I thought crickets were for Normady landing?

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Post #296,502 by Arkadiy 11/27/07 9:33:06 PM Reply	I thought crickets were for Normady landing? At least that's what it says in the "Band of Brothers" book. ------ 179. I will not outsource core functions. -- [link\|http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/overlord2.htm\|.]
Post #296,509 by Ashton 11/27/07 10:47:20 PM Reply	May have conflated the two, but then.. (I too miss seeing reruns of the great BBC "World at War" docu-dramas.) I consider anything post- 6-6-44 as still part of D-Day - and this op was in 9/44. Maybe they used the technique on 6-6 too (?) but the nature of Market Garden, paratroops, etc. seems to fit. Will delve further, anon.

<crickets> -NT - (Another Scott) - (5) - Nov. 26, 2007, 09:39:20 AM EST

Chirp, chirp! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 26, 2007, 10:37:06 AM EST

'Operation Market Garden' - (Ashton) - (3) - Nov. 27, 2007, 07:37:39 PM EST

Interesting! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 27, 2007, 08:41:09 PM EST

I thought crickets were for Normady landing? - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2007, 09:33:06 PM EST

May have conflated the two, but then.. - (Ashton) - Nov. 27, 2007, 10:47:20 PM EST

He's dead, Jim.
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