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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #60 on: August 25, 2014, 03:43:08 pm »
I have the war time diarys of my great-gandfather who was officer in the Wehrmacht (divisional staff).
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« Reply #61 on: August 25, 2014, 03:51:34 pm »
My neighbour is 87 and was a survivor of a bombing raid on my town in '44. The allies were aiming to destroy a small arms factory but accidentally hit a residential zone.

She came across the headphones of an English bomber pilot who crashed down here after the raid. She gave it to me, because she knew I liked history and wanted to give it a better home than dusting away in her basement.
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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #62 on: August 25, 2014, 07:36:55 pm »
My great Grandfather was in the Kriegsmarine, u-boat crewman. He kept his mouth tight about the war, just shed some few confusing details like how he ran away in french man clothing to see my grandmother's birth. Then returned to Omaha to find the Allied troops bustin' Rommel ass. Ta-da war is over for him.  Strange details though, what a KM man is doing in Omaha and he missed all the retreating troops before getting back to Omaha? (i was like 11 or 12 when i was told, probably thinks im too young or something, ofc i said wow amazing cool!!") 


After he passed away, my Grandmother started to find out some more info about him. We still not sure about the Omaha story but we do know he is a u-boat crewman and sole survivor of the crew. Something went down and scared him for life. :c

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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #63 on: August 26, 2014, 12:17:10 pm »
My grandfather was an air traffic controller for the U.S. Air Force at the airport in Chico, CA. He wanted to be a pilot, but his eyes weren't good enough. He was really bummed about being slated for the war. My grandmother (his wife) worked at Lockheed and traced blueprints for the P-38 lightning.

My granduncle was with the 1st Cavalry, but by the time he got to his unit the war had just ended and the 1st Cav was stationed in Tokyo. This is where he did occupation duty. Another granduncle was on ship with the U.S. Navy, but a smaller vessel. He also came in late in the war, but he did witness the kamikaze attacks focused on the larger ships in the fleet he was in. I forget what his job was.

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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #64 on: August 26, 2014, 12:18:11 pm »
My family were civilians. Yay. In the Dutch East Indies. Yay. Then the Japs came. Not so yay.

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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #65 on: August 26, 2014, 12:18:45 pm »
Bought a backpack from our Caporal Fourier at Cannon Hall, now need to whiten the straps!


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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #66 on: August 26, 2014, 12:20:00 pm »
Bought a backpack from our Caporal Fourier at Cannon Hall, now need to whiten the straps!

What are you going to use? I recommend shoe-whitener, the same stuff you would use to make, for example, tennis shoes, white. Works perfectly.

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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #67 on: August 26, 2014, 12:37:18 pm »
For my giberne belt I use shoe whitener from a company called "Kiwi" but its kinda meh with my belt, whitens it but misses bits, its applied by a sponge brush thing on the top. I should ask my Sgt Major what he uses to whiten his stuff cos his belts are pristine.


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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #68 on: August 26, 2014, 01:14:41 pm »
Ahh all you guys with white leather. I don't envy you one bit! ;)
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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #69 on: August 26, 2014, 01:53:31 pm »
His leather is so white :_:



Somehow he manages to keep his entire uniform clean while the rest of us get our trousers all dirty, theres a running joke where he's asked "How do you keep so clean?"


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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #70 on: August 26, 2014, 02:06:02 pm »
Does he like to die?
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« Reply #71 on: August 26, 2014, 02:08:08 pm »
Lol he rarely dies, cos he's the one giving all the orders usually, only time he'll go down is when theres a scenario where the rifles are taking down all the NCO's and CO's


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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #72 on: August 26, 2014, 03:56:56 pm »
I'm glad my unit is now switching over to black leather.
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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #73 on: August 26, 2014, 04:14:57 pm »
So they are going full 1807?

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Re: Let's discuss: Buying things!
« Reply #74 on: August 26, 2014, 04:29:42 pm »
No, but for now we don't mind if you use your 1807 black leather in our 1797 impression.

Though I'll probably get both eventually.
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