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This WW2 forum is intended for asking and discussing reference or historical related issues pertaining to WW2 (1939-1945) subjects.
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 Subject:  Re: German Armor at ArnhemList thread.  
  
 Date:  Aug 1, 2007
 From:  Chris Oldfield 
Jim & Andrew,
Another bit of Arnhem trivia for you; Major Robert Cain VC, 2nd South Staffords (Airborne), who is mentioned quite a lot in "A Bridge Too Far" won his medal at Arnhem for stalking & destroying German armour (often alone) with a PIAT A/T weapon which he fired from the hip - anyone who has ever fired one of these will tell you it was a fearsome weapon to use, just as dangerous to the firer as to the target, & firing it from the hip could easily result in a broken leg or hip.
The interesting fact? Major Cain was the father-in-law of British TV presenter & motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson, who made a documentary about 2 years ago on the Victoria Cross & its winners, which he dedicated to his late father-in-law.
Cheers,
Chris.
 
Thread Listing 
  German Armor at Arnhem - Bojan Stula - Jul 28, 2007
. . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - claude Gillono - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Bojan Stula - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . . . . German Armour at Arnhem - Dave Williams - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Found it! - Dave Williams - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Found it! - Bojan Stula - Jul 29, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Martin Dogger - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Mike Bishop - Jul 28, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Bojan Stula - Jul 29, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arnhem book of Janusz Pieckalkiewic - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Jul 29, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Arnhem book of Janusz Pieckalkiewic - Alan McCoubrey - Jul 29, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Arnhem book of Janusz Pieckalkiewic - Bojan Stula - Jul 30, 2007
. . . You'll be busy! - Andrew Herbert - Jul 29, 2007
. . . . . . Re: You'll be busy! - Bojan Stula - Jul 30, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: You'll be busy! - Andrew Herbert - Jul 31, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: You'll be busy! - Jim Naveira - Aug 1, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: You'll be busy! - Andrew Herbert - Aug 2, 2007
. . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Jim Naveira - Jul 30, 2007
. . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Andrew Herbert - Jul 31, 2007
. . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Chris Oldfield - Jul 31, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Chris Oldfield - Aug 1, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Andrew Herbert - Aug 2, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: German Armor at Arnhem - Chris Oldfield - Aug 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VC stuff. - Andrew Herbert - Aug 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: VC stuff. - Chris Oldfield - Aug 3, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Much better than a Garden Gnome! - Andrew Herbert - Aug 5, 2007
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