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Bill Kambic
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- Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:40 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Looking for original WWII German cavalry stirrups
- Replies: 6
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- Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:52 pm
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Looking for original WWII German cavalry stirrups
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1422
Re: Looking for original WWII German cavalry stirrups
Good Evening. You might try the Deutscher Kavallerieverband group on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214731098660054/ There also the International Cavalry Association https://www.facebook.com/groups/129663340489605/ I've met folks in both groups. There is a wide variety of knowledge and sk...
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:36 pm
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Nelson Miles, May 30, 1921
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4047
Re: Nelson Miles, May 30, 1921
Actually, this style of riding lives on. The link is a photo taken in 2017 at the TN Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville, TN. It's the Presentation of the Colors. You will find a few riders to ride this way, but not all. https://mtsusidelines.com/2017/09/03/photo-gallery-tennessee-walk...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:22 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Remembering Columbus March 9th 1916.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3635
Re: Remembering Columbus March 9th 1916.
Yes, Sir, a have a long faded memory!
Kurt, were there for the flag lowering and presentation to the Ft. Bliss unit?
Kurt, were there for the flag lowering and presentation to the Ft. Bliss unit?
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:31 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Remembering Columbus March 9th 1916.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3635
Re: Remembering Columbus March 9th 1916.
My wife and I attended the 100th Anniversary celebration in Columbus in 2016. It was quite a show (with 150+ mounted riders from Mexico) and a major contingent of Active Duty troops from Ft. Bliss. There is a nice, if small, museum there. The town has one motel with 7 rooms, 2 restaurants that only ...
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:55 pm
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Horses and WWII Gasoline Rationing
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7452
Re: Horses and WWII Gasoline Rationing
When I was in Law School at Marquette in Milwaukee the Dean was discussing some taxation issues in class and got off onto a tangent about property taxes and German Socialists. The WI German Socialists were a bit odd in that they did not believe in deficit spending. They controlled the Milwaukee City...
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:10 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Horses and WWII Gasoline Rationing
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7452
Re: Horses and WWII Gasoline Rationing
My mother did a summer in D.C. at the Pentagon (1944, IIRC) as some sort of "clerical" worker. I suspect she was basically a file clerk. Her main story was the day some Butter Bar was trying to teach her how to color a map correctly. She was a school teacher at this point and, eventually, ...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:43 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Chickamauga Cavalry Monuments
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4862
Re: Chickamauga Cavalry Monuments
We've taken our horses to the Battlefield several times over the years as it's a great place to take a youngster get them away from home but in a relatively easy environment. There are two loops (one at 3+ miles and one just about 7) that are well kept. The Rangers keep the dirt bikes and mountain b...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:53 am
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: 12 Strong
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3400
12 Strong
Went and saw "12 Strong" last week. Gets my highest rating: GFF. It's based on the book War Horse which I think has been discussed before. The book is a good read. The movies is a good entertainment based upon the book. Some of my friends were expecting a horse movie set in a war. The film...
- Sat Feb 03, 2018 8:55 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: The Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2438
Re: The Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Saw the flick yesterday a.m. Rates a GFF (my three tier rating system also includes OK as a middle grade and SUX as the bottom tier). If you want to see a horse movie that takes place in a combat zone this isn't it. This is a rather traditional war flick that contains horses. Indeed it's much more i...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:56 pm
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Caption the Photo. . . .
- Replies: 79
- Views: 50803
Re: Caption the Photo. . . .
"Twins, The Prequel"
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:13 am
- Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
- Topic: Caption the Photo. . . .
- Replies: 79
- Views: 50803
Re: Caption the Photo. . . .
"Darling, there is no substitute for either horsepower or firepower."
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7652
Re: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
Please do!!!
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:02 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7652
Re: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
Looking forward to it, Kurt!
I'll be hanging around the U.S. Cavalry Assn. display, which we plan on co-locating with What Price Glory and Dehner Boots.
See you then!!!
I'll be hanging around the U.S. Cavalry Assn. display, which we plan on co-locating with What Price Glory and Dehner Boots.
See you then!!!
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:12 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7652
Re: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
Have smart phone...Will travel?
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:12 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7652
Re: Columbus New Mexico Raid Centennial
Yup. Not taking any horses (it's a 2.5 day haul one way and five days of trailering for a one day event is just not going to happen).
Looks like they have quite a lineup of events and presentations. Looking forward to it!
Looks like they have quite a lineup of events and presentations. Looking forward to it!
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:07 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Guns and Lace Exhibition
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9916
Re: Guns and Lace Exhibition
I've got a friend, a superlative rider and historian, who does an SS Pazer crewman impression. We had a chat one day and I indicated that SS impressions really did give me some "heartburn." The history there is about as ugly as it gets. He agreed, but noted that if you're going to do any s...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:49 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Prices at the Dawn of the Gasoline Age, Dusk of the Equine
- Replies: 371
- Views: 123091
Re: Prices at the Dawn of the Gasoline Age, Dusk of the Equi
We spent New Yeas with my BIL in Pensacola. Gas was running $1.80-$1.99, depending. Up and back along I-65/I-59 it ranged $1.70 plus or minus $.10. In Pensacola I saw something I've not seen in years: diesel was running 2-4 cents LESS than gasoline in a few locations. Along the interstate it was sti...
- Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:54 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7210
Re: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to All!!!
- Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:08 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7210
Re: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all!!!