Dale Robertson parlayed his Oklahoma drawl and a way with horses into a long career as a popular, strong-minded star of westerns on television and in the movies

Dale RobertsonQuarter Horse Breeder Military Career and Actor

Table of ContentsCover Page ....................................................................Page 1

Table of Contents ...........................................................Page 2

Minuets Mid-South MVPA, Aug.......................................Page 3-4

David Waring .................................................................Page 5

San Diego Air and Space Museum ...............................Page 6

Leonardo Da Vinci .........................................................Page 6-8

Mules in Wars ................................................................Page 9-10

INTERESTING FACTS ..................................................Page 11-12

Albert Lightfoot ..............................................................Page 13

Dale Robertson .............................................................Page 15-16

Minuets Mid-South MVPA, Oct. .....................................Page 17-18

Membership Forms .......................................................Page 29

Museum Map ................................................................Page 30

MINUTES MID-SOUTH CHAPTER MVPA

August 15, 2015

The meeting was called to order at 10:20 a.m. by President Bob McFarland at Taylor Stamps’ office in Collierville, Tn. Seven club members were present. The meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance to the flag followed by prayer by President McFarland.

Taylor Stamps was thanked for having the meeting at his office and Bob Van Keuren was thanked for providing refreshments.

Sick List: Shirley Pouncey, wife of Andy Pouncey (former club member) is declining fast and may have only days to live according to Bob Van Keuren.

Club member David Waring passed away on July 22 from bone cancer. There was no service at his request and his body was cremated. Bob & Barbara McFarland visited his wife Jenny several days after his death and took some food and a card to the house from the club.

Al Lightfoot is scheduled to have open heart surgery August 19. Please keep these people and their families in your prayers.

The minutes of the last club meeting on July 18, 2015 were approved as read.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurer James Rone was not present and there was no report.

OLD BUSINESS:

Planning for the 25th anniversary of the Mid-South Chapter – nothing has been planned yet, we are waiting for the weather to get cooler.

Hall’s Air Show, August 8 – this was a 1 day event which seemed to go very well. Our club had a memorial service for David Waring that morning. It was organized by George Jones who did a great job. David’s wife, daughter and son-in-law were there along with some of their friends. They were all very appreciative of the way David was remembered. George displayed a cross from bamboo which was used at the WWII re-enactments in Jackson, Tn. in 2013 & 2014. These events were attended by David who hauled the halftrack. A British flag was flown along with an American flag at the memorial service. This flag will be signed by club members, flown over some of our upcoming events and then given t Jenny later. James Rone did a great job in coming up with some pictures of David which he enlarged for the service and gave to Jenny afterwards. George Jones, Paul Mathis and Bob McFarland spoke at the service. James Rone provided a prayer and one of the re-enactor from Chattanooga, Tn. played Taps on his bugle.

A total of 11 club members have passed away in the past 10-12 years. President McFarland suggested having 2 bamboo crosses made to be placed in the Museum for club members and Museum Board members who have passed away. George Jones agreed to make the crosses. The 5 ton truck in McFarland’s yard is still for sale

The Jackson General Baseball Stadium Veteran’s Day event on Nov 7 is still planned. They want vehicles, displays and re-enactors who can walk around in the crowd.

Linden, Tn. WWII event, Sept 26 (same weekend as Petit Jean) – George Jones plans to attend and set up his living history camp. The whole town turns out and participates in this event. For more information, contact George Jones.

Munford Celebrate Car Show, Sept 19 – military vehicles are welcome. This is also the day of the Collierville Car Show

Petit Jean Mountain/Ark. MV rally – Sept 24 – 26.

Nov. 11 (Wed), Veteran’s Day Parade, Covington, Tn. followed by a display at Austin Peay Elementary school.

Nov. 14 (Sat.), City of Millington Veteran’s Day Parade.

NEW BUSINESS:Club memorial for David Waring: Winn Stephenson suggested via e-mail that we place a brass plaque inside the halftrack. Club members agreed this was a good idea with the following words: “Dedicated to the memory of David Waring June 16, 1943 – July 22, 2015” . According to the club’s standard operating procedures, the club is to do a $50 memorial or flowers/food. David’s wife asked that the memorial be sent to the Mid-South Military Museum. David’s family plans to sell his CCKW if anyone is interested in it. David’s son-in-law Jessie said he would haul the halftrack to the major events to continue the tradition set by David.

