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USM3 Trench Knife

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When the United States entered the war on December 7, 1941, the American army was not the one that we will know at the time of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. In terms of certain equipment ...


Stiletto dagger

Dague Stiletto

The V-42 stiletto was a stylus and combat knife issued during WWII to the First Special Service Force (1st SSF or FSSF, also known as the Devil's Brigade), an American / Canadian commando unit. ..

82nd Airborne

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On October 20, 1942, at Camp Blanding, Florida, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated with Major Roy E. Lindquist in command. The regiment came mainly ...

The origins of the Jeep

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The name given to the jeep has no precise origin , it seems to come from the 1930s and designates a small fantastic animal capable of becoming invisible ...

SE-11 signal lamp

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In 1943, the War Department signed a contract with the company JA Maurer Inc. for the manufacture of signal lamps ...

Battle of the Bulge
Témoignage de Harry MILLER

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Le 16 Décembre 1944 à 05h30 du matin le calme des Ardennes Belges est soudain troublé par le fracas de la guerre. Les Allemands déploient 250.000 hommes sur une ligne de front de 140kms appuyés par ...

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