Schultz
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Post by Schultz on Aug 1, 2008 17:54:28 GMT -5
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Post by mudpuppy on Aug 1, 2008 19:23:02 GMT -5
Nice photo. What TD Unit was he in? Pup
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Schultz
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Post by Schultz on Aug 1, 2008 19:28:16 GMT -5
771st Tank Destroyer Battalion
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Hepkat
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Post by Hepkat on Aug 1, 2008 21:54:55 GMT -5
Wait...is that an Israeli Air Force shirt AND a German dogtag? But seriously, very nice pic. One I'm sure you will cherish for ever.  |
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Barrelhunter
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Post by Barrelhunter on Aug 2, 2008 0:59:09 GMT -5
Sorry, that cane may be period but it's not USGI...
Glad to see gramps is doing well and anytime you take him to an event or museum I'd like to see the pics.
Jim
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Post by Schultz on Aug 2, 2008 8:59:30 GMT -5
Wait...is that an Israeli Air Force shirt AND a German dogtag? But seriously, very nice pic. One I'm sure you will cherish for ever. yes it is. We (my brother and I just finished with the public battle/display and the museum opens up for re-enactors and their families. and that just just happend to be the T-Shirt I packed. |
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Post by Schultz on Aug 2, 2008 9:15:31 GMT -5
Sorry, that cane may be period but it's not USGI... Glad to see gramps is doing well and anytime you take him to an event or museum I'd like to see the pics. Jim I've got a few more of the Ft. Knox event and I'm taking him to the Airborne & Speical Operations Museum at fort bragg next weekend (he originally trained and voulenteered for airborne artillery), so I'll grab some more pics then. but here are some more Knox pics. prior to Ft. Knox he had not seen a M10 in over 60 years i35.tinypic.com/149s2sg.jpgi38.tinypic.com/2pr62s0.jpgi38.tinypic.com/2v16v5j.jpgHim at the TD memorial i38.tinypic.com/2im5hdk.jpg |
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Barrelhunter
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Post by Barrelhunter on Aug 2, 2008 13:02:43 GMT -5
Craig Mutch appreciated. He's the typical WWII soldier, walking shoes, pleated pants, wire rimmed glasses, plaid shirt and "I was there hat". Although he has brass accenting the cane it does have a wonderful stain. i38.tinypic.com/2im5hdk.jpgThere are two Airborne museums at Bragg, which one are you taking him to or are you hitting both? Jim |
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Post by Schultz on Aug 2, 2008 13:40:32 GMT -5
we are going to the ASOM living history next weekend Aug 9th www.asomf.org/he has to walk with a cane nowdays, he had a heart attack, and went into a coma and lost some movement in his left leg, and he absolutely will not let me or anyone else push him around in a wheel chair. |
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Barrelhunter
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Post by Barrelhunter on Aug 2, 2008 15:47:12 GMT -5
Craig
As I've got a cane that I have to use occasionally it's more like an inside joke between your grandfather and me. Mine is closer to issue though.
I've been to the Airborne Association Museum off post myself and your gonna love it. They've got deployed chutes in the mail hall with mannequins suspended. They're life size dioramas are also spectacular. Being they aren't Government owned they can also display originals where on post museums have to go with reproduction more and more with their open air displays. It's defiantly a deeper pocket museum budget wise then the Army can afford and last time I was there, they had WWII vets as tour guides.
Jim
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Post by Schultz on Aug 4, 2008 7:30:48 GMT -5
Ah, now i understand Jim  I'm very looking forward to this weekend and I know he is too. |
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