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Post by livenowpraylater on Sept 24, 2011 1:13:56 GMT
Matt/Brendan/Louis/Andy/Ken/Congo Joe/Gaul/Anthony/Tommy. very good reading men, some of it over my heat caused by time, on the subject of explosives and IED's, do the irish army and other defence forces use the debollocker (slang) or has it been made illegal. edward.
i have been asked in a phone call by a person who was a soldier who wasn't in the engineers what a debollocker was/is and why was it called that although he had a fair idea. for them that dint know' it's a explosive device from memory made from plastic a cylinder shape with a point on the end for pushing/placing in the ground and when steeped on triggers the device and as you lift your foot to walk away the explosive goes off it blowes upwards and as a result it does what it says on the tin it blows the family jewels away, hence it's called the debollocker.
it's a dirty device because it can be planted without the metal ring so it cant be picked up by a metal detector which is against the geneva convention or a metal ring is supplied if you so wish.
while on the subject of explosive devices there was a few years ago small yellow airplane's packed inside a cluster bomb, when dropped from a plane exploded on impact, the little yellow airplanes were scattered over a wide area, they were designed to be attractive to children, when found the child would spin the propeller and thus generating a charge and as a result blow the child's hand's off
can you imagine sitting down to a sunday roast with your wife and children and saying to the wife , i done well this week dear made a new toy for children i should get a good bonus this month.
edward.
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Post by derekrochford on Nov 8, 2011 17:45:14 GMT
Hi All,
It seems hard to believe, but today is the 51st Anniversary of the Niemba Ambush.
My wish for all those brave soldiers who lost their young lives there is that they Rest in Peace. It is also a sad time for their families.
May all those who lost their lives on active service also Rest in Peace, as they all paid the ultimate price in the name of peace.
Regards,
Derek
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Post by deepsix on Nov 17, 2011 16:11:40 GMT
Just oped up after spell off line I wish to agree with to say rest in peace to all thoes brave soldiers who lost their live in nthe Congo and thoes who lost ther live in the years after in the service of that important word PEACE
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Post by john jones on Jan 30, 2012 21:41:57 GMT
It would be nice to see the UNOGIL mission in Lebanon July to December 1958 included in your list of units. Members of this Unit transferred to UNTSO and there have been Irish members of UNTSO ever since. The senior officer of the Irish contingent of UNOGIL (Lt. Col. justin McCarthy) was promoted to Colonel and transferred to UNTSO when UNOGIL was wound up at the end of 1958. From there he was transferred to the Congo and ONUC in 1960 and was deputy force commander and the senior Irish officer in the Congo. He was about to be made force commander in 1960 when he was killed in a traffic accident about a week before the Niemba ambush. The seeds of all the later missions were sown in UNOGIL.
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Post by Declan Denny 850526 on Aug 13, 2013 10:39:09 GMT
Hi Matt, is there any chance that you would know the date that the first chalk deployed for the 62nd Bn. I know that it is Nov 87 but the exact date eludes me. Regards, Declan Denny office@wexfordcil.org
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Post by Colin O'Callaghan on Sept 15, 2013 1:11:54 GMT
I have a database of all the units that served in the Congo. email: ocallaghancolin@eircom.net
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Post by Liam Cassidy on May 6, 2014 17:47:13 GMT
Matt, thanks for providing a great service.
I served with the 5th and 8tth Inf bans in Cyprus. Does anyone out there have photos from those tours? I lost everything in a burglary some years ago.
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Post by Matt McNamara on May 6, 2014 18:37:29 GMT
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Post by carmelkearney on Jun 26, 2014 16:46:07 GMT
Would you be the same Cassidy that lived in Pearse? even though im asking that question i think im wrong.....have to check anyway.
Carmel Kearney
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Post by congo on Sept 2, 2014 8:12:34 GMT
Hi JJ, I echo your point that the Americans helped the British win WWII, but just to add to that many of the Americans who fought were 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation Irish-American, and there were quite a few Irish that also went and joined up in the States as well as in Britain. I had family that joined up in Canada. On participating in ceremonies at the American - Filipino Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio, Manila I note so many Irish names amongst those fallen.
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Post by Duck Daniel on Mar 4, 2015 11:53:53 GMT
Im looking for a 48 inf Bn flash to finish off my trips to UNIFIL, any one know who has one or where I can get one, replies to duckdaniel@hotmail.com many thanks....
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Post by BOBBY WENTZ on May 9, 2015 11:21:50 GMT
ANYONE HAVE ANY PICS OF THE 6TH INFANTRY KATO PYRGOS 1966 PLEASE AS I LOST ALL MY ONES ......THANK YOU. 816070 Wentz Robert formally 4th btn cork city. now in London .
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Post by Duck Daniel on Apr 25, 2016 13:34:46 GMT
Matt, great list of overseas, but you left out the Ir Comp's from UNIFIL, I was with the 24 Ir Comp which was the 69 Inf Bn, so u can work from that, other wise good work, Duck
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Post by johnny1951 on May 18, 2016 18:24:40 GMT
Matt, great list of overseas, but you left out the Ir Comp's from UNIFIL, I was with the 24 Ir Comp which was the 69 Inf Bn, so u can work from that, other wise good work, Duck
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Post by johnny1951 on May 18, 2016 18:30:37 GMT
Hi duck Now we all know that the people that served in the IRComp's in Naquora was not really in the leb but swan batt. but one had to complete at least 6 visits up to the hills to be considered to have served in the leb.Ha Ha. only jokeing welcome to the site keep posting, and keep well. Johnny 7 trips to the hills.
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