Monthly Archives: November 2010

Atsugi Airfield

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photographs of Japanese Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo after the end of WWII from the U.S. Air Force magazine Impact, Vol. II, No. 9, Sept.-Oct. 1945. ATSUGI AIRFIELD First close look many Americans got of Japan was when they landed at … Continue reading →

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Stores Markings

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Chart of supply stores markings from Combined Operations Staff Notebook 1945, Combined Operations Command, September 1945:

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Tasca 1/35th U.S. M4A3E2 Sherman “Jumbo”

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Tasca has added an upcoming 1/35th Sherman tank to their website—Item 35-021, 1/35 U.S. Assault Tank M4A3E2 Sherman “JUMBO”. Features include: Add on welded armor for hull. Accurately reproduced unique shape of the jumbo turret. Option for 76mm and 75mm … Continue reading →

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Red Army Antitank Rifle Team

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A new set of resin 1/35th scale WWII figures has been announced by the Russian company Stalingrad. The pair of figures depict a Red Army antitank team armed with a PTRS-41 14.5-mm antitank rifle. The figures are sculpted by Alexander … Continue reading →

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Maps of the European Fronts, April 1945

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Map of Allied front lines in Europe in April 1945 from Newsmap, April 23, 1945.  

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USMC Trucks

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Color photographs of USMC trucks and men at New River, North Carolina in May 1942 from the Library of Congress.

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Japanese Type 95 Tank Evaluation

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Allied evaluation of the Japanese Type 95 light tank showing its strengths and weaknesses — ends with a drag race between the Type 95 and a Stuart light tank. (Source: U.S. Combat Bulletin No. 5.)      

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Watch on the Rhine

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The nine main causes for failures of U.S. Army GMC trucks were outlined on the back cover of Army Motors, Dec. 1944. THE 1ST ARMY POINTS OUT 9 THINGS TO WATCH ON THE RHINE … or anywhere else 2½-ton, 6×6 GMC’s … Continue reading →

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WAC 3rd Anniversary

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Newsmap poster from April 1945 celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC):

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Factory Publishing Books

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

World War II armor reference books from The Factory Publishing: Commonwealth Shermans in Italy by Dennis Oliver Hermann Göring Panzer Division in Sicily (Campaign Series) by Claude Gillono Jungle Armour: British and Indian Army Shermans in the Far East (Colour … Continue reading →

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