cutiger83 Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9826 Posted March 17, 2017 Ken, I have never seen a 4 wheel drive jeep. That is way cool! Could they turn on a dime? ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9827 Posted March 17, 2017 Ken, I have never seen a 4 wheel steer jeep. That is way cool ! Could they turn on a dime? ...Kat . Hi Kat, from what little that is written about them, even a small turn at speed was a dangerous manoeuvre and could lead to flipping over if too tight a curve. Nice to see one exist though. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9828 Posted March 17, 2017 . fashion returns to Paris August 44 . . . . . . . Hi Kat, this one might interest you, the Germans had only just been tossed out the city and the fashion industry was blooming again . . . . . . . got a couple more to add tonight and interesting as they used abandoned vehicles as backdrops. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9829 Posted March 17, 2017 . Hi Beast, I was reading through a topic last night about beards and facial hair in the American forces mainly WWII orientated, and there was a photo of your father you posted with beard, served in the 94th I see. Couldn't agree with you more how much better the building looks without all that plasterwork and paint on the outside, I do wonder if the new owner will go the whole hog and replace the door and windows to the same patterns as the WWII ones, including a fan-light door frame, adding a representation of the original café sign would look good. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 16 2017. . Hey Ken, Yep, my dad was a medic in the 94th. IIRC, that photo was taken when they were in Brittany. My dad always called it "BrittanyFrance" as if it was one word. I have photo of a friend of his from the same unit taken around the same time where he is wearing a beard and a cross of Lorraine. I think it would be great if the new owner of the building would also recreate and hang the café sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9830 Posted March 17, 2017 . Hi Johan, oopps appeared to have overlooked this photograph showing a number of your bayonets and rifles, a very nice and varied selection covering early to late WWII . . . . . . . . . . . . won't be many months and you will be in the area again no doubt, will have to fire up the BBQ shack again. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Historic then and now pictures, jeeps, and relics are all well and good, but...BBQ! Oh man! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9831 Posted March 17, 2017 Hey Ken, Yep, my dad was a medic in the 94th. IIRC, that photo was taken when they were in Brittany. My dad always called it "BrittanyFrance" as if it was one word. I have photo of a friend of his from the same unit taken around the same time where he is wearing a beard and a cross of Lorraine. I think it would be great if the new owner of the building would also recreate and hang the café sign. . Hi beast, you should have added a photograph of your father with your post . . . . . . . still can if you want, do you have any other shots of your father in uniform. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9832 Posted March 17, 2017 Historic then and now pictures, jeeps, and relics are all well and good, but...BBQ! Oh man! Mikie . Hi Mikie, oh man BBQ ! here's a shot from last October's barbeque, twenty-five friends nearly all collectors in one form or another, should only be a few weeks and it will be warm enough to have the first one of this year . . . . yum-yum Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted March 17, 2017 Share #9833 Posted March 17, 2017 . Hi beast, you should have added a photograph of your father with your post . . . . . . . still can if you want, do you have any other shots of your father in uniform. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2017. . Glad to! I've posted these two elsewhere on the forum, but it show the difference 1 year can make. This is my father in the spring of 1943. He is home on leave before they shipped over to England. This is what he looked like in December 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9834 Posted March 18, 2017 Glad to! I've posted these two elsewhere on the forum, but it show the difference 1 year can make. This is my father in the spring of 1943. He is home on leave before they shipped over to England. HOME_PHOTO_redited.jpg This is what he looked like in December 1944. CHAS_EASTES_DEC_1944_EDITED_2.jpg . Hi Beast, thanks for adding the photos, strangely the shot with the moustache seems so familiar and contemporary as if your father is someone I should know, perhaps it's because I have seen it posted before, great shot. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9835 Posted March 18, 2017 . Fashion returns to Paris August 1944 . . . . . . . . A Parisian model posing in front of a captured pre-war Renault tank, now standing abandoned in Paris. Quite funny how quickly normality occurred and commerce re-started again. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9836 Posted March 18, 2017 . Fashion returns to Paris August 44 . . . . . . . . . . Another woman modelling new designs against the background of a German VW Schwimmwagen in a Parisian street. far from being abandoned this Schwimmer has probably been commandeered by members of the armed forces. