517th PIR pathfinder story
Bill Morris sent me a link of a site he’s working on in memory of his father, who was a pathfinder with the 517th PIR. He’s still working on it, but it already has some interesting parts: The 517th was … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Airborne 44 comic strip – part 4 out now
I picked this one up today. It came out in Dutch this week, only 5 months after part 3. It’s really well done, as all the previous parts. Highly recommended. I took a picture of a frame from the beginning … Continue reading →
Book review: Wartime Jeeps
This book has been on my Amazon want-list for some time, awaiting publication. Now it’s here, and it was worth the wait. Great color photos of different versions of wartime Jeeps (and Bantams and Fords…). I will be drooling over … Continue reading →
S.A.A.R.F. jump wing
This new addition to the jump wings page is very special in that it was issued to maybe only 100 Americans for a unit that existed for only a few months. The Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force was formed in … Continue reading →
Paratrooper training photos Camp Mackall, NC
This set of WW2 postcards depicts paratroopers and glider troops training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. These look like pictures from 1942-43 because the paratroopers no longer wear the early boots with a reinforcing buckle around the instep, and they … Continue reading →