Bluff City Jaguar in Memphis is planning a memorial service for David Waring on Sunday, August 30 at 3:00 p.m. They will be providing refreshments and are asking for an approximate number who will be attending from our club. If you plan to attend, please let President McFarland know by August 22. Their address is 6335 Wheel Cove, Memphis, Tn. (Kirby & Quince).

Club members discussed the possibility of having our club Christmas Party at the Hall’s Veterans Museum conference room. The food would be catered and we would do a lunch meal instead of an evening meal for those who do not drive at night. The Museum would also be open for people to visit. We will discuss this further after receiving information on the costs for this.

.Bob Van Keuren brought up the issue of trying to recruit new members for the club. George Jones suggested possibly trying to get the re-enactors to join the club or be a support unit for the club. It was also suggested that we e-mail other clubs to see if they have any recruiting ideas and how they get new members.

MUSEUM NEWS:The museum has received a $100 donation from Johnson Fabrics in memory of David Waring. This is Jenny Waring’s employer.

The Boy Scouts have reworked the tunnel rat display and painted the machine gun cart. One group is still working on categorizing the military books.

We will start back having work days on the Museum when the weather gets cooler.

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m. Our next club meeting will be Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Munford Celebrate Car Show if there are enough members there to have a meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara McFarland, Secretary

DAVID WARINGJune 16, 1943 – July 22, 2015

We spent many hourstalking and enjoyed thevisits with him.He will be missed.Rose

David broughtthe 1/2 track toTSC

New Exhibit Commemorating the End of World War II

August 14, 1945 is a day any living World War II veteran remembers, because it is the day he or she learned that the war was finally over. Known as VJ Day – the day the Japanese surrender was announced to the Western world – it marked the end of the largest conflict in human history.

Earlier this year, the San Diego Air & Space Museum celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a new exhibit comprised of artifacts and collections commemorating the end of war. In fact, the exhibit opened on Thursday, August 14—70 years to the day of the end of the war.

On display through the end of 2015, the exhibit showcases a rare collection of items from the early days of the war from both the European and Pacific theaters through to the end of the conflict and the rebuilding which ensued across the globe following the war’s end.

The exhibit includes tributes to momentous military events, including Pearl Harbor, Normandy, the Holocaust, Victory in Europe (VE) and Victory in Japan (VJ) Days, Iwo Jima, the Battle of Britain, Midway, the Battle of the Bulge, the Bataan Death March, the Nuremburg Trials following the end of hostilities in Europe, and much more.

Rare historic uniforms, timelines, posters and artifacts – including color copies of Normandy invasion plans, Jeeps and scout vehicles, an Enola Gay hatch door, Enigma decoding machine, and a full size replica of the “Little Boy” atomic bomb – round out the exhibit.

The exhibit is free with paid admission to the San Diego Air & Space Museum and will run until the end of 2015.

Now open! Special exhibition brings together Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions, artwork, machines and robotics – many of which were centuries ahead of their time!Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the most fascinating people history has ever known, and the San Diego Air & Space Museum vividly brings to life his inventions, artworks, machines and robotics with the amazing Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovatorspecial exhibition.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovator also features children’s activities, computer animations, a cinema and reproductions of da Vinci’s greatest paintings.

Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovator runs until January 3, 2017. The exhibition is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. For more information and ticket prices, please visit www.sandiegoairandspace.org.

While Leonardo da Vinci’s genius as an artist is renowned, the special exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum reveals how his conceptual designs for many technological wonders were centuries ahead of their time.

Arranged into three categories—transportation, military, and mechanical—more than 90 artworks and machines represent Da Vinci’s amazing inventions, including the bicycle, spring-powered car, hang glider, helicopter, and for the first time, his incredible robotic drummer.Leonardo da Vinci was a leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who's known for his enduring works "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa."

QUICK FACTS

NAMELeonardo da Vinci

OCCUPATIONArtist, Mathematician, Inventor,

WriterBIRTH DATEApril 15, 1452DEATH DATEMay 2, 1519

PLACE OF BIRTHVinci, Italy

PLACE OF DEATHAmboise, France

AKALeonardo da Vinci

Da VinciFULL NAME

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

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“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”

QUOTES

“Nothing is hidden beneath the sun.”“Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.”

We make our life by the death of others.”

“Necessity is the mistress and guardian of nature.

