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It was taken by gad and joe together but joe got the glory.

What when and where am I on about...

Loads of points here but loads more s

Iwo Jima.

Should I award my own ?

No idea, Bob, but 'by Gad' obviously derives from the oath 'by god'. In the same way we get wods like 'gadzooks' (God's hooks - or nails on the cross).

No not yet... Not daft enough

Way off Icy But +1 for the oath

what ho

there sir , there down yonder valley

there lies your target, the russian guns(pointing down wrong valley)

charge of the light brigade

"never trust a man in a cardigan"

Is it biblical?

The coffee prevailed?

Will this get me my very first claxon?

No, No and No


Taff is however in the right area but that's like saying London's in Europe no points but no so far

The only two things that spring to mind are Cromwell's advice to his troops (the New Model Army?) to trust in god and keep their powder try and Uxbridge's exchange with Wellington at Waterloo:

Good Gad, I've lost my leg sir!
Good Gad, so you have sir!

None of which have anything to do with Joe.

B

Not even close
Initially I was thinking of a blue light ..............

I wondering if 'gad' has another derivation.

I find myself wondering about 'gad-flys', those 'fault-finders', social critics and provocateurs who irritate and trouble by asking awkward questions.

Since the term was used by Plato to describe Socrates in "The Apology", (grated via translation I'm not sure what original Greek was) and has been used to describe figures such as Ghandi and Oscar Wilde, I don't see how the word can be originally derived from 'god's oath' unless this came later.

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I wouldn't be surprised if 'gad' and 'gad' are in fact homonyms with different linguistic genealogies and appear in other contexts like 'gadget' or 'gadroon' although, raiding my copy of the OED, the best I can find is 'gad' is an archaic expression meaning 'on the move' (hence the buzzing, hovering, biting association of the gad-fly' of Greek oration and gadget is actually French. (gachette)

As in "gadding around".

How interesting.

B

Ok.

Straight question. Was "it" a military objective, such as a town or a gun emplacement or a bridgehead?

B

Exactly.

Simulpost, Clive?

I don't think so.

I'm confused again. (Easily done). Are we looking for a military objective, or aren't we?

This reminds me of Hilary and Norgay, who for many years was never even mentioned because he was "just" a sherpa...

So, was the fact that Joe got the glory and Gad didn't racially motivated, or, more broadly speaking, was it due to their nationality?

Unless Gad is short for Gaddh... no, I didn't say it, stop waving that claxon!

Yes ben well done for pointing everyone in the right direction +3 a military action