Pre-WW1 US Armor Osborn’s Electric Gun Carriage United States of America (1898) Self-Propelled Gun – None Built The second half of the 19th century was a period of rapidly increasing industrialization and the development of better and better machines, refined by science and war. Old tactics...
United States of America (1918) Light Tank – 1 Built The USA was a mess in WW1. War had broken out in Europe between the major world powers, killing hundreds of thousands and spreading to a front from the North Sea to Switzerland, also covering Northern Italy, the Balkans, Africa, and...
The 100th General Hospital had originally existed during WW1 as Base Hospital No. 100. Having been demobilized at Cp. Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, Base Hospital No. 100 was finally re-organized on25 June 1943as a result of Order AG 320.2 (dated 27 March 1943) as the100th General Hospital...
“Serial numbers are assigned with great care and according to a set of regulations. Consecutive serial numbers, for example, are not assigned to twins since this might cause confusion of identity between two persons with the same birth date and same general physical characteristics.” ...
Then in October 2013 his wife and four of their children joined him. The oldest daughter, Annie was married and expecting a baby so she remained in England with her husband, Harry Rawson. As their 13 year old, Jenny had been in the hospital, she would come later with Florence’s mother...
The main party arrived at Liège the next afternoon and were taken by truck to the Citadelle which was the site then occupied by the15th General Hospital. The remainder of the assigned personnel rejoined the 91st at Liège at 0001 hours,6 October 1945, at which time the Hospital assumed co...
The two organisations joined forces to create a community centre called The Activity Loft, an ordinary three-bedroom house on the once-troubled Vineries Estate in Gillingham that is now the heart of a peaceful community. Young people from the estate use the house to do their homework, use the...
United States of America (1942-1943) Light Tank – None Built Introduction When the US joined the war in 1941, their primary light tank was the M3 Stuart and, while this vehicle was acceptable for that time, there was an interest in a new light tank. In January 1941, the US Army star...