Memorial Day

BarryTheCrab

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May 26, 2014 11:21

I rarely post my work, but this is special. I think I used PD 9 or 10 for this, but it's the story that matters most of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6JPeOxOMU

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BillyR

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May 26, 2014 11:58

EDIT: I first got the video by copying & pasting the original URL in my browser window before you corrected it. Now I can only get the audio by either copying & pasting or clicking on the link.
2nd EDIT: I got the full video and audio back by going to YouTube and pasting "George F. Redmond Jr." in the search engine. The URL seems the same as you sent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6JPeOxOMU. Also, clicking on the preceding link now produces a proper video & audio. Clicking on your link now does the same, starting about 28 sec. into the video.

Good job on the video, Barry, and a great subject! During my military service in the '50's and '60's many of my senior officers were WW II vets and in those days still quite youthful. I never tired of hearing their stories. One in particular was when one of them was shot down over Germany on New Years' Eve and he and his crew had successfully bailed out. They were huddled in a ditch when a young German officer appeared at the top of the ditch, pointed his Luger at them and announced, "Gentleman, Happy New Year! For you the war is over." He also regaled us with stories about how he and his fellow prisoners used to kill time by figuring out new ways to taunt the guards.

Thanks for an entertaining 15 min.

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optodata

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May 28, 2014 02:46

Barry, thanks for sharing the video. It's great to hear firsthand what that experience was like!

BTW, with the discussion about difficulties with getting the video to display in the forum, I found this BBCode reference page complete with examples of what *all* the crazy codes mean.

While I had figured out several of them earlier, I now know how to embed a YT video which was something that had stumped me before. Hopefully your next attempt won't be nearly as aggravating, either

BarryTheCrab

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May 28, 2014 05:34

Thanks for watching, Opto, and that is a real handy link you included, I'm keeping that, and if I EVER get back to updating my site, that's going to be added. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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