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| WW1, First Army helmet | 9/9/2009 |
Q: I have a helmet, that belonged to my great-uncle, that has a "91" inside a green tree on the helmet. ...
A: First, the 91 and the green tree represents the 91st Infantry Division. You can read all about them ...
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| draft | 8/30/2009 |
Q: When after vietnam did the graft end
A: From Wikipedia: ======================================================================== Vietnam War ...
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| WW1 uniform | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have my grandfather's WW1 uniform. on the left sleeve at almost wrist hright are 2 cheverons ...
A: Those are overseas service chevrons. They indicated the wearer was stationed overseas for six ...
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| molotov cocktail | 5/22/2009 |
Q: can the flames from a molotov cocktail be put out if burning on the outer hull of a WWII panzer ...
A: Thats a hard question to answer as there were hundreds of different types of Molotov Cocktails and ...
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| Battle Dress Badges | 4/11/2009 |
Q: This isn't a homework question. I picked up a battle dress from a garage sale today. It's from 1951 ...
A: It looks to me like a West German uniform, as their national flag was the tricolor Black/Red/Yellow ...
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| world war 2 | 9/18/2008 |
Q: who officially ended world war 2?
A: The European part of the war was ended on V-E Day (May 7, 1945), when Nazi Germany surrendered to ...
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| world war one generals | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I have a wwone medal and on the edge it says GNR. J.D.T. Patten. R.A Do you know if this medal has ...
A: My guess would be it means "Gunner J.D.T Patten, Royal Artillery" If you go to a good university ...
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| British Military Tradition | 4/17/2008 |
Q: I've read that in World War 1 and prior, there was a tradition where the men of a unit, or those ...
A: It's usually called the "Last Man's Club" and it still exists today but obviously not as often as it ...
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| WW11 Normandy | 10/10/2007 |
Q: Can you tell me what the "D" in D-Day stands for? I have been wondering about this for a long time, ...
A: It doesn't really stand for anything. It's a way of keeping information secret in case it falls ...
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| photo ID | 8/7/2007 |
Q: I have two photos...one of my grandfather with the date 1916-1918 on the back wearing a uniform and ...
A: By all means, please send these pictures to me, I'll try to do what I can, but please don't get your ...
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| military draft | 6/10/2007 |
Q: How many wars has the draft been active?
A: What we call the draft today... the Selective Service System, has been around since 1942, but was ...
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| military history | 3/2/2007 |
Q: hold old was the youngest service member ever awarded the medal of honor?
A: Many 18 year olds, most notably Arthur MacArthur, father of Douglas MacArthur. Also Thomas Custer, ...
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| epaulet | 11/26/2006 |
Q: they are around ww2 i think , dark navy, thee gold stripes with purple trim with a gold diamond on ...
A: Not really possible to identify them unless I have a picture to look at. However, I will tell you ...
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| Return of soldiers | 10/18/2006 |
Q: I would like to know when most soldiers returned to the U.S. from WWII. If you could give me as ...
A: There wasn't a specific date. They moved soldiers home as quickly as possible using the ships they ...
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| ww2 | 10/10/2006 |
Q: what was the fasion like during world war two?
A: I don't know much about fashion, but I do know that materials and fabrics were in short supply, and ...
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| second world war | 4/22/2006 |
Q: how was the german tank ace michael wittman killed
A: This is from Wikipedia: ############################### Death Wittmann was killed in action less ...
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| WW2 | 7/14/2005 |
Q: I have an assignment for history, and i'm trying to find the truth behind the movie Saving Private ...
A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan#Historical_background has some information on the ...
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| WWII | 6/10/2005 |
Q: I am writing a WWII fiction and am in need of some geographical help. I need the name of an ...
A: Here are some links that might help you out: http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/pacific/index.html ...
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| Cold war | 4/8/2005 |
Q: This question is about the cold war. Before inter-continental missiles, US bombers with nuclear ...
A: I don't know much about this topic and there doesn't seem to be much on the internet about it. Your ...
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| I was asked a question in... | 3/21/2005 |
Q: I was asked a question in history, and I'm not really sure how to answer it. If the Schlieffen plan ...
A: This question calls for a lot of speculation and "what ifs" and I don't think anyone can really give ...
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| Nazi beliefs | 2/3/2005 |
Q: (1) What were the Nazi's reasons for believing that they were the superior race? (2) What were ...
A: Unfortunately, these questions are far too complex to be answered here. Some scholars have spent ...
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| Battle of Britain | 5/26/2004 |
Q: Mr. Saurman, This may seem like a rather trivial question, but perhaps because of that it may be ...
A: I'm sorry but I don't know of any way to find the answer to that question. I did do a paper a few ...
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| Suez Crisis Q | 5/15/2004 |
Q: I would simply like to know what America's position was in the 1956 Suez Crisis? What were its ...
A: Well, our position was much like it was in the Falklands War, we didn't really like what England was ...
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| INFORMATION ABOUT 18-19 CENTURY CANNON | 4/3/2004 |
Q: LAST YEAR I FOUND A SMALL CANNON IN AN ABANDONED BEACH IN THE SOUTH OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. SOME ...
A: I'm not an expert in this area, but I can tell you a couple things. This was probably not a real ...
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| 1st Bn. 14th Inf. Regt. 25ID | 3/14/2004 |
Q: 1/14 was the last unit I was in, and while I was there, one of my leaders referenced our motto ...
A: I had always heard that the right hand of any commander is where his number-one assistant stood, ...
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| george washington | 2/28/2004 |
Q: my 4th grade daughter is being taught that George Washington was British during the French and ...
A: Everyone who lived in the thirteen colonies was a British citizen until we declared our independence ...
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| history | 2/27/2004 |
Q: How did the Nazies come to adopt the swastika as their symbol?
A: Swastikas have been a design element for thousands of years. Someone in the Nazi party just thought ...
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| Russian Carriers | 2/25/2004 |
Q: By any chance do you know if the USSR had any carriers during World War II? Also, do you know where ...
A: As far as I know the Soviet Union had no aircraft carriers until the 1960's. I think they were ...
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