So, he was likely aboard as part of a Magic Carpet sailing to return troops to the US.
On item #3, the reason he wouldn't be listed as crew on the Belleau Wood is because he was almost certainly attached to the air wing aboard the...
If you haven't watched this guy's channel, steve1989mre, they're worth watching because he actually tries them and opens them up, etc. [MEDIA]
The US version of a radio truck differed from other nations in that a standard CCKW 2 1/2 ton truck or equivalent ( the DUKW etc) could be easily...
While most people who've studied WW 2 for a while have seen photos of the CCKW air compressor truck, it isn't a well-known vehicle in detail. The...
In the US Army in WW 2, most field kitchens were mounted into a 2 1/2 ton CCKW truck. A 1-ton cargo trailer might be provided. Both the truck...
[MEDIA] Arizona where you can do crazy %*@! with guns... This was back in March. Big Sandy is now an annual event here.
Watched this one recently: [IMG] What a dreck of a war film. It wasn't too bad at first, then it descended into some of the most tired and...
For the US, crawler tractors are referenced several ways depending on which service they are being used by. For the Army, they were classified as...
Now there were some pretty serious rules about rank and such in the Red Army. Enlisted were not supposed to speak to officers unless spoken to,...
I'm a bit skeptical of this too. Given the large partisan movement in Russia, I can't see a scout killing a partisan for doing what partisans...
They aren't. The big problem in terms of loss was the tricycle landing gear. You needed better airfields to operate the P-39 from because of it....
Because in 1939 - 40 the turbocharger technology was still classified by the US Army and not available for export. Interestingly, most of the...
The Ferdnand / Elefant was hardly useless. The two battalions originally formed produced an astounding number of kills. As their numbers were...
Well, the first thing you have to consider is that squads and platoons were not considered the basic combat unit. Companies and battalions are....
Von Braun was a decent engineer, but where he excelled was as a salesman. He could sell snowballs to Eskimos in Alaska in the winter. One of his...
Something to note, is that post war the US fired hundreds of V-1 and JB-2 (a US V-1 copy more or less) with a significant number of failures...
Here's what I mean. This assumes a fully operational Mulberry harbor: [IMG] That's a typical floating pierhead. As you can see it's one-way...
The US found after that storm that it was actually faster to not use the largely damaged and now useless docking arrangements designed into the...
