Normandy accomodation

From: Nigel Hay MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 08:16:26 PDT


Found this for anyone looking to book for next June
http://www.holiday-rentals.com/index.cfm/property/8676.cfm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Nazi fuel cans

At 2:26 PM -0700 9/11/03, International Movie Services wrote:
>Actually that's Britspeak for War Department 1944-It is a copy of the
>"Jerry" cans that were so superior to the original Btitish and Canadian
>"flimsies".

But wouldn't the German one's also be called Jerry cans if captured
and used? Which they were (hence their adoption by British forces to
this day?

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