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Post by AZ Ranger on Mar 23, 2016 6:42:46 GMT -6
Our reason had nothing to do with protocol. We thought it prevent getting shot in the rear. When we exited the helicopter we put them on. The vest we had are no way comparable to what is available today.
I still like my steel pot and have the cover that I had in Viet Nam. Someone drew a snoopy with a radio on his back on my liner. My brother who was in the Navy and served in Viet Nam gave me a steel pot helmet and I put my camo cover on it. Looks the same.
Regards
Steve
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Post by herosrest on Jun 1, 2016 10:08:37 GMT -6
The reason why I assumed you were hard on Kanipe is because in your book you raise the possibility of him being a "malingerer" (page 107).
Please... please!! Pay very close attention to my language and the way I have written that book. I am a very "aggressive" writer. When I want to make a point, I make it in no uncertain terms. That upsets a lot of people, because my aggressiveness undermines their beliefs in the strongest terms. Generally, however, I want the reader to make up his own mind, to think for himself, to arrive at his own conclusions based on the evidence I present and based on my reasoning. I have said this before: Strategy is a thinking man's book, not for everyone. Go back to page 5 and read the paragraph starting with, "One final thing..." in the right-hand column.
Now go back to page 107 and find the word, "malingerer." You won't. And you won't because it is not there. So I have not called Kanipe a malingerer, have I? What I have written was my case for what I believe to be Kanipe's actions. I presented what we know and how I interpreted it, then ended it with, "Unless, of course, our good sergeant somehow… malingered…?" Read that in context with what I wrote on page 5.
I wrote that book with as much evidence as I could find and present, so intelligent people like you could make up your own mind based on all the evidence extant, as well as my own presentation of logic.
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Post by herosrest on Jun 1, 2016 10:38:28 GMT -6
Michael,
Please... please!! Pay very close attention to my language and the way I have written that book. I am a very "aggressive" writer. When I want to make a point, I make it in no uncertain terms. That upsets a lot of people, because my aggressiveness undermines their beliefs in the strongest terms. Generally, however, I want the reader to make up his own mind, to think for himself, to arrive at his own conclusions based on the evidence I present and based on my reasoning. I have said this before: Strategy is a thinking man's book, not for everyone. Go back to page 5 and read the paragraph starting with, "One final thing..." in the right-hand column.
Now go back to page 107 and find the word, "malingerer." You won't. And you won't because it is not there. So I have not called Kanipe a malingerer, have I? What I have written was my case for what I believe to be Kanipe's actions. I presented what we know and how I interpreted it, then ended it with, "Unless, of course, our good sergeant somehow… malingered…?" Read that in context with what I wrote on page 5.
I wrote that book with as much evidence as I could find and present, so intelligent people like you could make up your own mind based on all the evidence extant, as well as my own presentation of logic.
Best wishes,
Fred. [/font] Ducemus[/quote] DucemusAttachment Deleted |
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jul 3, 2016 10:38:00 GMT -6
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 2, 2016 9:40:43 GMT -6
If it's August in North Carolina, it's time for another article about Kanipe: Sergeant Daniel A. Kanipe, a native of McDowell County and resident of Marion, was a member of Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s doomed 7th Calvary. Additional background on the Battle of Little Bighorn, as well as more recent debates surrounding Kanipe’s role in the fight, can be found here. A state historical marker outside Kanipe’s home on Rutherford Road in Marion states Kanipe “witnessed defeat of Geo. A Custer.” However, Kanipe did not actually partake in the fight. He was the bearer of Custer’s last order, leaving before the battle began.
Kanipe died in Marion in 1926. Among the items found after his death was a memorandum of his experience in the campaign. . . . Article: mountainx.com/opinion/letters/tuesday-history-carrying-custers-final-command/Diane |
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Post by edavids on Sept 2, 2016 10:44:48 GMT -6
If it's August in North Carolina, it's time for another article about Kanipe: Sergeant Daniel A. Kanipe, a native of McDowell County and resident of Marion, was a member of Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s doomed 7th Calvary. Additional background on the Battle of Little Bighorn, as well as more recent debates surrounding Kanipe’s role in the fight, can be found here. A state historical marker outside Kanipe’s home on Rutherford Road in Marion states Kanipe “witnessed defeat of Geo. A Custer.” However, Kanipe did not actually partake in the fight. He was the bearer of Custer’s last order, leaving before the battle began.
Kanipe died in Marion in 1926. Among the items found after his death was a memorandum of his experience in the campaign. . . . Article: mountainx.com/opinion/letters/tuesday-history-carrying-custers-final-command/Diane Every article feom a hometown newspaper has to have a little bias. Last order from Custer? I believe Martini was charged with delivering Custer's final known order. Good read regardless. Thank you, Diane! |
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 9, 2016 9:25:37 GMT -6
And yet another . . . . I brake for historical markers.
Returning from a day-long drive through the northwest North Carolina mountains on Labor Day, I pulled to the curb when I saw a state marker in a residential district. It read: “DANIEL KANIPE 1853-1926. Survived Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. A soldier in 7th U.S. cavalry, he witnessed defeat of Geo. A. Custer. Lived here.”
A survivor? Who knew?
During the battle, Sgt. Kanipe and another soldier were dispatched from Custer’s battalion with a message to fetch a trailing supply mule train. Those in the supply unit led by Capt. Frederick Benteen watched helplessly from afar as Custer and his 256-man unit were slaughtered. Benteen refused to allow the two couriers to return to their unit.
Kanipe helped identify the dead, and his eye witness account of the battle was the fodder for historians for the rest of his life. Article: www.ourdavie.com/2016/09/08/marion-native-survived-little-big-horn/ |
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