“One ought not to desire the impossible.”“He who neglects to punish evil sanctions the doing “Darkness is the absence of light. Shadow is the diminution of light.”“The painter who draws by practice and judgment of the eye without the use of reason, is like the mirror that reproduces within itself all the objects which are set opposite to it without knowledge of the same.”“He who does not value life does not deserve it.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy. Born out of wedlock, the love child of a respected notary and a young peasant woman, he was raised by his father, Ser Piero, and his stepmothers. At the age of 14, da Vinci began apprenticing with the artist Verrocchio. For six years, he learned a wide breadth of technical skills, including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing and sculpting. By the age of 20, he had qualified as a master artist in the Guild of Saint Luke and established his own workshop.Florentine court records show that da Vinci was charged with and acquitted of sodomy at the age of 22, and for two years, his whereabouts went entirely undocumented.

In 1482, Lorenzo de' Medici, a man from a prominent Italian family, commissioned da Vinci to create a silver lyre and bring it to Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan, as a gesture of peace. Da Vinci did so and then wrote Ludovico a letter describing how his engineering and artistic talents would be of great service to Ludovico's court. His letter successfully endeared him to Ludovico, and from 1482 until 1499, Leonardo was commissioned to work on a great many projects. It was during this time that da Vinci painted "The Last Supper."Da Vinci's most well-known painting, and arguably the most famous painting in the world, the "Mona Lisa," was a privately commissioned work and was completed sometime between 1505 and 1507. Of the painting's wide appeal, James Beck, an art historian at Columbia University, once explained, "It is the inherent spirituality of the human creature that Leonardo was able to ingenuine to the picture that raises the human figure to some kind of majesty."

Spanish American War

World War I

MULES

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Mules in China 1962

Mules in Afghanistan

Mules used today.

Mule in Kuari Pass trek

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Mules in Pakistan

Mules in WWII

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wearsout and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the groundfor thousands of years.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only oneend.

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a humanbody isdehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost everyEnglish-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smokeunless it's heated above 450F.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not theocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the handof man.

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower airdensity.

The University of Alaska spans four time zones.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposalof marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

INTERESTING FACTS

Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song HappyBirthday.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than thedisease it was intended to prevent.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is whyit is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, whenknights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you cansee stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lostis sight.

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundredgrams.

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than15,000 meters.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy .

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they couldset up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.

For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuelare needed at lift-off.

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

ALBERT LIGHTFOOTOCT. 14,1944 - AUG. 29, 2015

Al showing his Mule at TSC

Al in Last Supper play at church, he played James.

Last picture of Al at the Bass ProPyramid.

Al giving Justin a checkfor speech contest.

Al at Veteran’s dayparade in Covington

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Subject: Nov. MVPA meeting

On Saturday, 21 Nov. 2016, we will hold our November Mid-South Chapter MVPA monthly meeting. Place will be Mid-South Military Museum and time will be 10 am. Need someone to volunteer to do refreshments. The main topic of this months meeting will be the elections of officers for 2016. Current officers are: President - Bob McFarland Vice-President - Eric Patton Treasurer - James Rone Secretary - Barbara McFarland Sgt. at Arms - Dave Huff Eric Patton is in charge of coming up with a slate of officers. If you would like to retain your position or would like to nominate someone please contact Eric. To be an officer you must have been a chapter member for six months and be a member of the National MVPA. If you do nominate someone for an office please make sure they want to run for that office. The following are not elected but appointed: Newsletter Editor - Rose Lightfoot Chaplain - James Rone If you would like to continue to serve or not in these positions please let Eric know your intention. The Newsletter Editor is the only one of the appointed positions that must be a member of the National MVPA. Eric's phone number: (901) 351=5627. Hope to see all of you at the meeting.

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I was in Tulsa, OK attending the largest gun show in the world where I met the Hollywood acting star Dale Robertson

However my first question to Mr. Robertson was "are you a veteran?" The answer was, not only was he a WW II Army veteran, but he was a combat wounded soldier. Mr. Robertson is a native of Oklahoma, born in Harrah. Because he had boxed professionally he was ineligible to play college

sports so he decided to attend Claremore Military Academy, in Claremore, OK. He was an all around athlete and earned 32 athletic awards while at Claremore.

