JeffroK
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ORIGINAL: JeffK Born in Carlton, raised in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne in the late 50's so that makes me 50 something. Lived in Perth (a couple of times) and Adelaide for about 10 years. First war book I can remember was my brothers "Zhukov's Greatest Battles". First wargame was Jedko's African Campaign, I was an SPI fan and the only AH game I purchased was ANZIO. Got an Apple IIC in about 1989, found Pacwar in a discount bin, went to WITP before UV. NOt a rivet counter, hate those who rewrite history based on the advantage of knowing the result. Played at soldiers, would have made a crap real one. The only way I learned about the world was through Stamps, Maps & Wargames, since then I have visited the USA (well Kansas City KS) and a few islands surrounding Australia like New Zealand (Love the place)Norfolk Island and last trip was Flinders Island. My family seemed to miss Military Service in WW1, 2 uncles did WW2 in 2/8 Bn, 19 Bde, 6th Australian Infantry Division. One served in the Western Desert, Greece, Darwin and New Guinea. A cousin in law did Vietnam and a nephew did about 10 years with some mob based at Swanbourne. I live in a country town and work in the middle of a 160 acre paddock 5 minutes from home, on a clear day I can see the skyline of Melbourne. If you were in KC, I hope someone took you to Gates BBQ! :-) Regards, Feltan Stayed at Country Club, big motel near the Art Gallery. Ate at plenty of steak places. Walked into Downtown on our spare Sunday, talk about roll up the sidewalks on a weekend! Office was in Lenexa. Bussed to Independence and looked at the Santa Fe Trail Museum & Truman's, went to the War Memorial before it was turned into the National Memorial, updated the guide about what took place before the USA got into the war Nearly go a car to drive to Denver to catch flight home, if I had another day I would have. Very nice place.
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