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Attachment 91124Glider troops inside a Horsa glider
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Deceased May 2nd, 2020
We just buried one today. He joined the Army Air Corps before WWII. He showed me his original dog tags. They were a one inch steel metal circle on which his name and service number were hand stamped individual characters, one at a time. Our armed forces were in sad shape in those days.He ended up supporting the gliders that landed in Festung Europa (SP)?), After the troops moved froward,he was sent to the continent to evaluated how many were reusable. His answer-"Not Many"!. He was 96.Remained in service after WWII and retired after 30 year from the USAF as a major.
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"The Greatest Generation" sadly over the coming years will be like the WWI veterans a memory in our every day lives that like the former will never be forgotten.....!
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On the M-1 in foreground is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side, handle down?
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Originally Posted by
RichardX
On the M-1 in foreground is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side, handle down?
POD 3-6-18 shows a cleaning rod down the barrel - both Pics are of 325th Glider Inf. maybe this is a glider inf practice
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Originally Posted by
RichardX
is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side
Yes it is...
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