BFP 3.

Chas
 

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There is another recent book on the battle of Peleliu which I found impossible to put down. "Last Man Standing - the 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu" by Dick Camp.
I have this book in my "to read" stack...there are some great photos in the book as well.

Semper Fi!
Scott
 

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I'm going to check this one out as well thanks!
 
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