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Thank you again for sharring these with us,
Frohe Weihnachten
Jonathan

Thank you for the information Tom, I wish Haen a speady recovery and look forward to his return
Jonathan

More great info and photos as always
Jonathan

“Drei, Vier, ein Witz!,” page 35, “One more time.” A newly formed Volkssturmkompanie was mustered for training on the rifle range. They were supposed to engage targets at 1000 meters. To the frustration of the training cadre, not a single round hit the targets. So, the instructors ordered the men t...

More great info, thanks Raul
Jonathan

A little more info, The book is JG 54 A photographic History of the Grunherzjager and the photo i refer to is the Funeral of Lt. Anton Dobele a memeber of the Nowonty Schwarm, All of the men in the photo minus Hauptmann Nowonty are wearing Stahlhelms, however my scanner is down so i can not upload t...

In a book of mine on JG54 it has photos of a Pilots Burial, and all of the Fighter pilots are wearing Stahlhelms.
Jonathan

More great photos and Info as always
Jonathan

More Great Stories as always landser
Prost!
Jonathan

I beleive you are right on the cavalry unit guess, none of the horse's are Haflingers and I dont see any Mules so its not a Gebirgs unit,
thanks again for keeping this thread going,
Cheers
Jonathan

Working on these stories has demonstrated, for me, the difference in humor between the modern era and the past. I showed some of these to my son, who's almost 17 years old. He didn't feel like most of them were particularly funny, and I asked him why not. he said, "They don't have the punch of...

Hi, When I was in Hamburg in June of 2007 I went by the Flakturm IV located in Heiligengeistfeld,Hamburg it still stands and is now a apartment building, here is a good link with a little info and a map showing where it is located, http://www.ww2museums.com/article/1681 Jonathan Edited...Might be ha...

More great photos and information,
Thanks for posting
Jonathan

Hi Mike, Welcome to the Forum, Most german Snipers used the K-98k with a 6 power scope and later in the war G-43's were used with a 4 power scope, heres a link to some good information on German Snipers In the second world war and includes some information on Matthais Hetzenauer He used the two weap...

Another good one,
and yes the potatoes come out good
Jonathan