Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

pilotbraden said:

Appleseed said:

Ludendorrf bridge?

Correct.  I hotlink that for BenB's grandfather mentioned in the previous post.

In reply to Appleseed :

Thanks! Not sure why I couldn’t get it to work. Probably operator error.

books are expensive from England. Didn't notice the £ until after because I was happy to just find a copy. 

Appleseed said:

That picture has been giving Rob Halford chubbies since he was 12.

Hmmmm....  2019?

4 wheel burnouts are awesome.

In reply to jstein77 :

You're not helping.

3D-printed titanium wheel.  Further proof that "super expensive" usually also means "super tasteless".

Duke said:

That's actually a pretty good iea.

In reply to Appleseed :

My grandfather, Robert E Braden, had an anti tank platoon with 310th regiment, 78th Infantry division. His platoon crossed the Ludendorrf bridge about 10 hours after it was captured. They then went to the top of the Erpler Lei, a large steep hill directly to the east of the bridge. They set up their 76mm anti tank guns on the reverse slope facing east to repel a counter attack. They parked their 2 1/2 ton trucks , with .50 caliber Browning machine guns atop the cliff overlooking the Rhine. From dawn until dusk they fired on Luftwaffe aircraft ,everything from Stukas to the first jets that he had ever seen. He and I went to the bridge in March 1995 for the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crossing..

Braden McCredie

The top photo was taken before shipping out for Europe.

The second is from the WWII monument in Washington D.C. 2009

He died September 22, 2018 age 96

Duke said:

Car Tent

 

I've thought about it, but I'd have to find a way to anchor it really well or it would just blow away, or get stolen.

pilotbraden said:

In reply to Appleseed :

My grandfather, Robert E Braden, had an anti tank platoon with 310th regiment, 78th Infantry division. His platoon crossed the Ludendorrf bridge about 10 hours after it was captured. They then went to the top of the Erpler Lei, a large steep hill directly to the east of the bridge. They set up their 76mm anti tank guns on the reverse slope facing east to repel a counter attack. They parked their 2 1/2 ton trucks , with .50 caliber Browning machine guns atop the cliff overlooking the Rhine. From dawn until dusk they fired on Luftwaffe aircraft ,everything from Stukas to the first jets that he had ever seen. He and I went to the bridge in March 1995 for the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the crossing..

Braden McCredie

The top photo was taken before shipping out for Europe.

 

The second is from the WWII monument in Washington D.C. 2009

He died September 22, 2018 age 96

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 

Please accept my gratitude, and my condolences to you and your family.