[Milsurplus] Blood n Guts

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I think you will find that seat belts were nearly impossible to get pre-installed in a normal car until the 1950’s. 

Bob

On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:00 PM, mac <w7qho at aol.com> wrote:

> According to the cited article no seat belts in the General's car (A Cadillac BTW) front or back....
> 
> DD
> 
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> 
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> 
>> Remember that back then seat belt use wasn't very common.  That car might not have even had them installed!  And even these days in limos and cabs most people don't bother.  He was just really unlucky.
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/12/2013 2:19 PM, mac wrote:
>>> Excellent article!  If he had only been wearing his seat belt.........
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dennis D.  W7QHO
>>> Glendale, CA
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>>> On Nov 11, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Joe Connor wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Glen:
>>>> 
>>>>   Here's an interesting article on Patton's accident and subsequent medical treatment.
>>>> 
>>>> http://pattonthirdarmy.com/Heildelbergtrippages/Patton%20Death%20by%20MD.pdf
>>>> 
>>>> Joe Connor
>>>> 
>>> 
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