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Post by VeeVee on Apr 4, 2013 19:09:49 GMT -5
Some additions to the corner... Uniform BAR mag and cloth MG ammo belt In memory of Ed Ramsey and Felipe Fernandez (26th Cavalry PS, Bataan/WW2 vets)
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Post by legionnaire on Apr 10, 2013 9:23:03 GMT -5
Fantastic collection VIC!
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Post by VeeVee on Apr 10, 2013 11:01:09 GMT -5
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Post by oklahoma on Apr 22, 2013 16:03:17 GMT -5
Hey Vic....You keep takin' care of 'ole Private Teed, ya hear. I see him peeking around that restored 194th Tanker Uni. lol
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Post by VeeVee on Apr 22, 2013 18:44:58 GMT -5
Okla, it turned out that uniform was owned by Sgt. Zenon Bardowski of Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion.
I wonder if Pvt. Teed is still alive today.
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Post by oklahoma on Apr 23, 2013 12:08:29 GMT -5
Hey Vic...As for whether our Private Teed is still living, he would have to be pushing late 80s or even 90, if still with us. I wonder if he was caught up in the Philippine debacle??? If memory serves that issue of Life Magazine hit the news stands in early 1942 so he was probably stateside when the war began, but if the article was compiled in the summer of 1941, he might have been in one of the last shipments of reinforcements sent to the PI. Maybe there is some indication in the article, itself, that would indicate when it was initially prepared for later publication. I wish I knew why this particular "Dogface" fascinates me. Probably, because when I first viewed it as a 9 year old (going on 10 in July 1942) I thought he was just what I wanted to be at the time....a real United States Army Soldier. Ah, to be a kid again. Cheers.
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Post by oklahoma on Jun 3, 2013 14:31:18 GMT -5
Hey Vic....I thought you might find this little tidbit regarding our Private Teed interesting. I was fiddling around with Google and lo and behold I found where Life Magazine did a followup on Teed in December 1960. That guy made North Africa, Sicily, Utah Beach on D-Day and ended up wounded and coming home from Normandy that year. All this stuff is in the December 26, 1960 Life Magazine if you want to check it out on Google. Wouldn't it been ironic if he and his Division had gone the other direction and kicked some butt in liberating the Philippines? Cheers.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 4, 2013 8:11:41 GMT -5
Wow Okla, no kidding? I'll have to look it up. Thanks for the tip. I was drawn to that particular issue of Life magazine because it had a photo of a pre-war soldier in kelly helmet and an M1 Garand. I was collecting photographic evidence to show those who argue that the M1 didn't become available until later in the war. This was of course in connection with portraying the PS carrying an M1. People would say it was the wrong rifle for the impression. I'll look up Pvt. Teed Thanks!
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Post by oklahoma on Jun 4, 2013 9:29:08 GMT -5
Hey Vic....I gotta admit, back when I learned that the M-1 was being issued as early as mid 1941, I was surprised. Our guys in the Philippine Division (the 31, 45, 57 Regiments) were proud owners of said piece, but the Marines landing on Guadalcanal were still lugging Springfield .03s. The movers and shakers in the QMC wisely saw the threat in the Pacific rated the Scouts and the 31st as a priority situation and got these excellent arms out to the PI. If memory serves, the Japs on the "canal" were taken totally by surprise when they ran up against a newly arrived Army Regimental Combat team, armed with the new rifle, and were decimated by the semi-automatic fire from this unit. Theyhad been totally acclimated to facing the slower rate of fire from the old .03s. Although, probably one of the most accurate shoulder weapons ever devised, it couldn't compare with the M-l and its' 8 shot mag and the wall of lead it put out in short order. Of course, you know all this. I just got on a roll and couldn't stop talking. Cheers.
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Post by VeeVee on Jun 5, 2013 11:54:52 GMT -5
I think Guadalcanal 1942 was the general point of reference when people say the M1 wasn't available before then. They cite that the marines had 1903's at the Canal. I usually mention that the marines get equipment later than the army. It was true then and true to a major extent today. It's why one of their mottos is "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome".
Even in Iraq, in the book Joker One, the marines were jealous of the army's numerous up-armored humvees to get around. Whereas they had to conduct patrols on foot!
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 28, 2013 22:46:04 GMT -5
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Post by oklahoma on Aug 4, 2013 20:17:06 GMT -5
Hey Vic....I might try to "pull some strings" and get you on at the Smithsonian, lol. Seriously, you seem to have quite a knack for this kind of thing. And to actually get paid for doing it. What a deal that would be. Getting paid for doing something that you would do for nuthin'. Call it a "labor of love".Cheers.
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Post by oklahoma on Aug 4, 2013 20:27:10 GMT -5
Hey Vic....I might try to "pull some strings" and get you on at the Smithsonian, lol. Seriously, you seem to have quite a knack for this kind of thing. And to actually get paid for doing it. What a deal that would be. Getting paid for doing something that you would do for nuthin'. Call it a "labor of love".Cheers.
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Post by VeeVee on Aug 5, 2013 23:02:47 GMT -5
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Post by oklahoma on Aug 6, 2013 11:35:43 GMT -5
Hey Vic...All these collections, that I view on this forum, make my puny little array look like "small fry" in comparison. Of course, I am not a serious collector, having only two WW 1 type helmets, one WW 2/Korea/View Nam steel pot, one Jap bayonet (which appears to have been buried in the mud somewhere in the South Pacific,etc), one M-1 Carbine (working order with 2 clips) and 30 rounds of ammo and a 1911, .45 Automatic with web belt and holster (hanging on my bed post, cocked andloaded since there are no kiddies present) and that is the extent, other than a few Civil War minie balls,etc. Not much to look at, but it's all mine and I wouldn't part with these articles for the world. Thanks for keeping us up to date on your growing display. It is a collection to be proud of. Cheers.
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Post by VeeVee on Oct 4, 2013 15:56:16 GMT -5
A little something added... I'd like to think that the 14th Engineers PS wore something similar.
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Post by VeeVee on Nov 5, 2013 9:23:18 GMT -5
Some pins acquired over the last several months, including the US14 collar disk, just for documentation...
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 4, 2014 13:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 4, 2014 13:36:13 GMT -5
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 11, 2014 16:54:18 GMT -5
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