XPost: calgary.general, can.general, can.politics 
 XPost: edm.general 
 From: rmgoatNO@SPAMshaw.ca 
  
 On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 01:11:15 GMT, "Don Wagner"  
 wrote: 
  
 > 
 >"Robert Weldon"  wrote in message 
 >news:4FRGd.102885$8l.53659@pd7tw1no... 
 >> "Jon Flamming"  wrote in message 
 >> news:20050116231957388-0700@news.telusplanet.net... 
 >>> In  Don Wagner wrote: 
 >>>> 
 >>>> "Jon Flamming"  wrote in message 
 >>>> news:20050116181504567-0700@news.telusplanet.net... 
 >>>>> In <1105911628.864007.140910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> 
 >>>>> bcpg@canada. 
 >>>>> com wrote: 
 >>>>>> "Press your nose and make a buzzer sound" Glen 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> The question was: "How many Presidents have fought in combat in 
 >>>>>> the 
 >>>>>> last 200 years?" 
 >>>>>> .. 
 >>>>>> The answer is still "zero". No Presidents have *ever* been in 
 >>>>>> combat. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> George Washington saw combat during the French and Indian War. 
 >>>>> Not 
 >>>>> the 
 >>>>> most successful part of his career, however. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> Andrew Jackson commanded troops at the Battle of New Orleans. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> U.S. Grant, during the Mexican War, commanded infantry in the 
 >>>>> field. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> Harry Truman commanded a tank regiment in WWI. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Sorry, Harry was Artillery and as a Captain, was certainly shot 
 >>>> at. 
 >>> 
 >>> Great photo of him standing on an early tank though. Must have been 
 >>> traded. Or, maybe I mixed him up with MacArthur. 
 >>> 
 >>> Artillery sees combat, but only if the other side's artillery 
 >>> shoots 
 >>> back. other than that, they're miles from where anyone can find 
 >>> them. 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> That may be true now, but in WWI, artillery was still pretty short 
 >> range, and was frequently used in the direct fire role in support of 
 >> the infantry. Their firing lines were usually placed at or just 
 >> behind the front lines, well within range of enemy sniper, mortar 
 >> and rifle fire.  And as such, they saw a lot of combat, as well as 
 >> being shelled by enemy artillery and being a prime target for 
 >> aircraft raids. 
 > 
 >Any artillery is subject to Counter-battery fire 
 > 
 You bet, they are a primary target for enemy artillery. 
  
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