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  1. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    sorry about the outdated links ...try this one ... https://youtu.be/2wYJ7N7nvCw
  2. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Thank you Vesman
  3. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    DD, just attending school in PA (2 year Horology Program, I graduate Aug 2015) and unfortunately my collection remains in WI with the exception of 1 53-M37 that I brought with me to ease my anxiety of not having my vehicles with me. The Maxson was 90% restored when I left for PA in May 2013...
  4. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Quick Update: The Queen has been sitting in storage for the last two years due to deployments with the exception of Touch A Truck and several other events... as I jokingly say, my buddy Todd has driven the Queen more than I have .. That is not say that I have not been busy... have had several...
  5. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Update ALCON: You are so right, Djibouti is an armpit... although open-water sport diving in the Sea of Aden was beautiful... very fortunate that my duty position and mission there (05-07) allowed me much travel and the opportunity to operate in some interesting locations throughout Eastern...
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    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    David, that is a great comment and your observation is right-on, another KBR hut and porch. Good to go here regards goodies... and I appreciate your offer! I do have a question; do you have any access to the Korean equivalent of our MRE's?
  7. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    ALCON: If you want to listen to that show .. Google "Cigar Dave", go to Theater-1 and select the date of the show 11 Oct 08, first hour .. we were on about half way thru the 1st hour. LTC Mark A.R. Koloc CDR 308th CA BDE DET-26 TF-FALCON
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    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    ALCON: I have been deployed down-range with my troops in support of OEF since Mar 08. It now looks like we will be extended until Dec 09 so physical preservation work on the “Queen” has been put on hold for a while. That is not to say that I have not been busy gathering items for her...
  9. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Jason it would be great to see some of those pics... Have asked my mom for some of my dad’s pics ... she has some when she met him and they started dating at Ft Carson Co when he was drumming out of the Army. She told me that he was so good looking in his uniform and she fell for him right...
  10. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    SGM No breather in place when I found it .. the rubberhose between the airfilter and the carb was missiing ... butterflies were frozen in closed position so that kept a lot of crap out of the engine .. carb had to be soaked for a couple of weeks before I gould get the linkage loose enought to...
  11. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Karl .. she is a beauty .. what configuration are you looking at putting on the back? Is she running? Tim, my only goal is to keep her as original as I can ... lots of $ trying to find all the small pieces (Right Karl?)... Still need to purchase radios, and plan on fabricating my own 50cal...
  12. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Track was found in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti desert... it had been driven out to the sand and abandoned by the French Foreign Legion in late 50’s or early 60’s ... French stated that they received the track from US in Korea in 1954 (Records confirmed that 4 M16A2’s and several M4s were...
  13. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    My ride ... Recovered from East African Desert APR 07.. Preservation Pics: http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/mkoloc/?action=view&current=HT4thofJuly.flv http://mkolocsM16A2HT.MyPicGallery.com
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