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Post by labrador on Jan 16, 2012 8:10:21 GMT -5
I must say, i have just today finished reading the twilight riders. I am in absolute awe of the brave men of the 26th.
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Post by legionnaire on Jan 16, 2012 18:55:15 GMT -5
pp 234 Epilogue The Twilight Riders, The Last Charge of the 26th CavalryPeter F. Stevens
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Post by jnmodeller on Jan 16, 2012 20:55:31 GMT -5
That is right Albert, that's why my first uniform impression was the 26th Cavalry, Hope they make a movie after the war horse.
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Post by moroni on Jan 16, 2012 21:45:32 GMT -5
Defending Damortis from masses of Japanese troops who just landed, giving them a real hospitable welcome that surely must have surprised and bothered the higher command all the way to Homma himself. Necessitating the need for heavy artillery support from their battleships. Making the enemy pay for every inch of ground, exacting heavy casualties every time. Stopping tanks without anti tank guns and taking on the bulk of all the JIA's might and stopping it's advance and delaying their time table. No wonder the Japanese commented that they need to study these soldiers. They are real heroes everyone of them and they are true to their motto.
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Post by labrador on Jan 16, 2012 22:20:07 GMT -5
I've always been a big fan of stories of the catastrophic german retreats from 1944-45, the escape from the falaise pocket, the battles around the eastern front during the final collapse, the ruckmarsch from Normandy...The story of the 26th is an epic that equals or even surpasses those.
The few technical glitches of the book (bazookas???), rank and unit structure errors do little to the whole story. It was a white knuckle read of a white knuckle story. I really could not put the book down.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 17, 2013 21:02:55 GMT -5
71 years ago... (missed by a day)
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Post by labrador on Jan 18, 2013 9:18:19 GMT -5
After seeing El Presidente that disaster of a historical movie that was shown at the Metro Manila Film Festival, I am fervently hoping someone does a film or TV series based on Twilight Riders.
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Post by 26th on Jan 18, 2013 12:02:06 GMT -5
Boots and Saddles Gentlemen!!
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 20, 2013 10:35:44 GMT -5
Step one is a screen play. You think some history buff film students could write a screen play as a project?
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Post by labrador on Jan 20, 2013 10:51:47 GMT -5
i know someone working on an initial concept.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 16, 2014 8:46:28 GMT -5
72 years ago...
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 8, 2014 22:50:09 GMT -5
These are PFC Pedro Euperio's dogtags as photographed by Bob Hudson displayed in the Balanga WW2 Museum. I don't know how it found its way there but what a coincidence.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 15, 2015 19:20:44 GMT -5
73 years ago...
Here's the late Ltc. Ed Ramsey recalling how the Last Charge came about, in Morong, Bataan.
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