Pop quiz

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:04 am

Lloyd Fredendall comes immediately to mind.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:36 am

It wasn't Fredendall's hole. It was a division commander.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:55 am

Egos in competition... Terry de la Mesa Allen.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:58 am

Cav dog. Still no answer on red, white, and pink?

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:19 am

Whose foxhole?

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:37 am

Whose foxhole? MG Terry de la Allen.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:38 am

Duplicate deleted.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:09 am

Correct PG! Terrible Terry Allen, commanding 1st Infantry Divison at the time.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:41 pm

Forgot the "Mesa" after "de la.". Terry de la Allen. Hard riding, hard drinking, hard swearing, did I mention hard drinking?

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:13 pm

Redleg nailed the teams first. While the aero weapons, aero scout and aero rifle platoons were separate entities for chain of command purposes, aircav troops would task organize based on METT-T. The smallest entity would be a team of at least two aircraft.

If no contact was anticipated, i. e., a route recon behind friendly lines typically the troop commander would launch a white team of two loaches. If contact was anticipated, i. e., an area recon of an LZ in unknown or enemy territory, then you would see a pink team of one loach and one gunship. Pure red teams were unusual unless the mission was an insertion were the gunships were there to proved fire support to the landing and scouts buzzing about would just be in the way.

You could also see a light pink team with two scouts and one gunship or a heavy pink team with one scout and two gunships. The number of teams launched on any given mission depended on METT-T.

I think PG nailed the blues question although I'm not 100% certain of the answer myself. Red leg was not wrong about how much humping a ruck through the bush sucks but I think it was because the troopers in the aero rifle platoon were infantry MOS and led by an infantry officer. There were some folks who held out that they were called the blues because it rounded out the red, white and blue thing but I don't think that is accurate.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:25 am

It was a good question! I'm certa that the Blues was because they were infantry. Lots of discussion at Fort Knox about that.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:02 am

A question, which General was initially praised by IKE in appreciation to General Marshall? He was removed by IKE.
What did he was his next assignment?

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:41 am

I think tat general was Fredendall and I know he went back to the US, but not positive of his assignment. Training command? If I'm not mistaken he was promoted to 3-star shortly after being relieved of his command of II Corps.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:54 am

Yes sir Redleg. He took over training command, did well as I understand.
There several generals that were relieved of command in North Africa that served well later in Europe. Needing to determine whether training, soldiers and/or equipment I guess using a WW1 artillery piece on a halftrack calling it a tank destroyer doesnâ€™t mean it is effective T.D.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:35 am

What was the fastest US tracked combat vehicle in WWII?