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Offline CapnJim

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1710 on: 15 December 2024, 09:18:41 PM »
Nice fig.  Mine is in ERDL, which can also (more or less) be BDUs in my 80s/90s stuff....he's gotten around... 8)
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1711 on: 16 December 2024, 09:52:40 AM »

CapnJim many thanks..good to hear
you have used him in various periods!! ;) :D ;) :D
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1712 on: 22 December 2024, 12:23:39 PM »


28mm Gringo40s US Army Dog team Nam 1968..
in hot persuit! top paintwork from Andy Singleton.
figures available as a Set from Gringo40s Webstore @ www.gringo40s.com
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1713 on: 22 December 2024, 04:25:19 PM »
I have two friends who were dog handlers in the Vietnam War.  One was a U.S. Army Scout Dog handler and the other was a Sentry Dog handler for the Air Force. I may have to buy a couple of those and paint them up for them.

I actually interviewed both of them for a Veterans Day activity we hold every year at my middle school. Here is the interview link for the Army one (Air Force one is also on my Veterans Recall YouTube channel):


If you get a chance to watch the interviews, I would love to hear what you think!

Mike Demana
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1714 on: 22 December 2024, 08:37:25 PM »
Really nice interviews Mike! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1715 on: 22 December 2024, 08:53:31 PM »
Quote from: carlos marighela on 22 December 2024, 08:37:25 PM
Really nice interviews Mike! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you! Normally, we bring the vets in to talk to the kids in the classroom. Most of these were created during the Covid year when they couldn't come in, but we still wanted to celebrate. That's why they're shorter. The Ron Coffman one is the newest, and didn't have a time restriction. So, it's longer.

I could interview Cap'n Jim...what do you guys think...? He has come and spoken to my students before. lol

Mike Demana
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1716 on: 22 December 2024, 08:58:34 PM »
You should interview Capn Jim. By the way, I really enjoyed your travel blogs. Seems we've been to a number of places in common.

Interesting choice of dogs. The Australian Army used tracker dogs in Vietnam from the get go, always black Labradors. I supect they were seen as less threatening to civvies when doing cordon and search operations.

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1717 on: 22 December 2024, 10:05:24 PM »

Mike...
Superb interview..very moving ;)
thanks for the comment ref
my figures...
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1718 on: 22 December 2024, 11:21:08 PM »
A.  That was in interesting interview, Mike.  Thanks for posting it.

B.  Nam '68 Tour of Duty doesn't include rules for dog handlers, but I may have to cook something up for my campaign. I already have a 28mm German Shepherd all painted up and ready to go, although, Ged, yours looks pretty good.
They could be an attached specialist team for a particular mission...

C.  I could do an interview.  I can share my years and years of accumulated stories and wisdom, both of my time in the Army, and my wargaming...... 8) 
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« Reply #1719 on: 22 December 2024, 11:30:22 PM »
The book "Tracker" is a good one for the Aussies in Nam with their Labradors.

Quote from: carlos marighela on 22 December 2024, 08:58:34 PM
You should interview Capn Jim. By the way, I really enjoyed your travel blogs. Seems we've been to a number of places in common.

Interesting choice of dogs. The Australian Army used tracker dogs in Vietnam from the get go, always black Labradors. I supect they were seen as less threatening to civvies when doing cordon and search operations.
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1720 on: 23 December 2024, 12:35:08 AM »
Quote from: CapnJim on 22 December 2024, 11:21:08 PM
B.  Nam '68 Tour of Duty doesn't include rules for dog handlers, but I may have to cook something up for my campaign. I already have a 28mm German Shepherd all painted up and ready to go, although, Ged, yours looks pretty good.
They could be an attached specialist team for a particular mission...


I'm already seeing the game title. The Battle of Rin Tin Tin 1967.  Or how about Operation Crimp 1966, The Littlest Ho Bo Woods?  :D
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1721 on: 23 December 2024, 04:54:07 PM »
Quote from: gringo on 22 December 2024, 10:05:24 PM
Mike...
Superb interview..very moving ;)
thanks for the comment ref
my figures...

Thanks for the kind words. I will be putting together an order soon that includes the dog handlers. And thank you all who took the time to watch the interviews. Jim - we will have to figure out a time and place to do the interview,

Mike Demana
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« Reply #1722 on: 23 December 2024, 06:10:57 PM »
I'll email you one of these days, Mike.  Likely after Christmas...
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1723 on: 26 December 2024, 12:13:41 PM »


Mike great News thanks...look forward to
the proposed interview!! ;)
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #1724 on: 11 January 2025, 12:56:29 AM »


And out of interest the actual picture of
the raw castings without paint! and the
reference details on my site!
 8) ;) 8) ;)

AA01 US Army Dog Handler with German Shepherd "Enemy Spotted"
US Army Dog Handler with German Shepherd "Enemy Spotted"

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