All Posts Tagged With: "Gunter G. Gillot Jr"
Short History Test Platoon & 502nd PIR
A Short History of the Parachute and
of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
(Chip Cifone USA & Gunter G. Gillot Jr BE)
Paratrooper, Parachute : It seems that the first draw of a parachute look like things was made in China some 2000 years before JC. As the story told us, Shun, the Emperor itself trapped in his [...]
19Dec2008 | Snafu | 0 comments | Continued
Message : Pvt Snafu (admin eucmh) to visitors
Hello and welcome !
Just a quick note about pdf files and jpg files. I’ve got an email yesterday asking me why I am doing this killing work “exploding all pdf files into jpg files” instead posting the original file.
Here is the answer : I am also one researcher and I am used a searching for [...]
Band of Brothers and Brothers in Arms !
After having done ‘The Schindler’s List’, then ‘Saving Private Ryan’, Steven Spielberg created Band of Brothers. This was done while Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits was singing Brothers in Arms meanwhile, a little time before it was Status Quo who was singing you are in the Army Now.
Remember also the great great song from Police [...]
Historians & History Fans
I’ve be working like hell, as usual, for less than a poor black slave in a cotton field somewhere in the south and in the late 17 century - as usual - but there is a thing I have : I am pretty happy of it and and proud. If my happiness could be changed [...]
16Nov2008 | Snafu | 0 comments | Continued
VOICES OF THE PAST …
While doing this Major Upgrade I am also checking a “pile” of CDs (12 years archives) and when I see something nice I am adding it to the site and I have tons of it.
This is London Calling
John Snagg Speaking : Communique Number One / Supreme Headquarter Allied Expeditionary Forces
June 6 1944, 0700 am BBC [...]
Another Donation to Myself
This time I have made to myself a [tag]donation[/tag] with my own money (as usual) and have bought one Dog Tag from a Vietnam Veteran. This one is coming right from Cambodia and I hope that the owner of this Tag did makes it back home.
10Nov2008 | Snafu | 0 comments | Continued
Request from the USA 10-2008
I found this email today morning in my mailbox. : If you could steer me in right direction that would be great. Trying to secure Aircraft name and nose art for John A Taggart he served with 418th Bomb Sq (H) 100th Bomb Gp (H). Mr Taggart has passed away he was my Brother’s Father [...]
10Nov2008 | Snafu | 0 comments | Continued
12 photos from my collection : 1980s
While cleaning the attics for place and to prepare for the Shop reopening next year, I have found old pictures. These brings bag nice memories.
31Oct2008 | Snafu | 1 comment | Continued
AAF Airfields (FR-BE-NL-LU-DE-AU-CZ)(processed)
After the landing in Normandy, followed by some weeks later with the landing in the Provence (Sourth France), the US Army Air Force started to move ahead it’s Airfield to reduce the fly distances between the bombing targets assigned in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany and the home’s Airfields.
10Aug2008 | Snafu | 3 comments | Continued
Gunter G. Gillot Jr, born 1955 Aachen, Germany, Belgian Citizen, and one of the best in the area : US World War Two Military Photos, Movies, Ammunitions and Militaria. As, Charles B. McDonald, one of America's top Military Historian and World War Two Veteran said once to me : Gunter, now ya gonna tell me how do you managed to know the thing as well as a veteran that fought in the Battle of Bulge ! This is as amazing as incredible.
