Frenchy Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 For those interested in WW2 history and artillery specifically, go to http://www.longneckonline.com You can apply to receive a free cd on the history of the 274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. It is a book with plenty of pictures and documents. A couple of good photos of armored vehicles including a knocked out PV-IV and a Sturmgeschutz. All you need to view it is your browser. Believe me its worth it. ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Babra Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 That's a neat find. Thanks. EDIT: I notice they are not charging even for shipping, which is a little suspicious. Still, the online version is interesting. [This message has been edited by Forever Babra (edited 01-07-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted January 8, 2001 Author Share Posted January 8, 2001 Babra: No worries. I received mine in no time and it's a for real deal! ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Thanks for the great link, Frenchy. Great find. ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Der Unbekannte Jäger Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Thank you Frenchy! I am now looking forward to the CD and the info it contains. ------------------ "The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted January 8, 2001 Author Share Posted January 8, 2001 Your welcome guys or gals...ya never know! If I find more goodies like this I'll post the info. ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnh3_cm Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 anti-spam bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juardis Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Just read half the chapters. Very interesting. Couple of things surprised me. The amount of mud and the relative lack of direct fire. Also, the time on target missions sounded particularly devastating. That would be really cool to model in CM. Well, come to think of it, I guess it is modeled via TRPs. ------------------ Jeff Abbott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longneck Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 Frenchy (Steve) - thanks for helping spread the word. I will try not to flood your board with spam. I have gotten a rather large volume of requests for the book thus far. So many in fact, that I have had to change the orders page on the site. While I was at it, I added a link to Battlefront.com as well. You had mentioned you wanted to do the same with your material. Let me know if I can help. I am a firm believer that the memories need to be preserved while we can. Another success was finding surviving members of my grandfather's battalion and learning they still have an anual reunion in Cleveland which I will be attending. Thanks again for spreading the word. It means a lot to know that people are actually interested in my grandfather's story. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Longneck (edited 01-08-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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