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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Asymetrical Warfare, 18th-Century Style -- And Still Apt
T. E. Lawrence? A johnny-come-lately! Try Robert Rogers and his "28 Rules of Ranging," from 1759: a guide to methodically and ethically waging guerrilla-type war.
YOU SHOULD TRY TO GET A COPY OF THE 1939 MOVIE "NORTHWEST PASSAGE" BASED ON THE KENNETH ROBERTS BOOK FILMED IN THE IDAHO WILDERNESS TO APPROXIMATE 18TH CENTURY UPSTATE NEW YORK QUEBEC AND PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND ITS IN EARLY TECHNICOLOR STARS SPENCER TRACY ROBERT YOUNG WALTER BRENNAN AND HALF THE MGM STOCK COMPANY IT STAYS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BOOK THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK EXTRA CREDIT FOR THE TOWER AND CHARLIEVILLE MUSKETS AND THE 18 CEN FIELD EQUIPMENTS UNIFORMS AND TACTICS THE BRIGADE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION USES THE MOVIE AS A TRAINING FILM ENJOY!
If you need caps to make it easier to type -- and especially since you are used to copying tfc on a mill, that's -- different. I rescind my suggestion and criticism.
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I'm impressed, usually the Kenneth Roberts version is reproduced, including on the Graphic Training Aid the Army issues.
ReplyDeleteYOU SHOULD TRY TO GET A COPY OF THE 1939 MOVIE "NORTHWEST PASSAGE" BASED ON THE KENNETH ROBERTS BOOK FILMED IN THE IDAHO WILDERNESS TO APPROXIMATE 18TH CENTURY UPSTATE NEW YORK QUEBEC AND PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND ITS IN EARLY TECHNICOLOR STARS SPENCER TRACY ROBERT YOUNG WALTER BRENNAN AND HALF THE MGM STOCK COMPANY IT STAYS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BOOK THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK EXTRA CREDIT FOR THE TOWER AND CHARLIEVILLE MUSKETS AND THE 18 CEN FIELD EQUIPMENTS UNIFORMS AND TACTICS THE BRIGADE OF THE AMERICAN
ReplyDeleteREVOLUTION USES THE MOVIE AS A TRAINING FILM ENJOY!
"MAKE READY YOUR FIRELOCKS ! "
I'll look for the film -- it sounds fascinating!
ReplyDeleteNow, then: "...Even your best friends won't tell you...."
PLEASE TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK. It looks like you're yelling.
mea culpa maxima!
ReplyDeletesorry about that I plead mitigating
circumstances was not yelling
1.I spent quite a bit of my misspent youth spending off watch hours trying
to copy 16 wpm CW all the typewriters
were locked on caps
2.need new glasses caps are clearer
3.newfangled computer protocols
btw have you noticed no 6L6 tubes
in the back of the set (!)
4. via email will forward to you
personal confessions of a black powder
advocate that is P-O-W-D-E-R or how i had lots of fun during the bicentennial
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If you need caps to make it easier to type -- and especially since you are used to copying tfc on a mill, that's -- different. I rescind my suggestion and criticism.
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