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Jim Saurman

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returns 12/31/2012

Expertise

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.

Experience in the area

B.A. in History.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Al Ernst	07/02/09	10	10	10	Thank you very much, now I'll dig .....
Melissa	04/12/09	10	10	10	Thank you very much for your time .....
alan kenny	11/27/06	8	10	10	many thanks jim,
Rina	06/10/05	10	10	10	Thanks for getting back to me so .....
Chipo	05/10/05	10	10	10	Thanks JIM

Recent Answers from Jim Saurman

2010-05-31 ammo boxes:

To be honest I don't think they would be worth much. They are probably from WW2, and during that war literally hundreds of thousands were manufactured to hold the millions of rounds of ammunition we used

2009-11-26 Combat Aviation:

I don't think there has been, although I'm not sure. The general rule of thumb is that helicopters won't engage anything in the air. Helicopters are usually tasked as tank-killers or for transporting

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

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