General Apathy Posted August 12, 2012 Share #5226 Posted August 12, 2012 Barn find Normandy ............. well I was faced with a dilemma here, agree to the owners request or don't take the photo's to show forum members ................... the agreement was that I didn't show the complete crate with all the stencilling as the owner didn't wish to see copies of it produced and so de-valuing his unique item. so I agreed to the request in the hope that members would enjoy seeing this rare 1919 dated crate of chocolate rations. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 12 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 12, 2012 Share #5227 Posted August 12, 2012 Normandy then & now ....................... In the large WWII color photo of la Haye du Puits shown above in post # 5219, the head and shoulders of a WWI French soldier can be seen on top of the stone plinth of the WWI memorial. During the reconstruction of the town at the end of the war the WWI memorial was removed from the town centre, the soldiers head and upper torso were retained and used in a larger memorial to the towns military and civilian dead of WWI & WWII. This post war monument is on the outskirts of the town in the direction of Cherbourg ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 12 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted August 12, 2012 Share #5228 Posted August 12, 2012 Barn find Normandy ............. well I was faced with a dilemma here, agree to the owners request or don't take the photo's to show forum members ................... the agreement was that I didn't show the complete crate with all the stencilling as the owner didn't wish to see copies of it produced and so de-valuing his unique item. so I agreed to the request in the hope that members would enjoy seeing this rare 1919 dated crate of chocolate rations. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 12 August 2012 how does it taste? :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 12, 2012 Share #5229 Posted August 12, 2012 how does it taste? :pinch: Hi Robert, I'll send you a bar, if you live let us know :w00t: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 12 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5230 Posted August 13, 2012 Ken is the master of then and now photos! Fabulous!! Never has a truer statement been made! :thumbsup: Ken, I love the posters of the women. I have seen the Cadet Nurse poster but not the other one. Thanks so much for posting them and the "Then and Now" pictures! ....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5231 Posted August 13, 2012 Never has a truer statement been made! :thumbsup: Ken, I love the posters of the women. I have seen the Cadet Nurse poster but not the other one. Thanks so much for posting them and the "Then and Now" pictures! ....Kat Hi Kat, do you really look like the Cadet Nurse on the left, like Jack's Son stated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5232 Posted August 13, 2012 Hi Kat, do you really look like the Cadet Nurse on the left, like Jack's Son stated? Heck no! JS is old and 1/2 blind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5233 Posted August 13, 2012 And there you have the truth in the raw form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5234 Posted August 13, 2012 Heck no! JS is old and 1/2 blind! I'm really sorry to hear that. That you supposedly don't look like that, and that Jack's Son is old and 1/2 blind, I didn't realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5235 Posted August 13, 2012 Barn find Normandy ............. well I was faced with a dilemma here, agree to the owners request or don't take the photo's to show forum members ................... the agreement was that I didn't show the complete crate with all the stencilling as the owner didn't wish to see copies of it produced and so de-valuing his unique item. so I agreed to the request in the hope that members would enjoy seeing this rare 1919 dated crate of chocolate rations. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 12 August 2012 And knowing the Army, it was probably issued in 1945! Ken, please thank your neighbor for me, that is really nice that they allowed photos to be shared. Also thank you for taking photos of this chocolate crate for us. It was really "sweet" of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5236 Posted August 13, 2012 And knowing the Army, it was probably issued in 1945! Ken, please thank your neighbor for me, that is really nice that they allowed photos to be shared. Also thank you for taking photos of this chocolate crate for us. It was really "sweet" of you! Hi Beast. thanks :thumbsup: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5237 Posted August 13, 2012 79th Division units la Haye du Puits memorial ......................... The memorial to the U.S. 79th Division is just across the road from the memorial to the towns civil and military citizens who died in WW1 & WWII, shown above in post #5227 sadly although this is a beautiful memorial to see first hand, it is still difficult to read the inscriptions engraved in gold on the stone, and it's impossible to capture an image of the engravings. Engraved on the main column it states 79th Division Bloody Hill - July 1944 Normandy Northern France Ardennes - Alsace Rhineland Central Europe Killed 2.476 Wounded 10.971 Missing 1.699 ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 13, 2012 Share #5238 Posted August 13, 2012 79th Division units la Haye du Puits memorial ......................... sadly although this is a beautiful memorial to see first hand, it is still difficult to read the inscriptions engraved in gold on the stone, and it's almost impossible to capture a decent image of the engravings. Side plaque #1 313 Infantry Regiment 314 Infantry Regiment 315 Infantry Regiment 304 Engineer Combat Battalion 304 Medical Battalion 79 Reconnaissance Troop mechanised 79 Signal Company 79 Quartermaster Company 79 Ordnance Light Maintenance 79 Infantry Division Headquarters Company Division Artillery Headquarters Battalion side plaque #2 310 Field Artillery Battalion 311 Field Artillery Battalion 312 Field Artillery Battalion 904 Field Artillery Battalion 749 Tank destroyer Battalion 463 Anti-Aircraft-Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion 79 Counter Intelligence Corp Detachment Photo Interpreter Team 39 Prisoner of War Interrogation Teams 50 & 55 Military Intelligence Interpretation Team 434 Order of Battle Team ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted August 14, 2012 Share #5239 Posted August 14, 2012 Ken, Wonderful monuments! Items like this show the many sacrifices of war. The memorial across the street for the citizens killed during the wars shows the true price of war. WWII was not fought on U.S. soil so we don't always think about the devastation that occurred to these people's homeland. ....