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A Canadian soldier from the 4th Armored Brigade escorts a wounded German prisoner, Seegel, April 1945.
interesting, looks like he is using all "standard issue kit"
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interesting, looks like he is using all "standard issue kit"
A Canadian soldier from the 4th Armored Brigade escorts a wounded German prisoner, Seegel, April 1945.
I think I see Bren mags. Tucked in his belt? But I can't make out what weapon he is carrying. Why the waders? This in Holland?
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Looks like it. Front sight is more pronounced than an MP40
The curved magazine and the two spare mags tucked into his belt are give aways as to the provenance of the held firearm.
The mags aren't curved enough for a Bren mag.
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Dark Alley Dan
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A Canadian soldier from the 4th Armored Brigade escorts a wounded German prisoner, Seegel, April 1945.
In the dictionary under "Motherfvcker, Swashbuckling", it just shows this picture. What a young badass.
Meanwhile, the Douglas B-23 Dragon:
38 built between July 1939 and September 1940. Surprisingly eight remain in museums, and another in a lake in Idaho.
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Yep, apparently Kermit has one. Quite a few fly, or are being rebuilt to fly.
Fantasy of Flight is on the list. Kermit's got stuff no one else does.
Fantasy of Flight is on the list. Kermit's got stuff no one else does.
General Yama####a, Commander, Japanese forces, ‘Tiger of Malaya,” and his staff walk down the trail to U.S. forces in northern Luzon, occupied by Co ‘I’, 128th Inf Regt, 32nd Division.
Tomoyuki Yama####a was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War and led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earning him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history.
Yama####a was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allied forces later in the war, and while unable to prevent the Allied advance, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal formal Surrender of Japan in August 1945.
After the war, Yama####a was tried for war crimes committed by troops under his command during the Japanese defense of the occupied Philippines in 1944 and executed in 1946.
Tomoyuki Yama####a was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War and led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earning him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history.
Yama####a was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allied forces later in the war, and while unable to prevent the Allied advance, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal formal Surrender of Japan in August 1945.
After the war, Yama####a was tried for war crimes committed by troops under his command during the Japanese defense of the occupied Philippines in 1944 and executed in 1946.
On June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, British Columbia, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach for Canada.
He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
On June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, British Columbia, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach for Canada.
He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
the whole story is quite interesting. he set up a defensive position after leading his men through anti tank mines. crossin between positions that night, a Canadian sentry shot him with a bren gun, hitting him in the leg, chest and hand. his cigarette case stopped the round that hit him in the chest and he was missing a finger. he carefully hid his hand for most of his acting career, but it is visible in a few Star Trek episodes. some of his ashes were sent into space after his death
On June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, British Columbia, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach for Canada.
He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
Royal Winnipeg Rifles? His cap badge is artillery.
^ From Wiki.
Military service
At the beginning of the Second World War, Doohan joined the Royal Canadian Artillery and was a member of the 14th (Midland) Field Battery, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.[10] He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He was sent to England in 1940 for training. He first saw combat landing at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers, Doohan led his men to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines, where they took defensive positions for the night. Crossing between command posts at 11:30 that night, Doohan was hit by six rounds fired from a Bren Gun by a nervous Canadian sentry:[2] four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was stopped by a silver cigarette case given to him by his brother.[7] His right middle finger had to be amputated, something he would conceal on-screen during most of his career as an actor.[11]
Doohan graduated from Air Observation Pilot Course 40 with eleven other Canadian artillery officers[12] and flew Taylorcraft Auster Mark V aircraft for 666 (AOP) Squadron, RCAF as a Royal Canadian Artillery officer in support of 1st Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery. All three Canadian (AOP) RCAF squadrons were manned by artillery officer-pilots and accompanied by non-commissioned RCA and RCAF personnel serving as observers.[13][14]
Although he was never actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Doohan was once labelled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force". In the late spring of 1945, on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles "to prove it could be done"—earning himself a serious reprimand. (Various accounts cite the plane as a Hurricane or a jet trainer; however, it was a Mark IV Auster.)[15][16]
Military service
At the beginning of the Second World War, Doohan joined the Royal Canadian Artillery and was a member of the 14th (Midland) Field Battery, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.[10] He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He was sent to England in 1940 for training. He first saw combat landing at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers, Doohan led his men to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines, where they took defensive positions for the night. Crossing between command posts at 11:30 that night, Doohan was hit by six rounds fired from a Bren Gun by a nervous Canadian sentry:[2] four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was stopped by a silver cigarette case given to him by his brother.[7] His right middle finger had to be amputated, something he would conceal on-screen during most of his career as an actor.[11]
Doohan graduated from Air Observation Pilot Course 40 with eleven other Canadian artillery officers[12] and flew Taylorcraft Auster Mark V aircraft for 666 (AOP) Squadron, RCAF as a Royal Canadian Artillery officer in support of 1st Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery. All three Canadian (AOP) RCAF squadrons were manned by artillery officer-pilots and accompanied by non-commissioned RCA and RCAF personnel serving as observers.[13][14]
Although he was never actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Doohan was once labelled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force". In the late spring of 1945, on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles "to prove it could be done"—earning himself a serious reprimand. (Various accounts cite the plane as a Hurricane or a jet trainer; however, it was a Mark IV Auster.)[15][16]
Quite a story about Doohan; he takes a burst from a BREN and then recovers quick enough to get back in the cockpit a year later.
The story about Kurt Meyer making trips from Dorchester Pen to Camp Gagetown doesn't ring true. Gagetown wasn't established until the late 1950s, which was after Meyer's incarceration in Dorchester.
The story about Kurt Meyer making trips from Dorchester Pen to Camp Gagetown doesn't ring true. Gagetown wasn't established until the late 1950s, which was after Meyer's incarceration in Dorchester.
