On the right track boys......

Dig a little deeper, their act is said by some to have shortened the war by as much as a year.

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Ok here is a two man history on enigma..Two gentlemen, Alan Turing and Alfred Knox, were instrumental in the final breakdown of the Enigma. The created a gigantic machine called Colossus, which helped decipher complex intercepted Enigma messages. After this I,m lost and still hunting!
Order of the British Empire (OBE) recognition. The medal awarded.

Ah, by our abovestated 'Gentleman's Agreement', isn't time up on this question?

I would say so, and not to step on any toes since you mentioned that first LogansDad, I'd think you could post a question.

Well, i am eager to know the anwer, but if it's frustrating it aint fun!

So in the interim, with Rodger's kind permission, I pose you this query-

Which is the only unit in the US Army to be credited with the capture of an enemy submarine?
Bonus- where & how?

O.K. folks, I'm leaving work in 10 min. and may not be able to get to a computer again until sometime tomorrow afternoon. If it takes too long, I'll weigh in with the answer tomorrow PM or Mon. AM.
TA!

Task group 22.3 June 4,1944 (USS Chatelain to be exact)
21°30'N, 19°20'W
(135 miles bearing 287° from Cape Blanco, French West Africa)

They fired a torpedo on them and the U-505 gave up.

Sorry gents,

It's definatly time up on my question, so here's the answer........

Able Seaman Colin Grazier, Lt(N) Anthony Fasson, and Tommy Brown, a 16 year old canteen assistant from HMS Petard boarded U-559 after the crew fled due to a lengthly engagement with 4 RN Destroyers. The boat had suffered a direct hit to the conning tower and was subsequently taking on water. Grazier and Fasson entered the boat and retreived doccuments from the Captains cabin printed in water-soluble ink. In the moments following, the boat made her final dive taking Grazier and Fasson with her while Brown survived by jumping free. The recovered documents proved to be the Wetterkurzschlussel and Kurzsignalheft, which yielded a priceless set of cribs required to break the Nazis SHARK code and ending 10 months of a listening blackout experianced by the UK on U Boat movements.

As the incident did not take place under enemy fire they were not eligable for the VC however did recive the George Medal .

Again, sorry for the delayed answer, l lost track of the post!

Cheers!

That was a great question, and an interesting answer. Thanks.

Oh, and I don't want anybody to think I'm trying to take over this thread or anything. It's doing great as it is.

Hmm.. Rob (BroAbrams), I'm not familiar with this incident but wouldn't a Task Group on a ship be a Navy asset? My question asked which ARMY unit captured a sub. If T22.3 is army, then there must be two such incidents but this is not the one I was thinking of.
So, Rob, you're up I guess, & I'll give you my answer Mon. AM.
CYA,
RobH

Hey Folks! Sorry it's taken so long for me to get this up. So...Rob McCune was the only one to take a shot? Still not sure if his answer qualifies as correct, but here's the answer I had in mind:

The 110thBn/442nd RCT encountered a German 2-man submarine in a River near a major inland port. They commenced to firing upon it with mortars, light howitzers, and heavy MG's. The German crew, after taking light damage, being bracketed , and apparently deciding discretion was the better part of valor, beached the sub & attempted escape on foot. After apprehending the crew & turning them in to the MP's, The troopers hauled the sub out of the river & trucked it to the QM station, leaving the officer in charge of the depot wondering just what the heck to do with it.
A complete retelling of the incident can be found in "Go For Broke" a history of the 100/442nd in WWII by Chester Tanaka.

Well, since that one was soooo popular, let's try another!

Q.-During the Top Secret development of the US Army Air Forces' first jet (The P-59 Airacomet, a dog by any standards), what methods were used to diguise the Aircraft on the ground and discredit reports of pilots who reported encountering it in the air?

Anyone?

They put a wooden prop on it.....

Halfway there, Grumpy! What else?

Fake Prop and fake wings and it was the FU Reporters?

Sorry guys, had to go to Iowa. I obviously missed the Army part of the question, I had thought it said US forces.

John, I'm not sure what an FU reporter is but I'm afraid you won't be able to enlighten me on a family site !

O.K.-Both Grumpy & PvtP were halfway there so I'll let 'em Thumb wrestle for next question( Dave, That's THUMB wrestle, so take off the dress & pumps!)

Anyway- the other half of the anwer was that the Bell test pilot kept a gorilla mask, derby, & cigar in the cockpit with him. If another A/C was sighted, he'd put on the mask & derby and chomp on the cigar, then make a nice, close pass waving the whole time. Sometimes he'd throw in a roll. REALLY made the other pilot think twice about saying anything...

O.K.-Grumpy, JohnF, one a youse guise is up!

Ok ..Thanks Dave..Easy one here. There was a secret Plan( British) to assassinate Hitler..Where was it to take place? How? and as a bonus Why and where was Hitler headed?

Operation Foxely.... or foxey.... pretty foxy plugging the guy using a sniper on the way to tea......
:-) (was on history channel yesterday)
Think the reds took his head after he got a little poison and bullet, and found a little hell hole, after being set on fire.

operation foxley
they planned to assasinate hitler inthe bercherstgaden(dont know how to spell it), while he was walking alone on a path to the teahouse.

Right you both are..at the Burgdorf, morning walk by a 2 man sniper team..Dave jumped in first ..fire away!

My mind is blank... so I yield to Ave to post the next question

Come on Gents, We got this far!

As it is taking so long, I’ll try one:

Which town was technically at war with Russia for ±110 years, and why?

The town of Berwick was at war at Russia for over 110 years because it was not added in the peace treaty.