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Post by victor on Sept 26, 2008 22:02:12 GMT 8
Sure thing. I sent you email to two different email addresses. Let me know if you need clarification.
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Post by victor on Sept 21, 2008 12:55:16 GMT 8
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Post by victor on Sept 21, 2008 9:40:32 GMT 8
Thanks Paul. I'll try to dig some more out. These are just a sampling. -victor
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Post by victor on Sept 20, 2008 11:25:18 GMT 8
This photo is the below ground communications hutch at Fort Mott, NJ. I'm not sure what's supposed to stick out of the little vent. Antennas?
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Post by victor on Sept 20, 2008 11:23:06 GMT 8
Wowposter may not be a real person but an automated spambot. I deal with spam and bogus members everyday at the pinoyhistory forum. Ironically it is much easier to remove the garbage postings by a registered spambot because there is a tool in the Admin section where you can delete all postings of a particular member in one fell swoop.
For the rest of spam postings, I routinely ban the posted by IP Address rather than username. It helps until the originating program changes IP Addresses. Then the process is repeated. By the way most of these IP Addresses are from China.
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Post by victor on Aug 27, 2008 2:18:44 GMT 8
Unbelievable, his name is indeed Pvt Teed! How do you remember that?
I bought that issue of LIFE magazine because of the Bataan article in it. This issue is dated March 1942 and the Bataan campaign was raging at that time.
But in addition, it has an excellent picture of a soldier in a kelly helmet but carrying a garand. I like showing it to people who authoritatively associate the Springfield 1903 rifle with the kelly helmet.
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Post by victor on Aug 26, 2008 20:30:04 GMT 8
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Post by victor on Aug 22, 2008 2:46:41 GMT 8
Hi okla, yes the M1 would have been the appropriate rifle. The reason I had the 1903A3 (not even the type that was used in Bataan) on display is because it's an old non-firing, deactivated, drill rifle that I don't mind getting some dust on. I have two garands I could possibly display, one real, and another an airsoft BB gun model. I didn't want either one exposed and gathering dust in the basement so I put out the 1903A3. However I guess for the brief time that I took pictures, I could have put in the M1 in its place. Good point... I might just take some more pictures with the M1's! Maybe attach an m1905 bayonet to it for effect too.
And yes... the 26th Cav had garands during the campaign as well.
It's never too late to visit Bataan and Corregidor. I highly recommend it if you can take care of the money angle. The plane fare is not cheap but once you're in the Phil. most everything is cheap(er).
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Post by victor on Aug 20, 2008 10:33:18 GMT 8
Thanks okla, I thought these knick knacks would be appreciated by members of this forum. What I actually have arranged for display in the pictures are not even half of what I have. I just don't have the table space to set them up (and time!). I will post updated pictures though when I somehow get to arrange more for display. If you have the time, maybe you can arrange your collectibles into a display too. Then show us pictures I never did find out if that guy who was KIA in Bataan was a relative. I don't know how else to pursue the research. As for the One Man Army... here are some pictures: www.homeofheroes.com/footnotes/2007/01January2-wermuth.html
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Post by victor on Aug 20, 2008 5:22:29 GMT 8
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