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Never before seen WWII images - Battle of the Bulge
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Thanks for posting this.
My grandfather was with Patton at the battle of the bulge. He was an advanced scout with a jeep and fixed gun. the mortality rate of his job was over 80% and he did it for a long time in this war. The expression - tougher than dirt - was completely him.
He never talked about his experience with us. It was just too hard for him.
Quoting: MrAC2U Very dangerous job. Scouts traveled way out in front of the tanks . Often they were the first to draw fire; often they traveled in the Stewart vehicle which was called a tank; but it was really more like a tracked jeep with a small gun. I found this link when I seaeched for WWII Stewart vehicle: [ link to www.fightingiron.com] There is an icon on the left side that looks like a jeep/halftrack with a fixed gun. This might be it,but I don't know for sure. Yes, that's it. Was reading that they often removed the turret so that they would have more room. The gun was very small and for shooting armor was useless. More like a tracked jeep but they had a lot of machine guns-maybe 4 or 5. I now remember him mentioning that gun on the jeep was a recoiless rifle. Probably something like this: [ link to www.ww2incolor.com] No armor = no protection.
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