Mr. Robertson advised me that he entered the Army in 1943. He took his basic training at Ft. Riley and became an enlisted cavalryman. In 1944 he was sent to Officer Candidate School at Ft. Knox in Kentucky.2nd Lieutenant Robertson became an Engineering Officer. He was assigned as the platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, C Company of the 322nd Combat Engineers, which was in the 97th Infantry Division. The 322nd was in California practicing amphibious landings on the sunny beaches of Camp San Luis Obispo. The 97th Infantry Division was supposed to be headed to the Pacific when the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium occurred.While stationed in California, Lieutenant Robertson had a photo taken, that was displayed in the portrait studio. This was how Hollywood discovered him, even before he separated from the Army at the end of WWII. The entire 97th was put on a troop train to New York and on 19 February they sailed for France.I was able to track down Lt. Colonel Fritz Ahlfeld, US Army Reserve retired, who as a young Lieutenant had been the platoon leader of third platoon, alongside of 2Lt Robertson's 2nd platoon. The amphibious training for attacking islands occupied by the Japanese came into good use, when the 97th was assigned to take the German city of Düsseldorf.

The Sieg River had to be crossed under enemy fire. 2Lt. Robertson and his platoon built a floating bridge that allowed supplies and infantry troops to cross the river. His platoon was responsible for removing mine fields that had been set up on the German side of the Sieg River. All of this was accomplished while under fire from German machine guns, mortars and the dreaded 88mm artillery.The first two jeeps across the Sieg were blown up by mines. The Germans were not happy that the enemy was on their home soil and the fighting was intensifying. As the Germans were pushed back they would blow up anything that the US Army might be able to use. 2Lt.

Dale Robertson

When Robertson was stationed in California, he had his photograph taken to send to his mother. The photographer liked the picture so much that he enlarged it and put in his window. It was seen by talent agents, who contacted Robertson.Without ever having acted, or taken a lesson, Robertson made for Hollywood in 1946, but it took two years before he was given a few small roles at various studios, one as a lifeguard in The Girl from Jones Beach (1949). Then Nat Holt, producer of westerns, cast him as Jesse James in Fighting Man of the Plains (1949). It was a small role, but Robertson got to rescue Randolph Scott from the gallows at the last minute, and was offered a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox.Robertson's favourite among his own movies was The Gambler from Natchez (1954), in which he played the title role of a man on the track of three men who had killed his father.

Robertson, along with the rest of Company C, was charged with repairing whatever they could (such as bridges and roads) or removing what could not be fixed but was in the way (such as mines and burning buildings).

After the capture of Düsseldorf the 97th was sent to the border of Czechoslovakia to liberate the city of Cheb and get the military factories in that city out of the hands of the Germans. The biggest problem for the 322nd Combat Engineers was the minefields that had to be cleared before the infantry and tanks could move forward. 2Lt. Robertson's platoon fought alongside the infantry in order to advance, to remove the mines.During this operation they were under 88mm artillery fire and Dale Robertson told me he was wounded by shrapnel. I asked him about receiving the Purple Heart. He told me he dressed his own wounds and got on with the mission. He never reported to a military medical unit. With no official record, you get no official recognition. (Note the contrast with the extremely minor shrapnel wound insistently reported by now Massachusetts Senator John Kerry during the Vietnam War that got him sent home before his tour of duty was completed. -Ed.)The Army tried to recall him during the Korean War. When they did a physical, injures were then made known to the military and he was deemed not qualified for active service. Like most WW II veterans, Dale Robertson got on with his life after the war. He just happened to do it on Hollywood's silver screens.

ANCIENT GREECE

AULD LANG SYNE

AVOCADOS

BANANA

COMET’S TAIL

EQUATOR

GLASS

LETTER J

PEANUT OIL

SHAKE HANDS

STRAWBERRIES

TONGUE

TOPOLINO

U OF ALASKA

MINUTES MID-SOUTH CHAPTER MVPA

October 17, 2105

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by President Bob McFarland at the Mid-South Military Museum. Nine club members were present. The meeting opened with

the pledge of allegiance to the flag followed by prayer.