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Graffiti Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9837 Posted March 18, 2017 Hi Ken, so great to see new then and now shots, Paris fashions, Jeeps..all the good things in life. The Normandy farmhouse looks so much better without the rendering, definitely a step (back) in the right direction! Thanks for taking the time as always so we can all experience a little of what it's like in Normandy, hope the Winter wasn't too long and cold either, all the best AG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9838 Posted March 18, 2017 Hi Ken, so great to see new then and now shots, Paris fashions, Jeeps..all the good things in life. The Normandy farmhouse looks so much better without the rendering, definitely a step (back) in the right direction! Thanks for taking the time as always so we can all experience a little of what it's like in Normandy, hope the Winter wasn't too long and cold either, all the best AG . Hi AG, thanks for joining in again, thanks also on the content I do like to if I can, mix it up a bit and keep it varied. I agree with you that the old cafe' looks better back to stone as it was originally built. Yesterday was a gorgeous summer day I got the first cut of the year on the grass, today it's cold and grey maybe rain in the air, hope it's not the boundary of snow that New York has had this week which sometimes spans the Atlantic to this part of Europe. Think it's been four years without any winter snow. Still as I often say to people bemoaning the rain, ' you have to be alive to know it's raining ' Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Graffiti Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9839 Posted March 18, 2017 Same over here recently, few amazing Spring days then cold and grey again, still won't be long before War & Peace again which is returning to the Hop Farm. Keep up the good work, AG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lerenfort Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9840 Posted March 18, 2017 Hey Ken, Yep, my dad was a medic in the 94th. IIRC, that photo was taken when they were in Brittany. My dad always called it "BrittanyFrance" as if it was one word. I have photo of a friend of his from the same unit taken around the same time where he is wearing a beard and a cross of Lorraine. I think it would be great if the new owner of the building would also recreate and hang the café sign. Apologies for jumping into your post Beast, but did your Dad take any photos when he was in England prior to going across the channel? I am assuming he was in 319th Medical Btl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lerenfort Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9841 Posted March 18, 2017 . Hi Simon, welcome back, good to hear from you again, yes I am hoping that the reconstruction works well. There has been some construction post war over on the left side since the original shot was taken, a bridge is there but it's not now visible if I did a comparison shot. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 16 2017. . Thanks for the reply Ken, not really been away, just been busy... Best wishes, Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted March 18, 2017 Share #9842 Posted March 18, 2017 . Hi Beast, thanks for adding the photos, strangely the shot with the moustache seems so familiar and contemporary as if your father is someone I should know, perhaps it's because I have seen it posted before, great shot. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2017. . Yes, me too. Wasn't that Beast's avitar a while back? Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9843 Posted March 20, 2017 Same over here recently, few amazing Spring days then cold and grey again, still won't be long before War & Peace again which is returning to the Hop Farm. Keep up the good work, AG . Hi AG, sounds like your heading to the Hop Farm show this summer, hope it's back to being a good show again. I remember back in the day when they used to have five thousand military vehicles attend. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9844 Posted March 20, 2017 Thanks for the reply Ken, not really been away, just been busy... Best wishes, Simon. . Hi Simon, well it's good to know your still floating around here on the forum. Hopefully Beast can tell you if his father was in the 319th Med, would be interesting to hear more of his service. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9845 Posted March 20, 2017 Yes, me too. Wasn't that Beast's avitar a while back? Al . Hi Al, yes I think it was for quite sometime, probably why it became so familiar. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9846 Posted March 20, 2017 . Fashion returns to Paris August 1944 . .. . . . . . . . Well this is the last image I have of abandoned vehicles in Paris being used as backgrounds to fashion shoots, it's another shot of the abandoned pre-war Renault tank . . . . . . . . . . like the young ' well dressed ' guy playing on the turret, wonder what other items he found to play with in the streets of Paris as German troops surrendered or retreated. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9847 Posted March 20, 2017 . For the ' shoebox ' . . . . . . . . picked up this enlisted man's raincoat last weekend at the local militaria fair, nice and supple doesn't show any signs of wear, fits a treat . . . . . . . . .. At yesterday's flea market in Ste Mere a friend Mike bough a 1943 German Jerrycan to use on the rear of his Jeep, as he liked the look of the 1939 one I have on my Jeep. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9848 Posted March 20, 2017 . For the ' shoebox ' . . . . . . . here's the data label for the enlisted raincoat I bought last weekend . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9849 Posted March 20, 2017 . For the ' shoebox ' . . . . . . . . picked up this enlisted man's raincoat last weekend at the local militaria fair, nice and supple doesn't show any signs of wear, fits a treat . . . . . . . . .. At yesterday's flea market in Ste Mere a friend Mike bough a 1943 German Jerrycan to use on the rear of his Jeep, as he liked the look of the 1939 one I have on my Jeep. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Ideal for keeping the knees dry in the Jeep Ken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 20, 2017 Share #9850 Posted March 20, 2017 . For the ' shoebox ' . . . . . . . here's the data label for the enlisted raincoat I bought last weekend . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2017. . Wow, that looks brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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