From another thread KodiakBeer "The other thing that would have really hit the Germans hard (and not taken much force) would be to simply...
A little off your topic, but somewhat related My dad was in the Philippines at the end of the war. He said very little about his experience.....
From NW Europe -. moved to Staging Areas in France then by ship to USA. One soldiers personal account, probably typical:...
Some pre WW2 plastics Shellac 1000BC Bakelite - patent 1909 celluloid - 1869, patent for film 1889 PVC - first synthesized 1872, Polystyrene -...
A.C.T.S. could stand for Air Corps Training School. The badge could mean he was Qualified to fly a Boeing aircraft. The number would be the...
If it is a wide red stripe-narrow white stripe-wide red stripe it could be Italian symbol for 1st company-1st platoon. If the stripes are the...
Probably had some access to Life, but definately read Yank which was published weekly by the US military. Different editions for each theater....
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I did an internet search for information. Found Treatment varied depending on when, where and who captured them. Black Americans were...
Actually The US did intern Italians and Germans who were not US citizens. A small number of individual US citizens of both ethnicity were deemed...
The QuizMoz only had 16 questions. They said I got 10 correct (62%) However,the answers they say are correct on two of the questions are wrong,...
Interesting statement about pictures. My impression (from a documentary about Marine photographer Bill Genaust) is that in Marine photographers...
Physical Training Manual dated March 6, 1941 can be downloaded here: https://archive.org/details/Fm21-20 Don't know if this will answer your...
Corrected link. http://elinorflorence.com/blog/wartime-animals
Your WAAF link took me to an article titled "Women". The link you posted somehow got corrupted and is not complete. Here is the un-corrupted...
I was hoping that the members of this Forum would make comments on this thread that would help me compose a reply to M4A1Sherman. Highway70
I have been following that thread. about Nick Moran's' presentation at Trainfest Northwest 2015 and discussions about the merits and comparisons...
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=236303 This comment was posted by a member of the...
