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I can usually handle any question on USA or European history since 1870. I am especially interested in WW2 and Spanish-American War. Also Spanish Civil War and WW1 to a lesser extent.

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2009-09-09 WW1, First Army helmet:

Hi Robert, First, the 91 and the green tree represents the 91st Infantry Division. You can read all about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_Division_(United_States) As for General Pershing

2009-08-30 draft:

From Wikipedia: ======================================================================== Vietnam War There was some opposition to the draft even before the major U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

2009-07-02 WW1 uniform:

Those are overseas service chevrons. They indicated the wearer was stationed overseas for six months. It began as a special way to recognize those who had actually been "over there" in WW1 as opposed

2009-05-22 molotov cocktail:

Thats a hard question to answer as there were hundreds of different types of Molotov Cocktails and many different types of Panzers. The simplest type of Molotov Cocktail is simply gas in a bottle

2009-04-11 Battle Dress Badges:

It looks to me like a West German uniform, as their national flag was the tricolor Black/Red/Yellow (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany) and the patch with the American Flag probably means

 

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