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Subject: Re: La Jeep - Great Historical Pictures - La_Jeep_19.JPG (1/1)
From: John Szalay <john.szalay.at.att.net>
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news:HPGdne4YXMZJRZvJnZ2dnUU7-WednZ2d@giganews.com:
> On 02/09/2014 20:48, John Szalay wrote:
>> news:Qt2dnXKFJ8l2eJjJnZ2dnUU7- a2dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>>
>>> On 01/09/2014 20:25, Lab Lover wrote:
>>>
>>> Useful bit of armament that!
>>>
>>
>>
>> I,ve got a photo on my old computer of the quad-50
>> mounted on a 2 1/2 truck, with the brass remains of one nights
>> firing on the VC. they used 7000 rounds in the dark..
>> rough night...
>>
>
> It was on display with this half track, on which type of vehicle it
> would have been mounted.
>
> These pictures were taken at the Memorial Pegasus Museum in France at
> the scene of the first Allied capture of D-Day, literally within the
> first minutes of 6 June 1944. This was achieved by British airborne
> troops with the capture of what is now known as Pegasus Bridge.
>
> Having been a paratrooper and worn the Pegasus badge on my arm it was
> of personal interest.
>
>
At the Ft. Riley Kansas museum they had several of the half-track mounted
quad-50s at one time, we were there when they were taken out of service
and moved to the museum. the ones we had in the 1960s were all mounted
on 2 1/2 guntrucks.. they could sure light up the night
7.62 mini-guns have replaced them
FWIW: my Dad served in the 101st and I was fortunate to have served my
whole time of service after basic with the 101st airborne as well..
and keeping on the jeep topic, my parents first "car" was a surplus jeep
in 1946.
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