Barbara McFarland and Ken Pettit was thanked for providing refreshments for today’s meeting.Sick List: Taylor Stamps had back surgery and is recovering at homeThe minutes of our last club meeting in August were approved as read. There was no club meeting in Sept. due to the Celebrate Munford Car Show. TREASURER’S REPORT:Treasurer James Rone was not present and there was no report. OLD BUSINESS:Celebrate Munford Car Show, Sept 19 – 106 vehicles were entered including 2 military vehicles.President McFarland read a thank you note from Jennie Waring.Club web site – Winn Stephenson and J.P. Jones (George’s son) will work on this and have a report at the club’s November 21 meeting. NEW BUSINESS:Upcoming Veterans Day Events: Jackson, Tn. Veterans Day Parade – Nov. 7 at the Ball Park – contact George Jones for more info. Savannah, Tn. Veterans Day Parade – Nov. 7 – contact Gene Ingram for more info. Covington Veterans Day Parade – Nov. 11 – contact Bob McFarland for more info. Austin Peay Elementary School and Tipton-Rosemark Academy are asking for vehicles to be displayed as part of their Veterans Day Programs. Millington Veterans Day Parade – November 14, 10:30, contact Bob McFarland for more info. Christmas parades will also be coming up at Munford, Covington and Brighton. President McFarland will pass on information about these when he receives it. Memorial for Al Lightfoot: Winn Stephenson made a motion which was seconded by Bob Van Keuren that the club make a $50 memorial to the Mid-South Military Museum. The motion passed.Club Christmas Party – After some discussion, the club members agreed to have the party at the Hall’s Veterans Museum on December 19 (alternate date is December 12) at 1:00 p.m. This will be Christmas lunch so members do not have to worry about traveling at night.

The meal will be catered and the club will pay for the meal and the rental of the building for club members (motion made by George Jones, seconded by Bob Van Keuren and passed). The Second Marine Division Re-enactors who are present at many of our events will be invited but will pay for their own meals ($7-$10). George Jones and his son J.P. will try to get a speaker or some kind of entertainment for the event. President McFarland is getting the events list together for this past year.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The 5 ton truck in McFarland’s yard is still for sale, the owner is still asking $6,000.

Gene Ingram has sold his WWII jeep and trailer.

Taylor Stamps has some trailers for sale. Bob Van Keuren will try to get more information on which trailers he wants to sell.

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned. Our next club meeting will be Saturday, November 21 at the Mid-South Military Museum at 10:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara McFarland - Secretary

VEHICLES FROM WWI

The U.S Army's first use of trucks in a military operation was in the "Punitive Expedition" in pursuit of "Pancho" Villa into the mountains of northern Mexico in 1916. The Villistas had raided Columbus, N.M., killing several people and causing much damage. Brigadier General John Pershing organized a large force of troops, horses, and vehicles to catch Villa. Among the motor vehicles were some 1915 GMC model 15, three-quarter-ton trucks.

The Early Days of Motorized Military Vehicles

The operation encountered very severe conditions while going 400 miles into the Mexican state of Chihuahua, mostly over very rough terrain. Many of the trucks were stuck in the sand or mud and abandoned.

Although they did not catch Villa, the Army learned much about motor vehicle operation and support requirements and consequently was better prepared to use mechanized vehicles when they became involved in the First World War in 1917.The first large scale use of motor vehicles in warfare occurred during "The Great War," starting in 1916. Early on, the British used a number of GMC model 15 trucks, similar to those used in pursuit of Pancho Villa. GMC developed the improved model 16, ¾ -ton truck and released it in 1916.When the U.S. entered World War I new impetus was given to Model 16 for military use, and it became the Class AA military truck for the duration of World War I. Of the 13,316 Model 16 truck produced, the major portion build in 1917 and 1918 were for military use.

The U.S. Army developed a classification of military vehicles and chose preferred supplies for class. GMC was selected to be the primary source for Class AA, ¾-ton trucks. The military version was designated as GMC mode 16AA. The most common application was for field ambulance service.The company's booklet titled "GMC Ambulances" reads: "It is to the credit of the United States government that in every phase of preparation for the great war the utmost consideration was given to providing comfort for the soldiers; not only during the preparation term at the various encampments around the country, but in providing for their welfare on the field of battle."It is a source of much satisfaction to the General Motors Tuck Company that the Medical department of the United States Army found the GMC 3/4 – ton chassis to meet the requirements of this very exacting service."The Model 16 had a 132-inch wheelbase with 35-by-5 pneumatic ties. The 30 horsepower engine gave the truck a max speed of 25 miles per hour.

