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The Army M1 helmet was standardized on 30 April 1941 and was approved on 9 June 1941. During the period from August 1941 to August 1945, 22,363,015 M1 helmets were produced. Source: US Army Medical Corps "Wound Ballistics" http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/woundblstcs/chapter11....

Below is a link to the US Army field manual FM21-18 Foot Marches.

http://stevespages.com/page7c.htm

Under 'normal' conditions US soldiers are expected to march 4.0 kph on roads and 2.4 kph cross country.

A US Army observer who accompanied the German Army on its march to Warsaw made the following comments about the efficacy of German motorcycles. _________________ An interesting item, however, which I discovered, was that the German motorcycle and sidecar, as a troop carrier, did not prove satisfacto...

A link to the United States Air Force historical analysis of the bombing.

http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Po ... resden.htm

Here is a link to a US Army article which discusses Marshall's work and his errors.


http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Para ... ambers.pdf

Well, I guess some are too young to remember when Von Braun appeared on the Walt Disney TV shows in the 1950's. Von Braun would talk about space travel, etc. Even as a brilliant scientist he could talk at the level of understanding of children.

Excellent! I look forward to reading it. I trust you will mention the little altercation the 2nd Gir. had with the Russian armored cars near Lemberg. I certainly would like to see some maps of the Lemberg - Rawa Ruska area. From what I've read there were a host of German divisions in the area and it...

Do I smell the makings of another book?

If you insist .......

Page 254 should read Johns Hopkins University, not John Hopkins University.

http://www.jhu.edu/

Last night I went out and bought your book at the local Borders bookstore. It grabbed my attention beginning with the first paragraph of the Introduction, the description of Le Cambe. We visited there in 1994 as part of a Normandy tour. It was not planned but the American veterans on the bus made a ...

Excellent writeup.

A late business acquaintance of mine served with the 2nd FJD. He was captured at Brest by members of the 2nd Infantry Division (US).

Someday I hope to travel to Hamburg to talk to his grandchildren about the adventures of their grandfather.

Hollywood movie actor Sterling Hayden wrote two books, The Wanderer and Voyage . He had an unusual military career. He joined the USMC under an assumed name. He served in the Adriatic rescuing USAAF aircrews as well as serving in Patton's 3rd Army in France .... probably the only marine to serve wit...

If I'm not mistaken that is in the old province of Galacia.

That opens up a whole new world of research - the history of Galicia during the 20th century.

One might find the book "With British Snipers to the Reich" by Captain C. Shore interesting. He wrote about his experiences from Normandy to the end of the war. Makes mention of German, Japanese, Russian and American snipers.

Prior to America's entrance into World War II, the National Rifle Association called on its members to donate arms for the defense of Britain. The call was directed at the US WWI veteran who brought home a pistol or Springfield or Enfield rifle. A small number of arms was collected and sent over. Th...