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Hi all,

I joined this forum because am very interested about WWII and specially about the liberation of south-east Netherlands. I saw a thread in one of these forums about old Hickory division when i was doing research on interenet after a certain picture taken about the 13th september 1944. (will post about that later). Old Hickory was the division which liberated the part of netherlands i live in. There are a lot of streetnames and monuments in our city which refer to the liberation.
The American War Cemetery of Margraten is close to were i live.
I also am a modelbuilder who restarted after a long break with this beautifull hobby. (military, scale 1/72 and 1/35 scales).
Hope to read a lot of interesting stories on these forums.
C u !

Als heel de hemel van papier was en al het water ter wereld inkt en al de bomen veranderden in pennen, dan nog zou ik al de verschrikkingen van deze oorlog niet hebben kunnen opteken ! If whole heaven was made of paper and all the water on the world was ink and all the trees were pencils, even then i would not be able to describe the horrors of this war" (Hette de Jong)

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Hi, Ruud. Glad you finally are able to post. You'll find quite a bit about the Old Hickory division on this forum. I look forward to your contributions.

Lou

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Welcome, looking forward to your posts.

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Welcome to the forums!

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Welkom Ruud, this is the place to be!

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We have communicated a bit already, but Welcome Aboard officialy! Enjoy!

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(Poppy is occasionaly correct, or so I hear)

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Ruud,Welcome to the forum! Rich A. in Pa.

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Always good to see a new name on board. Hope you enjoy it here.

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Ruud said:

Hi all,

I joined this forum because am very interested about WWII and specially about the liberation of south-east Netherlands. I saw a thread in one of these forums about old Hickory division when i was doing research on interenet after a certain picture taken about the 13th september 1944. (will post about that later). Old Hickory was the division which liberated the part of netherlands i live in. There are a lot of streetnames and monuments in our city which refer to the liberation.
The American War Cemetery of Margraten is close to were i live.
I also am a modelbuilder who restarted after a long break with this beautifull hobby. (military, scale 1/72 and 1/35 scales).
Hope to read a lot of interesting stories on these forums.
C u !
Click to expand...

That would be me you are talking about concerning Old Hickory. I am writing a book about a man who was in the 30th Cavalry Recon Troop of the US 30th Infantry Division.

What city do you live in, may I ask? My friend spent a lot of time in Heerlen, Kerkrade and Valkenburg.

What picture are you refering to made on 13 September?

Best Regards,
Jeff

Old Hickory Recon, Memories of the 30th Infantry Division, 1943-1945 Kindle

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Ruud. Duude. Welcome. I'm the weird one. Red headed retarded stepchild who gets a severe brow beating anytime I try to express my individuality (send help). tin foil hat yada yada...Have you met Urqh? We have rabid aliens who do probing. ..And never trust Belasar ( he's trying to poison me ).
Maybe some pics of said street signs?

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Salute

And welcome to the forums!

My Dad's regiment played a part in the liberation of the Netherlands also

Cheers Eh!

Cheers!
ArcticWolf

Germans surrendering to the South Alberta Regiment St Lambert sur Dives Aug 1944

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Welcome Ruud! Hope to see some of your scale modelling stuff in the model forum!

Regards,
Clint

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THank you all for the warm welcome !

Als heel de hemel van papier was en al het water ter wereld inkt en al de bomen veranderden in pennen, dan nog zou ik al de verschrikkingen van deze oorlog niet hebben kunnen opteken ! If whole heaven was made of paper and all the water on the world was ink and all the trees were pencils, even then i would not be able to describe the horrors of this war" (Hette de Jong)

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Poppy said:

Ruud. Duude. Welcome. I'm the weird one. Red headed retarded stepchild who gets a severe brow beating anytime I try to express my individuality (send help). tin foil hat yada yada...Have you met Urqh? We have rabid aliens who do probing. ..And never trust Belasar ( he's trying to poison me ).
Maybe some pics of said street signs?
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He's talking about my other brother Belasar, not innocent little ole' me belasar!

Wars are rarely fought in black and white, but in infinite shades of grey

(Poppy is occasionaly correct, or so I hear)

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hmmm. has this weirdness something to do with weather conditions ins TExas ?

Als heel de hemel van papier was en al het water ter wereld inkt en al de bomen veranderden in pennen, dan nog zou ik al de verschrikkingen van deze oorlog niet hebben kunnen opteken ! If whole heaven was made of paper and all the water on the world was ink and all the trees were pencils, even then i would not be able to describe the horrors of this war" (Hette de Jong)

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I moved your question about the towing vehicle to its own thread.

See this thread concerning a question Ruud had about a towed 57mm AT gun.

http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-technology-wwii/55098-what-towing-57mm-gun-maastrict.html

Best Regards,
Jeff

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Slipdigit, Poppy is casting asspersions about my character and giving new members a bad impression of me. Can I send him to some cold, dreary, back of nowhere place for a time out?

Oh wait nevermind, he already lives in Canada, so he might think its a vacation!

Wars are rarely fought in black and white, but in infinite shades of grey

(Poppy is occasionaly correct, or so I hear)

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belasar said:

Slipdigit, Poppy is casting asspersions about my character and giving new members a bad impression of me. Can I send him to some cold, dreary, back of nowhere place for a time out?

Oh wait nevermind, he already lives in Canada, so he might think its a vacation!
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You're from Texas and you are more than remotely concerned about what he says? Where's your pride? He's not from Texas, what do you care?

....

Best Regards,
Jeff

Old Hickory Recon, Memories of the 30th Infantry Division, 1943-1945 Kindle

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Als heel de hemel van papier was en al het water ter wereld inkt en al de bomen veranderden in pennen, dan nog zou ik al de verschrikkingen van deze oorlog niet hebben kunnen opteken ! If whole heaven was made of paper and all the water on the world was ink and all the trees were pencils, even then i would not be able to describe the horrors of this war" (Hette de Jong)

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Hi there and welcome to the forum

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