I'd enjoy seeing the finished tribute, WWII-era uniforms have always been interesting to me.
That photo of Leo in uniform was taken August of 1942, and he was already a corporal after 8 months in the Army.
Hello everyone! I was researching one of my relatives and his WWII Army service and on his enlistment record I found this: Source of Enlisted...
To be honest, I'd try eBay first. I've seen amazing examples of WWII-era militaria on there. Bay State Militaria is a great website on which to...
Looks like a really interesting read! What unit was your grandfather with during the war?
Hello everyone! I haven't been on here for a while (schoolwork has kept me busy) and I've forgotten how great this site is! That being said, I...
Hello everybody! With the holiday season approaching, I've been stacking up a list of gun parts that I feel would be a good fit on my old war...
It looks like while he was a Staff Sergeant, he was stationed with the 4th Army, a stateside training unit. His form lists him as an infantry and...
Shores of the Rising Sun The Destroyer of Worlds (after Dr. Oppenheimer's quote) I'll add more as I think of em.
Look at the Communists. Even after the Revolution was over, and many Communist states sprung up after WWII, their secret police still brutally...
Thank you USMCPrice! I'm looking into that right now.
Thank you all very much. My grandfather is very quiet about his time in the Army, and I have to go by what my grandmother tells me, the occasional...
My grandfather was never a member of the official VII Corps LRRP Company, only the Provisional one (to my knowledge). He mentioned doing...
I'm sorry, allow me to rephrase this. I have reason to believe that a special operations unit saw covert employment against the Soviets in the...
Looks like the DUI for an engineering unit, maybe ordnance. Do you know his unit during the war?
Hello all. This question has been bugging me for some time. Would it be possible that the United States had military units located in Europe in...
My grandfather knew a man at his VFW who claimed to have all sorts of PTSD from Vietnam, where he said he served as an infantryman. He would have...
I cannot help you with the wings, as I am not very knowledgeable in the field of Commonwealth militaria, but great article all the same.
Just a little note, if anyone still has questions. My grandfather served in the 2nd Armored Rifles Bn, 51st Inf, in the late '50s and early '60s....
Those men obviously don't represent the entirety of the German Armed Forces during the war.
