To counter the"Airborne boys" here, I am showing a few Tank Destroyer items I have in my little collection.
TD Ike jacket, Summer type uniform with overseas cap and Conrad Eyth's service shirt.
Those are beauties!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Ya really makes you think doesn't it? When you hear things like this, kind of knocks you back on your heels. Whoa! The realities of war!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
It happened a lot; bad commands costing the lives of the men.
In some cases, it was due to the Lieutenant being new (I believe a lot of Officers getting KIA were Lieutenants) and unexperienced, but in other cases it was plain stupidity.
If you look at WWI, it was even worse, but then it was high command that didn't care about the lives of the soldiers.
All they wanted was to gain ground, no matter what the cost was.
Sickening.
I'm glad they got rid of him as soon as possible.
Heck, if I heard there were some enemy camping nearby, I'd call the artillery from here to Tokyo to blast them to the Walhalla!
Welcome Patrick. Received your reply regarding your request for membership into our forum. I look forward to hearing more from you and am delighted with your interest in combat engineers.
I hope you will enjoy your stay with us, for we have a lot of great people here.
Warmly,
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Oooo-weee, unmentionables. Nope you don't see them around too often. Nice Japanese tunic. Yes it looks like it's in great condition.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"