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Yes you should.
I would really like to get into this stuff but I don't know of any locations to find old relics. I am on a military base though, old spend shells and crap lays everywhere but that doesn't interest me.
I wonder who he was.
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 15329603 15329603
NAME WHEATON#JACK#E########## WHEATON#JACK#E##########
RESIDENCE: STATE 53 OHIO
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 035 CUYAHOGA
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 5316 CP PERRY LACARNE OHIO
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 23 23
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE 00 Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 53 OHIO
YEAR OF BIRTH 22 22
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 475 Machinists
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 6 Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0199 0199
FILM REEL NUMBER 2.56# 2.56#
That's everything I found about him...
I no longer wonder who he was.
a dead person....
Edited:
sometimes my friend you really have to get a life!
These dead people fought for you at some point or another, and died for you. So please have some respect.
i have a metal detector lazing about in my room, but no good places to take it, this being California. i might take it to the beach and go coinshooting one of these days.
Don't you think I'm aware of that?
And I don't think they fought for me I'm black...
yes because when allied soldiers fought they did so because they hated black people
totally
not to be rude, but regardless, even if it was not for you it was for their country, im just saying have some respect.
Belgians hated black people...
until the end of the 70st almost all the bar's in Belgium had a sign no black people (or in that time niggers) allowed!
Edited:
and I have respect for them... but I still have a weird sense of humor!
I wonder how anyone can look at memorial items from someone who died in the fight for their freedom and think "oh lol just another dead guy who cares"
It's because most Belgians don't care... we are not the kind of people to love our country and the history of it . We don't hang our flag outside because we're proud of it.
No one here would like to go fight and die for our country.
That's how Belgians are....
And yet you are not grateful for those outside of your country who gave their lives for it?
you mean the people outside my country that created it to fight there battles in so there country wouldn't be destroyed?
only a little...
lets review our history shal we?
-Germany starts war
-Invades Poland
-Germany fuck up a bunch of shit
-Birttan and Russia declare war
-America joins the war effort
-Germany is defeated
it was not so much as to save their nations as it was about keeping peace and not letting tyrants reign
Its like allowing china to spread all its communism around the world and being like "oh its cool"
I'm talking about before the 2nd ww. The great European nations kinda created Beglium to fight it...
That's a fact...
And only real reason that america joined was because the japs attacked pear harbor.
otherwise you guys would have been to late...
But yeah what do you guys know from Belgium... only thing you know is Brussels spouts, beer and french fries (actually is Belgian fries). try to find good fries in France Impossible!
This looks really interesting. I wish I could find some stuff. But alas, I am in Las Vegas, so i dont think there would be anything worth finding in the desert outskirts besides some scrap metal.
Well you can always look up some airplane crash sights from ww2 im sure there were some around the deserts there!
I wonder if there's anything where I live, but I doubt it, Sweden is pretty dull, the most I could find is probably some coins or something.
It's a huge city, there's bound to be something on the outskirts. Try going up north, there's nothing here.
Sweden was a neutral country during WW2 so probably not... You could find some viking coins.
I know we had military bases here during WWII but there were no battles.
Still, I might be able to find at least something left over if I tried.
Yer I know.
Gonna go out find me a viking axe
You can always find stuff around old military bases, mostly it's just shells or ammo but hey you never know.
fixed.
I'd try this, but if I found old, rusted guns I'd probably cry and let my /k/ommandus extremicus kick in.
All of that gun history lost to oxidation..
It should be the opposite of that, you saved a gun from total destruction!
The only thing I've found in probably an hour of digging was a cat food tin lid, and some sort of musket piece. The thing was ancient, I found it in the woods while visiting connecticut. I believe it was the framework of the handle and part of the barrel.
Imagine this but without the wood and heavily rusted. It was hard to distinguish at first. I knocked some of the dirt and rust off.
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The winter War was in Finland, maybe there were some battles on the outskirts of Sweden
Post pictures! I don't care how rusted it is.
Dovahkiin
There was one battle in Indiana of the Civil War.
It was also at the lowest point of the state, too.
I wish I could do this, but I don't feel like renting a metal detector and driving three hours to find some musket balls.
would vietnam be a good place?
Shame Australia has no war relics. We should probbably invade new zealand, that'd make some interesting relics.
worst place ever, you aint gonna find shit.
trust me I'm a war expert
get ready for TROPICAL THUNDERRRRRRR
Christ California, can't you have a battle or anything cool for once?
Here in my city there is nothing and kirederf7 had to go to Germany to find something...
btw never said I don't respect the people that fought here just saying Belgians don't care anymore...
If you watched some Belgian stand up comedians they laugh with ww2 the whole time!
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