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by Pat Truxillo
Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:26 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Postwar US Army mounted troops
Replies: 36
Views: 9184

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="" face="" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Originally posted by dallas [br]Actually the M1 helmet and liner changed several times over the years. The first liner was a fiber type made by...
by Pat Truxillo
Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:28 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Francis McCullagh
Replies: 32
Views: 22291

Originally posted by Pat Holscher Turns out this fellow was captured by the Red Army somehow while serving as an intelligence officer for the British Army in Russia during the Russian Revolution. He was able to pass himself off as a journalist for obvious reasons, and made his way out somehow. Soun...
by Pat Truxillo
Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:55 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: Use of Horses by Allied Troops In Normandy
Replies: 16
Views: 6341

The drops were so bad and spread out, troopers were grabbing anything that would move to get back with their units. Horses, mules, bikes, vehicles of all sorts. This was related to me by an aquantance several years ago. He was in the Cav till he heard about the airborne. He was one of the first troo...