[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 112, Issue 31

Sat Aug 17 12:25:50 EDT 2013

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>     1. Rust removal question (John Hutchins)
>     2. Re: Toys on Parade (Hue Miller)
>     3. Re: Toys on Parade (MWM)
>     4. Re: Toys on Parade (Bruce MacMillan)
>     5. Submarine Factoid (Hue Miller)
>     6. Re: Toys on Parade (C.Whitaker)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:41:39 -0500
> From: John Hutchins <jphutch60bj at gmail.com>
> To: "Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Rust removal question
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> Group, or Group leader -
> Need to search the milsurplus or arc5 archives for rust removal solvent,
> solution suggestions.  How do I do this?
> Thanks
> Hutch
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:15:50 -0700
> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
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> In the latter part of the video, after the muddy track convoy, you can see
> some civilians being
> helped board a personnel carrier for a tour ride.
> On the mud track, however, I was thinking kind of along the same lines. If
> you took down the
> fenceposts and markers alongside the track, and put the people riding the
> halftracks and
> particularly the Sturmgeschutz, at least in olive drab or green tunics, it
> would really look like
> a step back in time. One of the three people on top the Sturmgeschutz
> actually had on headphones,
> which is halfway there to a realistic crew appearance.
> I have to wonder if the Sturm is a recreation. I didn't think any of those
> survived the war, of the
> some 7000 built. ( Germans built them because with no rotating turret, they
> were less complex
> and expensive to build. But with limited gun traverse, they were suited to
> defense and ambush
> rather than attack. )
> -Hue
>
>> What always amazes me is the fact many vehicle owners, after spending thou
>> on their
>> pride and joy, then choose to drive them around wearing jeans and bright
>> tee shirts.
>> Totally ruining the appearance of the vehicle. Green mil trousers and ex
>> military green
>> tee shirts are so dirt cheap I just cannot understand this stupidity.
>> Ben.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:54:09 -0400 (EDT)
> From: MWM <military1944 at aol.com>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
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> Well yes, obviously. But, when there's one guy in  jeep or such then its a good bet he's the owner, so he should wear in-flavour clothes.
>
>
> Frankly, even 'guests', if they have such big interest in mil gear why are they not in camo. Its hardly a costly thing to buy.
>
>
> BN.
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> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
>
>
> Some may be guests along for a thrill ride, not the owners.
>
> -John
>
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>> What always amazes me is the fact many vehicle owners, after spending thou
>> on their pride and joy, then choose to drive them around wearing jeans and
>> bright tee shirts. Totally ruining the appearance of the vehicle. Green
>> mil trousers and ex military green tee shirts are so dirt cheap I just
>> cannot understand this stupidity.
>>
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>>
>> One thing I kinda still don't get is how enthusiastic
>> Dutch
>> and other Europeans seem to be about ex Third Reich militaria
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 07:18:19 +0000
> From: Bruce MacMillan <bruce-macmillan3 at sky.com>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
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> It looked like an event to give exposure (and some fun) to the public.
> It's quite impracticable to expect the public to come dressed in BD.
> It's like saying if you want to ride the "Pirates of the Caribbean" at
> Disneyland you have to be dressed as a pirate.
>
> These guys do events where they are in full dress. Google " Tanks in
> Town " in Belgium or the War & Peace show.
>
> On the topic of dress up I've heard remarks from military & ex-military
> people who resent civvies "playing soldier". One chap said he would
> prefer to see a person in civilian cloths rather than an aged,
> overweight, balding person in WW2 BD.
>
> How many of us wear some matching theme clothes when attending a mil
> radio function?
>
> Bruce   m0soe
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:07:09 -0700
> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Submarine Factoid
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> Something I had never quite realized before: U.S. subs WW2 had no RDF
> equipment.
> I was just reading about a 1945 incident near Japan. Four U.S. subs were
> trying
> to locate an aircrew using a Gibson Girl. I believe the rescue radio was
> dropped
> along with a large liferaft, by a U.S. dumbo aircraft. The aircraft DF'd the
> 500
> kc/s SOS signal and guided the subs to the raft. U.S.S. Tinosa was key
> player
> in the incident and heard if from the start, monitoring the bomber's mission
> frequency, it heard the pilot radio that he was going to have to ditch.
> -Hue
> from "Hellcats of the Sea", Charles Lockwood, 1955, 1988
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:49:16 -0400
> From: "C.Whitaker" <whitaker at pa.net>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
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> de WB2CPN
> Retired Military can wear a uniform under certain
> circumstances.  They have the option to wear the
> current uniform, or one like they were using at the
> time of retirement.  (In the USA, other countries
> have similar rules.)
> While in that uniform the retiree is expected to
> present themselves in the proper manner, and
> mixed clothing is not allowed.
> I keep a jacket and attached hardware, and a shirt
> and a tie, for when I'm at my funeral.  No trowsers.
> SMS Whitaker, (USAF Retired), said that.
> Clete
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