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USMC Gen. John A. Lejune, 11/23/1920

Indeed, just following up on Joe's last point, it's easy to forget that the combined Commonwealth/English industrial capacity was pretty impressive.

According to one recent British author (whose name I've forgotten) the sense we have of the British just barely hanging on but for American lend lease ...

We should also keep in mind that Churchill was talking about civilian use of motor transport. Of all the belligerents in WWII only the U.S. and Britain were fully mechanized. The Germans used a huge number of horses although the Propaganda Ministry was careful not to show that very often...giving ...

Steve,

My apologies for the long delay in replying. . . but then on the other hand perhaps it was given the longevity of this thread. At any rate, I'll try to be less time delayed in the future.

One of the ironies about the politician from California is that California, last year, enacted a fur ...

Churchill's book is a great one.

Later in that same volume he expresses regret about the extent to which the UK had become motorized in the civilian sector between the wars and muses about trying to reintroduce horses in some civilian roles.

One thing worth noting a bit is that while Churchill was ...

This place is alive and kicking ! :D


You've noticed! It's an unfortunate trend in nearly all forum type sites - I personally believe because of the over-simplified nature of certain social media platforms.


That's really true. Things like Reddit and, worst of all Twitter, have really ...

The photo that shows up in a recent thread depicting a well worn campaign hat reminded me of the discussions on felt in this thread. As noted, coney was a popular felt for campaign hats, although wool seems to have shown up for the M1911.

Anyhow, to my surprise, nutria was a really common felt for ...

Steve Haupt wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:11 pm On California's Central Coast is Camp Roberts the only Army Installation not named for a General,

Not the only one, there's also Fort Huachuca.

Bob Rea (sp), a Society Member, was at the museum at Fort Supply. I haven’t heard from him in a long time.




Yes, he used to be a frequent participant here, but sadly hasn't stopped in for a long time.

Out of curiosity, I googled those elements and saw that he gave a presentation on the ...

Thanks for posting this really nice example of this uniform!

There is also a Camp Augur in Southwest Oklahoma. It was a semi-permanent sub-post of Fort Sill.

“In 1803 the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Purchase, which included the future state of Oklahoma. Expeditions were formed to explore the area. In southwestern Oklahoma, in 1852 ...

This is a post that I’m posting here following a discussion I read elsewhere on the probable decision of the U.S. Army to rename a collection of forts that were named after Confederate generals in the 1917 to 1942 period (or give or take a few years on either side of that).

I'm not seeking ...

However, if one reads first-wave feminist authors, especially Betty Friedan, one finds a very plausible argument that it was neither the experience of war-time factory work nor economic need that drove the larger numbers of women into the workforce; rather,it was the need to do something ...

Mistaken identity of the horse breed is certainly possible.

It also wouldn't be impossible for the Finns to have imported horses, but given their economic situation at the time, I'd think it far more likely that they'd rely upon what was readily available.

Thanks Kurt!

What is the overall quality of the leather on Japanese saddles?

The reason I ask is that I've been told that at least Japanese leather in general from the immediate post war period was of quite poor quality.

You went to France in 17, saw the sights. . . and remembered just before getting on the boat back home in 1919 that you hadn't bought a souvenir for anyone back home. . .

The 1919 Motor Transport Convoy kept a journal of the trip that's pretty interesting and occasionally amusing:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101206123509/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Digital_Documents/1919Convoy/New%20PDFs/Daily%20log.pdf

I've read the journal before, and I can't ...