mikie Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16826 Posted August 14, 2020 Great pics, Owen. And looks like good memories. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16827 Posted August 14, 2020 20 hours ago, mikie said: Neat photos. Your eye for detail never ceases to amaze me. But then, I'm the guy who spent 3 minutes looking for my glasses the other day and finally found them on top of my head. That was when I knew I really needed a haircut. Mikie . Hi Mikie, thanks for the compliment, yes over the years I really enjoyed picking out detail in everything around me, sorry to say that the old peepers aren't what they used to be speed wise, I have to concentrate and stare at things for much longer now, but then I have always taken my time and stared at the female form . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 14 2020. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16828 Posted August 14, 2020 20 hours ago, kammo-man said: And no trip is complete to Santa Barbara without paying homage to the Santa Barbara surf shop and col Kilgores surf board from apocalypse Now Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk . Hi Owen, thanks for your breakfast tour of Santa Barbara, interesting to see the ' Charlie don't Surf ' board . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 14 2020. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16829 Posted August 14, 2020 . August here again in Normandy and Paris . . . . . . . . . 1944 - 2020 So here's a Parisian fashion show of footwear being worn that season in 1944. . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 14 2020. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16830 Posted August 14, 2020 7 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Hi Mikie, thanks for the compliment, yes over the years I really enjoyed picking out detail in everything around me, sorry to say that the old peepers aren't what they used to be speed wise, I have to concentrate and stare at things for much longer now, but then I have always taken my time and stared at the female form . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 14 2020. . really, hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16831 Posted August 14, 2020 Maybe one of the rarest Jeep on this planet . . . . . . For sale on ' Milweb' this evening is an air-portable Jeep that was dropped into France June 5th 1944, it was wrecked when it landed, it comes with the framework and four crash pads that the Jeep was strapped to, also a second framework recovered from a farmer in better condition from another Jeep that was also parachuted in. ( This post has been copied from the Milweb advert as an item of interest for readers here, I have not personally seen this particular Jeep ) ( the chassis shown in the advert IS NOT the Jeep chassis, it is the parachute framework that the Jeep was secured to for the drop, clarified as the French to English translation refers to it as a chassis ) Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16832 Posted August 14, 2020 nice to have a working computer again and atch up on the posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16833 Posted August 14, 2020 54 minutes ago, General Apathy said: Maybe one of the rarest Jeep on this planet . . . . . . For sale on ' Milweb' this evening is an air-portable Jeep that was dropped into France June 5th 1944, it was wrecked when it landed, it comes with the framework and four crash pads that the Jeep was strapped to, also a second framework recovered from a farmer in better condition from another Jeep that was also parachuted in. ( This post has been copied from the Milweb advert as an item of interest for readers here, I have not personally seen this particular Jeep ) ( the chassis shown in the advert IS NOT the Jeep chassis, it is the parachute framework that the Jeep was secured to for the drop, clarified as the French to English translation refers to it as a chassis ) Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. . . . Wow! That's an amazing find. But I think the landing process needed a little work. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 14, 2020 Share #16834 Posted August 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, LtRGFRANK said: nice to have a working computer again and atch up on the posts Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16835 Posted August 15, 2020 Two interesting IX engineer command related vids. The first one shows nice close ups of connecting PSP planks but alas nothing on rolling them.....the search continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16836 Posted August 15, 2020 It's been a while since I posted a Then and Now so here's one from Venlo. The Then shot was taken shortly after the liberation in 1945. It shows two soft top Deuce and a half trucks in front of a hotel where at the time GI's were billeted. Today the hotel is still there albeit under a different name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16837 Posted August 15, 2020 12 hours ago, LtRGFRANK said: nice to have a working computer again and catch up on the posts . Hi Robert, happy to hear that you are back reading the posts again . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. ( VJ Day commemorations today 15th August ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16838 Posted August 15, 2020 11 hours ago, mikie said: Wow! That's an amazing find. But I think the landing process needed a little work. Mikie . Hi Mikie, War, the mother of invention, so many ideas came out of WWII that have passed into general usage today, if not the dropping idea then certainly the 4 x 4 Jeep idea . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. ( VJ Day commemorations today 15th August ) . 