http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/ Airborne and Special Operations - Military Airborne Special Operations Insignia Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:59:41 GMT chuteanddagger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2894 OK, going to break rules for advertising.. FWIW - For collectors. Have had an opportunity to view a preliminary edition of a new book coming out of South Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:53:06 GMT rupertbear7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2893 Hi Guys, Many thanks for the info, it is indeed tragic that the eagle statue was eventually destroyed.....there are monuments all over the world dedicated to Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:25:47 GMT VolkerPara@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2892 Hi Joe, thanks a lot for your reply and kind words - we are two of the same kind indeed ! Cheers: Volker [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:48:47 GMT belfastchild70 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2891 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2891 thanks for the info very interesting Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:24:23 GMT Joe Drouin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2890 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2890 Hi Volker: It is too bad that the statue disappeared from the face of the earth. The German Paratrooper did fight for their country like anyone of us would Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:32:55 GMT conradialain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2889 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2889 Hi Volker and Manuel, Thanks for this superb, yet sad explanation. I feel there's never anything wrong in honouring fallen soldiers, no matter what side they Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:17:25 GMT mbolo2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2888 Hello Alain, I have uploaded a picture of our friend Antonio Carbonell and the monument for the fallen German Fallschirmjäger in Kreta in the "pics" folder. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:23:30 GMT VolkerPara@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2887 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2887 Dear Alain. I also visited the statue in the middle of the 1990s during my stay on Crete. I was looking for it, but due to the fact that the area where it was Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:15:45 GMT conradialain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2886 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2886 Dear all, Back in the '80's I was on an exercise in Crete. Being there I discovered a statue made by the German Fallschirmjäger in 1941 for their fallen Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:05:48 GMT jules wings http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2885 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2885 Just back from a trip to Dien Bien Phu in Northeast Vietnam. Came back via Ho Chi Minh City and snapped these shots with my mobile phone at the infamous war Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:53:14 GMT sin050673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2884 Hi Friends, Need help. In "Sin" folder, just upload a picture name "Unknown badge" which looks like the Indonesia Navy or Marine Freefall badge. Any idea what Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:33:37 GMT sin050673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2883 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2883 Hi Friends, Need help. I am looking for picture of the Royal Thai Airforce Special Force beret badge. In "Sin" folder, just upload 2 pictures which I got from Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:26:05 GMT sin050673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2882 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2882 Hi Friends, Thanks for all the information and help. Regards Sin Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:40:47 GMT chuteanddagger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2881 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2881 Just confirmed from UAE. All UAE troops wear the same beret badge. A scan of the badge is now posted in SIN file. The SOC wear the sand color (tan) beret as Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:52:15 GMT Scott Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2880 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airborneandspecialoperations/message/2880 Sin, UAE SOC.jpgUAE compound sign.jpgI spent a few months training with the UAE Special Operations Command a few years back. The beret is a sand color, (SAS).