Who said grown ups cant play GI Joe.

[SVT_Fox]

You know even when he was alive he never talked about his experiences. The only time he did I was 6 or 7 and my brother and I were playing army I had put on an insignia upside down, that upset him greatly. Ill never forget the emotion he had telling me to never disrespect the dead that way and be glad I was alive. There was a movie clip once on tv as this was way before the history channel and he got all excited and said "I blew that bridge up"! He also said he lived on tootsie rolls because every thing was to frozen to eat and at the reunions tootsie rolls were always there free from the manufacture. He was a good man.
Id love to add a Thompson, but want an 03 first as well as some German rifles. Lets be honest my want list never ends.

The re-enactment sounds like fun as well.

Im going to be sure to look into that photographer. As always a wealth of information thanks guys!

this story is sooo F(*%^ cool, i love hearing about these old stories, my grandpa talked about the war once, and I recorded it when i was in 5th grade, I wonder where that tape is now....

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Nice collection Cactus!

My wife exclaimed "can you have something like that?" when she looked over my shoulder and saw that belt fed beast you have on the background. Hehehe She seemed interested, and I hope I can talk her into letting me budget something to buy/assemble one of those.

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dress up sweet! I have a ton of Canadian para kit from ww2, along with a ton of scottish kit. Ill post some up for you reenactors when i get home.