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  1. pipopak
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    WOW!. This is a cool model of Leonardo Da Vinci's proposed armored tank!. Wish I could get one!.
     
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  8. not that one guy
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    Thank you to all who served
     
  9. Green Bay??? Hahahaha...

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  10. John F
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    The organizer went on to create Google :)
     
  11. During the 1974 "gas shortage" I found an alternative that was readily available and when mixed 50/50 with gasoline would burn just fine in my old pickup truck. It was a cleaning solvent and wasn't classified as fuel, and it cost less too.
     
  12. Me and my two bros,I'm the little one in front.LOL
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  13. gyronaut
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    In honor of Veteran's Day, THANKS to all who defended our freedom and especially to those who still do!

    Here's another side of Alex Tremulis you may have never seen...

    On the wall, a Chrysler Thunderbolt preliminary sketch (1940), sub chaser, supercharged American Bantam (1939), and a Packard Clipper (1940) on the drawing board:

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    Packard Clipper proposal:

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    Alex Tremulis inside the "Tucker Turret", way before Preston Tucker ever conceived of his Tucker automobile:

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    Alex and his loving wife, Chrissie Tremulis, newlyweds (1942):

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    The requisite MacArthur pose:

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    A letter from his brother, Dick. He arrived with "Old Hickory", the 30th Division, at Normandy on D-Day plus 6, got hit in the Battle of St. Lo, France, on July 31, 1944. He wrote this to his bro:

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    Alex promptly had the letter published in "Yank":

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    And then Alex designed a new prosthetic leg connector for his brother and all those others in need:

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    Alex's brother, Dick, became the Herald American Vet when he had difficulty buying a car following his return to civilian life:

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    Ike, himself, intervened and righted the wrongs:

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    And years later (1970ish), the two brothers would compare their scars...

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    Sherman said , "War is hell." That, I imagine, would seem merely a statement
    of the OBVIOUS to those who ever experienced actual combat, in any war. This
    pic seems misidentified as being from WWI. Looks more like Confederate defenses
    at Petersburg, VA, in later 1864, IMO. However, many military historians do say that
    this style of trench warfare -- including heavy mortar bombardment, use of obser-
    vation balloons, and sharpened stakes as the forerunner to barbed wire, to name
    a few -- were just a harbinger of the carnage of mechanized battle in World War I.

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  17. jimi'shemi291
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    Described as "German heavy artillery under camouflage,"
    but those helmets look rather French to me.

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  18. jimi'shemi291
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    Despite the less than dandy accommodations, British soldiers manage a smile for the camera.

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    In the weapons and tactics file: WWI brought a whole new slate of new and awful
    armament. I suppose it would be fair to say that weaponry far outstripped archaic
    battlefield tactics, as forces stood toe to toe with each other in horrible, seemingly
    unending battles of bloody attrition.

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    Gas masks necessitated by the use of mustard, chlorine and phosgene gases on the field
    of battle give these machine-gunners a rather eerie, other-worldly look, somehow befit-
    ting the ghastly, inhuman conflict at hand on the Western Front.

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    Obviously for brutal, hand-to-hand fighting, this combo of blade and brass knucks
    makes you winch just to see, knowing that more than a few saw actual use.
    Heretofore, I'd thought versions of this weapon were only used by German troops,
    but the "U.S." stamp is clear.

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    Again, I learn something new every day! Didn't know the "ghillie suit"
    was used in World War I. But I searched and found that this type of
    breakup camouflage had its roots among Scottish hunters centuries ago
    and was first used in combat during the Boer Wars at the end of the 19th
    Century.
     
  20. michaels
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    Awsome collection of pictures everyone, just another good reason I joined this site, and I didn't even have to go to a book store!
    The red Corvair at the top of this page looks alot like my '62.
     
  21. twin6
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    On this day, thanks to all who have served.
     
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    There, fixed.

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    a few more...
     
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  28. twin6
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    Vintage shots for our Canadian friends...
     
  29. jimi'shemi291
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    Okay, who remembers these great little toys we used to get in cereal
    boxes?!?:eek: I remember them coming out when "Sea Hunt" was THE
    number-one show on TV.:cool: One frogman had a big knife, and the other
    (I fancied, anyway) had a mine to attach to an enemy ship or sub. The
    frogmen and the sub had compartments at the bottom. You'd pack a
    little of Mom's baking soda into the cell and seal it with a perforated
    metal plug, which also served as sufficient ballast to, usually, keep
    the toy upright. You dropped your guys, or sub, into water, and they'd
    initially "submerge" to the bottom. Then, as water combined with the
    baking soda, gas bubbles (CO 2?) would form, giving the toy buoyancy
    and making them MAGICALLY rise to the surface! My brother and I
    would refilled these for, it seemed, hours, making up story lines for the
    divers' adventures in a bowl on the kitchen table.:p The late-'50s were
    a different era, when we had a ton of fun out of simple toys. Better yet,
    it was a jolt to get them for "FREE" right out of a cereal box! (Of course,
    cereal manufacturers factored in the cost of making and packing toys
    in with their cereal, but we kids didn't know, or care! LOL) The "cost"
    of cereal-prize toys was having to actually EAT the brand of cereal in-
    volved.:rolleyes: I seem to recall having to eat plenty of shredded wheat as
    the price of getting the toy I wanted! Why couldn't all of the GOOD toys
    come in boxes of Sugar Smacks, huh???:D Ha, ha!

    WHO ELSE has great memories of fave cereal prizes, from slot cars, to
    airplanes, to "wiggle pictures," to play figures of dinosaurs and Disney
    characters? Dig up some photos and share your memories!:cool:


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    Cereal premium prizes are BIG among nostalgic memorabilia
    collectors. These and MANY other items are always available
    on eBay, and info and pix are available on many collector and
    dealer 'net sites.
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  30. T-Head
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    The Detroit-Windsor tunnel in the early fities. Stop by theoldmotor.com to see over 175 pages of photos.
     
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