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got a speeding ticket with my m38a1 a long time ago... when i pushed for a probable cause, cop fumbled a bit and then said i was doing 65... i shoulda gone back for a look at his alleged readout.. i fought it by handing the judge the TM bookmarked on the page where is says "max speed" ...

i heard him say that name but cannot recall if it's where he specifically was ...i have a bunch of his pics.. compound, barracks, trucks, jeeps, kids, friends, countryside, some small-town war damage ... he didn't label locations but there are names of the guys in pictures .. i have browsed the...

my dad was there during the last weeks of the war and then was transferred into the Constabulary in Bavaria .. He was in some little town south of munchen that had a former military school or barracks they occupied and it had a motor pool and shop... He stayed until spring-47 , two years, and...

nein, aber ihre Mutter konnte, ,, einige ... Her father's father came from italy and she was only interested in picking up some of that

When she's mad there's all kinds of words I've never heard before .. :LOL:

.... until i get her mad ;) .... deutsch/italian mix.. she worked on and off in her father's construction company from the late-70's into the 1990's .. yes she's a bit younger than me

Am glad you enjoyed your time ... My last 5 or 6 years with the armor battalion left me only wishing it were the earlier years and Sp5 again .. Only a few times in the earliest ARNG years did I consider going back to active duty, but I had gained two ranks since and would've forfeited if I had...

good call !! perhaps it is .. i did not see it with the cover off

...or as my girlfriend exclaimed the first time she drove a gasser 5-ton , she said, "All it is is a steering wheel and stickshift !" No big deal !

I had spent time as asst plt sgt as well as acting platoon sgt and it def was not my bag.. The command part did not come natural to me and I never grew into it.. Even back as a Sp5 (and subsequent Sgt) I did not enjoy delegating a rough duty or bad gig.. Instead, I would be right there doing it...

I loved the slot.... I refused two consecutive E6 promos because I was set up very well and quite comfortable and working mostly-independent as a Sp5 .. As long as the work got done they left me alone, and they let me get it done without interference.. But in short time I was inevitably getting...

A couple of my guys in '88 or '89 .. The M52 is one of the several gassers the BN still fielded .. It had also been fielding A1's, A2's, and M809-series simultaneously with the gassers since the 1970's Made things interesting at fueling time for a few of the "new guys" over the years :LOL...

My BN's maint section had two M88's .. One was gas, the other had the M48/M60 diesel pack .. The gas monster was a powerful beast down the trails at any speed.. Could out-tow the diesel, so I was told.. In the mid-2000s the BN was reclassified as Cavalry and had to turn in the heavy armor...

pictured in 1977 .. I seem to remember it was a flamethrower mod but am unsure . .Anyone know for sure? It sure ain't a sherman turret :p

Below: M211 converted with a M50A1/A2 or M49A1/A2 tank modified to sit in bed .. . Truck was otherwise immaculate .. Pictured in local fire service 2008 Below: XM211 working for local highway dept , pictured early-70's. (the cckw was set up with an air compressor or genny, I don't...

Below: GMC CCKW outfitted with Bantam shovel .. pictured in 1977 at a VT highway dept .. Had been used to load trucks at gravel pits as well as ditch and embankment work Below: CCKW half-cab that had been a seabees crane truck .. pictured in 1986 at a stone quarry Below...

Below: 4T Model 972 (edited : thanks Jeff) ... It was a rock hauler up into the 1980's, replaced by bigger-newer, and he wanted to preserve it anyway.. Had been sitting about 5 years when I saw it.. Owner said a little fresh gas and grease and it could go right back to work Below: A...