During World War II, US demolition crews faced the critical task of dismantling enemy fortifications and obstacles, sometimes under fire. They lacked a dedicated vehicle for this in the US arsenal. Various tools, like dozer blade kits and high-explosive rounds, were employed instead. This gap ...
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...
Captain Beck’s role at Gallipoli demonstrated how critical logistics were to the survival and sustainment of fighting troops—and that the Ordnance soldier was not a rear-echelon presence, but a frontline enabler in every sense.
A beautiful and haunting laser cut wooden World War 2 British and American soldier, the soldier's stand on a plaque which allows for a flickering LED tea light to be placed behind it, this perk also includes a hand written thank you message on a reproduction 1944 airgrapth from the direct...
Yanks call her “Kate Smith” and “Ma”; Poles have named her the “South African Nightingale”; and to Britishers she is the “Soldier’s Sweetheart” and the “Lady in White.” The ship’s Captain “usually stands on the bridge and salute her as the ship glides by. Czechs and ...
The irony was that not a single Japanese soldier was on the island, all having been evacuated before the invasion began. Four of the American dead were killed by stepping on land mines left behind by the Japanese.*MONASTERY BLUNDER.OnFebruary 15, 1944, US bombers dropped 427 tons of bombs...
“Because of his miraculous throat construction, he was able to create a rhapsody of hysteria. In time, he became the living unknown soldier of Germany.” Hanfstaengl introduced himself to Hitler after the speech and began a close friendship and political association that would last through the...
The leaflet above depicts President Roosevelt pushing a soldier forward toward a burial cross marked “The Unknown” while a vast fleet of Japanese bombers flies overhead. The soldier is well-drawn, and there are small details like the “US” on his canteen and the old symbol of the Army ...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Lick Them Over There WWII Canada Soldier H 18.12 in W 12.01 in D 0.04 in Sidney Riesenberg Original Over the Top for You Third Liberty Loan vintage World War 1 lithograph, c. 1917 H 30 in W 20 in D 0.1 in Original Antique War Bond Poster Kriegs...