I find H&K products very reliable, personally, with their 416 rifle and its derivatives preferred by many SOF units within USSOCOM.
Well I might be gone for a few days, I'm off to Southern Scotland for... reasons.
You wouldn't have seen them in Band of Brothers as black units were segregated, with the exception of some with white officers. This changed...
Well Poppy I suppose it would depend on the exact blow given to the helmet, how much it protrudes, etc.
That has a chance of being live, unexploded ordnance, so handle with infinite care. That is definitely a German shell and I've seen it before,...
Now, call me paranoid, but phantomdiv may be Mr. Stanton. This is really just a guess, but he is known to respond to online criticism himself (as...
Thank you Tommy, I understand that Okinawa would probably be the best bet. However, I wouldn't think that the Ordnance Company would see action...
My grandmother wanted me to research her uncle, Frank L. Hassinger of the Marine Corps. She recalls that he had severe PTSD from the war and her...
USMCPrice, I completely agree. For men who have not earned these medals or decorations to claim them as their own is sickening, and completely...
Here you go Skipper. To obtain these records requires a FOIA request, but here are the names. Unrewarded Contract MDA903-92-C-0122, Defense...
Shelby Stanton's chief work, Order of Battle, is often quoted on this forum for good reason as it's the definitive source for unit information...
I knew I had seen that patch before, and after some searching, I found a match in the British 8th Infantry Division. However, that formation was...
Thanks Bronk, and your father has a very impressive stack, Kodiak. Also, sorry Bronk, I don't know at the moment where Harold spent time during...
My great-grandfather, Warren Shea, in the cockpit of his new B-26 Marauder, 1942. Served 25 years in the Air Force as a pilot. [IMG]
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I just stumbled upon this thread and I'm shocked such a good topic has gone untouched for four years! Allow me to remedy that. This is a...
He was a Tech-4, essentially a Sergeant in a specialty field.
Well, looks like he enlisted in '42 and was trained as an artilleryman. He served with Dog Battery of the 401st throughout five campaigns in...
I'm guessing, given his "jack-of-all-trades" nature, your father made an MOS change at the end of the war to engineer from infantry, explaining...
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