Although most of the ambulances were assembled by GMC, demand soon exceeded the production capacity of GM's Pontiac division facility, so kits were devised that included all of the parts required to build an ambulance. Some of those kits were assembled by subcontractors in the U.S. such as Huppmobile and others were built by American troops in France.Other GMC trucks were used during World War I including more than 2,400 Model 23, 1-ton trucks used by the Signal Corps as light aviation tenders to support airplanes used for filed reconnaissance. Some Model 23s carried troops and others supported artillery operations.By the time armistice was declared on November 11, 1918 nearly 90 percent of GMC's truck production had been dedicated to building a total of 8,512 military vehicles.

H.M. King George V arrives at Vimy Ridge, a battle sight in northeastern France

During the First World War Crossley had been fully occupied making 20/25 based vehicles principally for the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and its successor from April 1917 the Royal Air Force. These were mainly bodied as tenders, staff cars and ambulances. Many of these, particularly the tenders, were to remain in service throughout the 1920s. For example, some 400 were transferred to the new Irish Army on the creation of the Irish Free Sate in 1922.

In World War 1 the company greatly stepped up production becoming a major supplier to the Royal Flying Corps. Between the wars Crossley made a variety of chassis for both military transports and fighting vehicles. During World War 2 the factories were again fully utilised concentrating on heavy trucks mainly for the RAF.

German armored truck WW1

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British WW1 Mk V tank

In 1917 alone there were over 390,000 TT trucks delivered to the US Army!

odd armored vehicles | WW1

Garford-Putilov Armoured Car

Ehrhardt E-V/4

The E-V /4 Panzerk ra f twagen Ehrhardt was one of the first examples of a type of high and flatsided armoured car design that the Germans used almost until the start of the Second World War for internal policing duties. It weighed nearly 9 tons, had a crew of eight or nine, and carried an armament of up to three machine-guns.

Austin Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War.

Afv 1918Track Armour

The Jeffery Armored Car was developed by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915. The car No.1 was used in by General John Pershing’s 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition in Columbus, New Mexico for training. Pancho Villa was far into Mexico at that time and there are no records on its use in fighting.

The Bussing A5P was an armoured car produced in Germany during World War I. The production of A5P began in 1916 and produced in limited numbers. Its power plant was Bussing’s successful 6-cylinder truck engines. I t had a large steel armoured body and was crewed by 10 men. 6 of the crew operated three 7.92 mm machine guns, usually the MG 08 or MG 15 nA. Some vehicles even received two 20 mm cannon. The A5P served on the Eastern Front until 1917.

T h i s B r i t i s h a r m o u r e d c a r developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II. Rolls-Royce, in the war served on several fronts of the Middle Eastern theatre. The vehicle was modernized in 1920 and in 1924, resulting in the Rolls-Royce 1920 Pattern and Rolls-Royce 1924 Pattern. In 1940, 34 vehicles which served in Egypt with the 11th Hussars regiment had the “old” turret replaced with an open-topped unit carrying a Boys anti-tank rifle, .303-inch Bren machine g u n a n d s m o k e - g r e n a d e launchers.

The Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902 was a French armoured car, designed by the Georgian engineer Mikheil Nakashidze in 1902. It was equipped with a Hotchkiss machine gun, and with 7 mm armour for the gunner, with a road speed of 50km/hour.

The Davidson Automobile Battery armored car was built by Royal Page Davidson and the cadets of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Highland Park, Illinois. Davidson designed this vehicle in 1901. He and his students at the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy built two of these partially armored military vehicles. They were armed with Colt .30 caliber machine guns. The vehicles were powered by a tubular steam boiler. They had difficulty in going up hills because of changes of the water level in the boiler. Davidson made these lightly armored military vehicles of one thousand pounds at the Academy campus in Highland Park, Illinois.

Motor War Car was the world’s first real armoured car. It was designed and built by British inventor F.R. Simms in 1899. The vehicle had Vickers armour 6 mm thick and was powered by a four-cylinder 3.3-litre 16 hp Cannstatt Daimler engine giving it a maximum speed of around 14.5 km/h.

Quadricycle was the first armed petrol engine powered vehicle ever built. It was designed and built by British inventor F.R. Simms in 1898. He constructed the vehicle by mounting a Maxim machine gun on the front wheels bar of a De Dion-Bouton quadricycle. He also put an iron shield in front of the car for the driver’s protection. The driver also operated the machine gun.

The Yankee Division insignia is on the hood of the mobile delousing unit. I understand the 26th Division arrived in France Sept. 21, 1917, and this vehicle may have been part of the 101st Sanitation Train.

Artillery tractors (here a Holt tractor) used by the French Army in 1914-1915

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