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 14, 2012 Share #5240 Posted August 14, 2012 Barn find Normandy ............. Find after WWI or WWII? :w00t: :think: Best regards Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2012 Share #5241 Posted August 14, 2012 Ken, Wonderful monuments! Items like this show the many sacrifices of war. The memorial across the street for the citizens killed during the wars shows the true price of war. WWII was not fought on U.S. soil so we don't always think about the devastation that occurred to these people's homeland. ....Kat Hi Kat, these memorials lay bare the death and waste of human life that was given to ensure a free Europe in the years of war 1939 - 1945. I am also pleased that you raised the point about the true cost of war and the devastation that people endured, I am not going to name the towns in the photographs above but simply state that these photo's are indicative of many Cities, towns and villages throughout the whole of Europe during WWII ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 14, 2012 Share #5242 Posted August 14, 2012 Find after WWI or WWII? :w00t: :think: Best regards Gregory Hi Gregory, not after WWI, and not even after WWII, but found after June 2012. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 14, 2012 Share #5243 Posted August 14, 2012 Hi Gregory, not after WWI, and not even after WWII, but found after June 2012. Ah ha! With ("new old stock" fresh) content? :w00t: G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5244 Posted August 15, 2012 I'm really sorry to hear that. That you supposedly don't look like that, and that Jack's Son is old and 1/2 blind, I didn't realize. Ya give a broad a compliment, and she treats you like this.. :pinch: OKAY Kat.....so you look like the one on the right.........FEEL BETTER?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5245 Posted August 15, 2012 So the old and 1/2 blind wasn't enough for you. Now you will get it right between the eyes. Hope it doesn't hurt your good eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5246 Posted August 15, 2012 Re Ken's comments above about the devastation suffered by European cities in WW2, apart from a few Japanese "fire balloons" which came down in Washington State, the United States, by virtue of its geographical position, was mercifully spared such devastation (though the Germans actually had plans to attack NYC with a long-range bomber they were developing) It wasn't really until 9/11 that America experienced such horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5247 Posted August 15, 2012 It's all in fun.....I'll give both eyes for Kat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5248 Posted August 15, 2012 Re Ken's comments above about the devastation suffered by European cities in WW2, apart from a few Japanese "fire balloons" which came down in Washington State, the United States, by virtue of its geographical position, was mercifully spared such devastation (though the Germans actually had plans to attack NYC with a long-range bomber they were developing) It wasn't really until 9/11 that America experienced such horror. Ian, I think these are the Japanese Fugo Bombing Balloons you're talking about, not in Washington State, but in Oregon, almost buddy, Washington State, along with Idaho used to be a part of Oregon Territory, but all good school teachers know that. The public announcement was finally made due to a tragic event that occurred on May 5, 1945. A woman and five children, on a church picnic, were killed in a remote area near Bly, Oregon, after they discovered a downed balloon with a bomb still attached, and one of them moved the bomb, causing it to explode. http://www.stelzriede.com/ms/html/mshwfugo.htm @ Hey Jack's Son, of course it's all in fun, that's what I like most about Ken's "Norman D. Landing", a good laugh now & then! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5249 Posted August 15, 2012 It's all in fun.....I'll give both eyes for Kat!! J.S., Are you saying you only have eyes for Kat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted August 15, 2012 Share #5250 Posted August 15, 2012 Re Ken's comments above about the devastation suffered by European cities in WW2, apart from a few Japanese "fire balloons" which came down in Washington State, the United States, by virtue of its geographical position, was mercifully spared such devastation (though the Germans actually had plans to attack NYC with a long-range bomber they were developing) It wasn't really until 9/11 that America experienced such horror. Ian, It should be remembered that the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) is considered by many to be the first truly modern war fought not only soldier to soldier but also by soldiers against the infrastructure and population as well. The contemporary images of burned and bombed cities all across the south especially, are very similar to the photos of devastation of WWI and WWII Europe. And when considered against the sparse population in north America in the 1860s it puts in perspective the degree of devastation. In many ways the areas destroyed are still recovering. 911 was indeed terrible but it is not the first time our nation has faced shot and shell and destruction, just the first time recently. Certainly we avoided being devastated due to the fortune of having great oceans and Hitler's timely demise, and for that we are glad. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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