There was not in whatever way we can weight that pallet right back with the the new lighthearted truck, so being the good Samaritans we had been, i piled as many circumstances as we could for the all of our V-100-plenty that we could hardly turn the fresh new turret. Obviously, there were particular disappointed MPs you to definitely evening and you will a good amount of terrible headaches the very next day.

To the men who served on a V-100 for a year, the vehicle became more than just a machine. It became your life, your friend and your protector. All but two of our V-100s were named after comic book heroes. These included “Captain America,” “Thor,” “Big Ben,” “Flash,” “Spider – man,” “Barbarian,” “Atom,” “Daredevil” and “Iron Man.” The other two were named “Road Hog” and “The Lemon.” Each of the V-100s had a painting of the character or the name across the front, life-sized and in coloric book superheroes painted on the front of the V-100s made for an interesting article in The brand new Roundup, our local GI newspaper. Celý příspěvek →