2 hours ago, Dogsbody said: Two interesting IX engineer command related vids. The first one shows nice close ups of connecting PSP planks but alas nothing on rolling them.....the search continues . Hi Rene, well I have to thank you for the PSP video, certainly hammers home the use of the securing clips . . . . . . . punned again Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. ( VJ Day commemorations today 15th August ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16839 Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Dogsbody said: It's been a while since I posted a Then and Now so here's one from Venlo. The Then shot was taken shortly after the liberation in 1945. It shows two soft top Deuce and a half trucks in front of a hotel where at the time GI's were billeted. Today the hotel is still there albeit under a different name. . Hi Rene, another great Then & Now, whether it's pure coincidence or not the tree on the left in your comparison has similar bends and branches to the second tree from the left in the wartime shot . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. ( VJ Day commemorations today 15th August ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16840 Posted August 15, 2020 . Hi Owen, heres an image of our youthful mutual fresh faced friend stunt arranger Jim Dowdall stood over the rear of Michael Caine in the 1976 film ' The Eagle Has Landed ' . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. ( VJ Day commemorations today 15th August ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16841 Posted August 15, 2020 15 hours ago, General Apathy said: Maybe one of the rarest Jeep on this planet . . . . . . For sale on ' Milweb' this evening is an air-portable Jeep that was dropped into France June 5th 1944, it was wrecked when it landed, it comes with the framework and four crash pads that the Jeep was strapped to, also a second framework recovered from a farmer in better condition from another Jeep that was also parachuted in. ( This post has been copied from the Milweb advert as an item of interest for readers here, I have not personally seen this particular Jeep ) ( the chassis shown in the advert IS NOT the Jeep chassis, it is the parachute framework that the Jeep was secured to for the drop, clarified as the French to English translation refers to it as a chassis ) Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. . . . Incredible Ken, Who kept this since 1944? A farmer? It must have fallen from the sky no chute. I wonder what happened to the rest of it? Cannibalized by US troops or sold off piece by piece by the farmer? Its fascinating what people have kept over these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16842 Posted August 15, 2020 16 hours ago, General Apathy said: Maybe one of the rarest Jeep on this planet . . . . . . For sale on ' Milweb' this evening is an air-portable Jeep that was dropped into France June 5th 1944, it was wrecked when it landed, it comes with the framework and four crash pads that the Jeep was strapped to, also a second framework recovered from a farmer in better condition from another Jeep that was also parachuted in. ( This post has been copied from the Milweb advert as an item of interest for readers here, I have not personally seen this particular Jeep ) ( the chassis shown in the advert IS NOT the Jeep chassis, it is the parachute framework that the Jeep was secured to for the drop, clarified as the French to English translation refers to it as a chassis ) Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 15 2020. . . . Well, at least it isn't advertised as having belonged to one careful owner...................... Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16843 Posted August 15, 2020 I spotted this one too on the milweb site......Kat, you can make an offer! https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4895/99147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16844 Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Dogsbody said: I spotted this one too on the milweb site......Kat, you can make an offer! https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a4895/99147 Oh a perfect ornament for my front lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16845 Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Dogsbody said: Well, at least it isn't advertised as having belonged to one careful owner...................... Rene Or a nice little fixer upper project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 16, 2020 Share #16846 Posted August 16, 2020 . For Sale, front seam, stainless edge, swivel bail . . . . . . . . . . . Would you consider buying this given the three large stencilled stars on the front . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 16 2020. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted August 16, 2020 Share #16847 Posted August 16, 2020 Interesting helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 16, 2020 Share #16848 Posted August 16, 2020 I've have never seen a 3-star with stars that big. Here's an brig. general's helmet with a similar sized star, though. One, two, three...........couldn't help posting this one......Theodore Roosevelt, Terry Allen and George Patton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 16, 2020 Share #16849 Posted August 16, 2020 4 hours ago, General Apathy said: . For Sale, front seam, stainless edge, swivel bail . . . . . . . . . . . Would you consider buying this given the three large stencilled stars on the front . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, August 16 2020. . Strange constellation there. Probably not a good idea to wear that too close to the front lines. Any legitimate helmet to a 3-star general would be out of my budget, so I wouldn't consider buying it. Any info on the helmet? Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 16, 2020 Share #16850 Posted August 16, 2020 Ken Jim looks great in that picture!!That SaS piece is beyond amazing!Kinda reminds me of the Chevy SaS found in the desert in the late 80sOwen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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