JasonAlexanding
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Hey again! As requested, here’s the rest of my grandfathers WW2 stuff.
His division. 11th Armored Thunderbolt
His tank, which I believe is a Sherman.
His medals & ribbons, also we believe that bullet is one that made its way inside the tank with the metal jacket frayed from bouncing around inside the tank.. scary stuff.
His proficiency medals and some currency from some places he visited.
The full set!
Now for the German collection.
Amazing iron cross, with some German marks from the war.
Some more cool currency.
A nazi flag, signed by the men in his unit. Sadly I’m not sure of the story behind this incredible piece of history.
The entire German set.
Both together
Just another picture of the P.38 because.. guns.
His dog tags. Thanks for checking out part two of the post!!
PossiblyJonSnow
Old Ironsides.
Janusha
That is indeed a rather early model of the M4 Sherman tank, yes.
pillageandplunder
Awesome thanks for sharing. That's some amazing stuff.
RichieMuenster
I like the respect in the flag being folded not displayed. That’s cool.
klean9
Retired doc here.Had several WWII vets as patients over the years.When they started to tell stories, I listened ..and ran behind schedule
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
So was he in for six years or a little longer? I see two Good Conduct medals.
Thismanneedsaname
Would be easy if he was part of the 1940 call up of ARNG/Reserves with the +6 at the end of the war.
sowasvonsowas
A man's man!
Munchman347
Sherman, a Zippo on treads, 'They'll light up, every time!'...
vielleicht
My grandfather also drove a tank in ww2. for the other team but still....
sowasvonsowas
Psst... bin doch Ami. Guck mal meine 2 Kommentare an... im Folgenden.
MrHailstone
My opa was a Landser in the 6 Army. Was one of the 5000 who came home. Never talked about it.
sowasvonsowas
Most members of the Wehrmacht were simply patriots doing their duty. Many were drafted. I knew only 2 Wehrmacht veterans. One told me 1/2
sowasvonsowas
that of the approximately 100 men in his unit only two were NSDAP party members.
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
Hey! My grandfather named his tank Sherman too!
BLBclay
My grandfather was also in the 778th Tank Battalion. If you want, check out my C Co 778 Tk Bn tribute site on Facebook. Thanks!
imkelroweridai
I hope that's museum quality glass in those frames.
joebuck123
The greatest generation. My dad just passed, he fought in the Pacific.
56chatnoir0
Sorry for your loss.
joebuck123
Thank you. 91 years is a good run.
dhorner8010
Nice collection, greatest generation .. just took care of a John pezzoni of the 82 airborne. Fascinating stories and history
reallyolddispatcher
His story...history...
Liamneesonandbiggiesmalls
bigbosstussball
No. The english word History comes from the Greek word Historia. And has nothing to do with a mans story.
Thismanneedsaname
Had an old guy worked for me once, turns out he was on a tank destroyer supporting the Remagen bridge assault. more history lived
SlipperyDickery
REEEEEEEEE
o4kill
911, I have a crime against etymology in progress to repory
heebiejeepie
When war was a painfully clear moral imperative.
OdiumToJoy
Wow that's amazing. I hope he's still living?
JasonAlexanding
Slash he passed in the early 2000’s
JasonAlexanding
Sadly*
grubstep
That p.38 is amazing. Keep it for as long as possible in the family
JasonAlexanding
Will do ????
JasonAlexanding
Sorry.. !!!!
mattig89ch
Wow man, that's incredible. Very nice post!
thiswascomplicated
The 778th and 11th both have a pretty kickass history. If you didn’t already know, your grandfather was in Baker Company.
BLBclay
I have a C Co 778th tribute page on Facebook. Look it up if you wish!
tofof
That is an early production version of the M4 Sherman (not m4a1/a3 etc). Note DV ports (not periscopes), riveted front, slotted turret MG.
Lowray
@OP Your grandpa was a hard charger for sure. That iron cross was issued in 1939 when it still actually meant something to be issued.
Lowray
Would be an almost impossible task to hunt down the iron cross owner but I'm sure a historian would try.
Zeda
This is some pretty rad stuff, my man. All the family I know that had relations with the war came here fleeing, so not really much of this~
starlord56
The pre ww1 marks are usually silver and are worth a ton like 500-5000$ each just a heads up
IMadeThisAccountForButts
Another picture of P.38? But i see only one. But whatever this is super interesting collection and always awesome to see something like this
foxitsatrap
Are we just ignoring the bullet casing? First kill? . . I feel like there has to be some significants.
CountJizzula
It's not a 30.06 casing, so I'm not sure why you would think that
foxitsatrap
I have a 30.06 and I could not pick up what caliber it was, so that is pretty impressive. Just everything else had a story..
reichbc
Significance?
TheRaiderofRandom
8mm Mauser I think. Could mean practically anything.
foxitsatrap
true story. Just thought since everything in the case had a story, that might too.
DancingHomer
Nazi memorabilia has aways fascinated me,also if the war was a fashion contest,they'd win hands down.The uniforms are *kisses fingers*,spicy
Sporkeldee
Hugo boss designed them.
DancingHomer
I know,fucken mad lad.
BigRedMonkeyButts
Shut up!
Sporkeldee
They still sell the pattern the SS leather jacket is based from.
zPiotr
Nice... My grandfather recently got a speeding ticket... He was racing some BMW SUV going well over 200, he said he won.
zPiotr
Forgot to say he's 92 and he escaped the Ukrainians a few times when they attacked Poland.
Fedotia
Sherman tanks were infamous to let bullets in but not out, instead they rebound. Did you granp told you why he kept this one?
JasonAlexanding
He’s kept quite a bit actually, this one being the most impressive. He’s told my dad stories of them ricocheting around inside his tank 1/2
JasonAlexanding
And taking a few of his crew with them.
tonymilty
DILLSBURG??!!! If you ever listened to 93.5 WTPA back in the day, you might get the reference.
JasonAlexanding
Hahaha I used to listen to that station all the time. Did you grow up in the area?!
tonymilty
I grew up in Etters and went to Red Land. I got the first hit of my high school baseball career against Northern.
JasonAlexanding
Small world haha I grew up in Dillsburg.
tonymilty
Great collection My Grandfather was an Army supply sgt who ended up in the Pacific. Didnt see much action but brought some cool stuff back.
JasonAlexanding
Thank you!