This is what I found about the 167th AAA Gun Bn: Redesignated from the 1st Bn, 606th Coastal Artillery on 20 jan 43 at Camp Edwards, Mass....
Nice photos. Can you tell us more about your grandfather? Unit, rank and stuf? Thanks
It's an officers sword, that's certain. It is possible that there is a date on it somewhere. By the way, nice piece, despite the rust.
About the dagger, maybe these websites can help you: Army Dagger German Heer(Army)Dress Dagger for sale And something on this forum:...
The sword has the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. This kingdom existed from 1918 to 1941, so the sword will be from that period.
I have some numbers of the losses in the RAF and the USAAF too, if somebody is still interested, which doesn't seemed to be.
German losses: The total figure has stayed unknown, but in Arnhem and Oosterbeek the losses were 3300 men, of which 1100 were killed. In the whole...
As promised: The men who left for Arnhem and surrounding areas but never came at their destination are also included in the figures. The figures...
KV1 ?
Give me some time so I can look up some numbers and give you a list of the losses during this operation.
First question: how did you got them?
I read that in the US Army only paratroopers were reassigned to their old unit after they recovered from an injury. Other soldiers (infantry,...
Not really. In his book one pilot stated that a pilot always could refuse to fly a mission. Nobody in the squadron made a problem of it and for...
Well, I when I read that part in his book, I was supprised also.
You can say that again. I bought a Garand (production date oct. 1940), which is in a very good state for € 695 last year. This year a saw some...
I still don't understand why you, so called, had to test the reaction of the viewers. You are obvious an expert in collectibles. So you know the...
In contrast of what is written already here, I recently read the book 'The Bombers' bij Stephen Ambrose. In this book one of the pilots of a B24...
What would you have done when somebody had offered a really good price?
I have bought a M4 bayonet for a M1 carbine.
A Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* bayonet of 1917
