Wells Hall Off Topic Board

How about the Alamo, Patton v Rommel, or one of my favorites, R.E.Lee having a small amount of troops put campfires spread wide out along a ridge to frighten off McClellan and the Army of the Potomac.

I would pick different battles as being "defining military victories" for the US....but I suppose it depends on your definition of "defining military victory" and "battle".

Not to get all nit picky with your definition, but Okinawa as an example was a WWII battle, was larger in scale than the US involvement in D-Day, had much higher casualties than D-Day, and was at arguably as important to the Pacific Theater as D-Day was to the European Theater. (I'd guess D-Day was larger overall, but included all of our allies....for Okinawa the US had to go it alone)

My definition of "defining military victory" would be different than yours
- a win against a competent foe
- a battle where a loss would likely turn the tide of the entire war
- critically important to protecting the nation

By this definition the two battles that immediately come to mind would be Washington's victory at Yorktown, and Midway. You can make the argument that Yorktown was THE defining military victory...Washington and Adams both felt that the revolution was close to collapse...without that victory there would be no America as we know it.

That's kinda how I see it too.

I take absolutely nothing away from the Normandy invasion as a key battle for the US but as far as defining our identity, I'd rate Yorktown, Gettysburg, and Midway higher than Normandy.

Did greenschtick ever mention what branch of the military he did his service to his country?

The GOP didn't do anything to improve Walter Reed in the Reagan, Bush1 or Bush2 years. The GOP never proposed increases in the VA budget comensurate with the increased patient load due to the extraordinary care in field hospitals and the ability to get the wounded from field hospitals to US Army hospital in Germany.

How has the GOP thanked Vets? Reagan administration started talking about means testing in 1986. The GI Bill went from paying for college to time, dollar limits and require a payroll deduction The GOP supported the reductions in benefits.

Sorry greenschtick, not buying your uber patriot act. Just because you want to see President Obama defeated in November doen't make you any more of an American then myself.

So Nucky maybe its time to create a new Wells schtick on another proxy server

well at 16581 posts, I'd set the over/under at 12000.

At 16k+ posts it is your keyboard that thinks it has somebody warring on it.

I am not bothered by your post count. I am AMAZED by it. I think I spend way too much time on this board but in the same time frame as you have "only" 3k+ posts.

im only outraged by the fact that mitt gave a kid a haircut and that babcock still has a job

over / under revised to 12,001

He just did it again

See, this is why we have to actually hire somebody to track this. No individual can do it without making it a full time job.

Nothing like pissing on the memories of those who served to try and pick up some cheap political points on a message board. Greenrocks is a cowardly POS.

I have to admit you are the only poster I have ever considered putting on ignore. The sheer volume of stupidity you spew I fear does have lasting negative long term side effects on anyone subjected to actually reading them. But on the other hand, your stupidity is truly entertaining, like your recent claim that Ari Fleisher outed Valerie Plame, and your other many gems like your fables of Al Gore's exploits in Vietnam. If I put you on ignore, I would miss the opportunity to mock and belittle you the next time you make a completely false statement, and I would really feel cheated.