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Originally Posted by L.V. Purvis
This is a very interesting thread to me as Melvin Purvis was my Great Uncle. Good story on the Parker too. I can't wait to hear what comes out of the research letter.
Lloyd Purvis
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-- I only mentioned the FUBAR at Little Bo in a context of history, just as I would have with my favorite General, Robert E. Lee, in reviewing his colossal blunders at Gettysburg in 1863, or for that matter, the Limey Generals involved at the bloodbath of the Somme in France in 1916, the Courts-Martial of Gen. Billy Mitchell circa 1926, Limey Sir Bernie L. Montgomery's op. "Market (Airborne)- Garden (Ground troops) in Holland circa 1944, Truman's relieving Gen Doug MacArthur of Command in Korea in 1951, Prez. Jack K and the CIA- Bay of Pigs FUBAR in Cuber (Cuba) 1961, then LBJ's plunging us into the "Big Muddy" vis a vis the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, MACV C-in-C Gen Westmoreland's insistence on a costly war of attrition against an unseen enemy on his HOME TURF, Slick Willie Clinton's cowardice in Not bagging Bin Laden when he had the chance, and the list goes on--
When my other favorite General- George Smith Patton Jr. advised his field commanders in the words of Frederick the Great- "Audace-etc"-- remember, he had the best intel and staff (Colonel Koch masterminded the Winter of 1944 90% shift to relieve Bastogne and the brave men of the 101st AB encircled there by the Krauts) and he had that rare sixth sense few leaders are gifted with--
So- my apologies to the living relative of Melvin Purvis who posted here, we had our share of Junior "Ossifers" in Vietnam who thought that bagging a high enemy body count was a key to promotion- Captain Oliver North fell into that sector-- I was only commenting, blessed with a somewhat keen interest in history, and 20-20 hindsight- on a scenario I did not witness firsthand- How Dillinger managed to steal that 12 VH, and if he did (as I suspect he did) amputate the barrels, is fuel for another great search-
