From: Ed (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu Sep 08 2005 - 11:58:55 PDT
In addition to what my esteemed fellow lister APB had to say I offer this;
Each and every year we, (American Legion Post 109 in Gaffney South
Carolina), have to take fresh pictures of both our Huey and our T-37 and
send them in to the authorities. Mind you these cannot be digital pictures
they MUST be on regular film with the dates taken provided. We have also
had on at least one occasion a nice gentleman from DOD came by for "a quick
look around". He had full creds and was in fact who he said he was, (not
being trusting by nature I called & had him verified), he went through our
museum and the aircraft on display, shook hands and sailed away.
As APB says, they do check and they do check each and every year!
Best Regards,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 14:49
Subject: Re: [MV] Vintage cannon: Can they be had?
> There was a case a few years ago that involved a guy who advertised in
> typical men's magazines, looking for "information" about military guns,
> field pieces, cannon, etc, used as memorials, so that he could "document"
> their existence and locations. He was eventually exposed as a person who
> was letting others locate the next victims of his larcenous endeavors.
>
> A few American Legion and VFW halls awoke to find their displays had been
> removed.
>
> The legal aspect is: Like most used military stuff that is disseminated to
> civilians, these weapons, even if totally rusted out, welded shut, or 150
> years out of date, still belong to the DoD, and can be still inventoried
and
> reclaimed. Has it happened recently? Dunno, but a few Vietnam era tanks
are
> placed around at VFW halls, and these tanks are inspected regularly, (by I
> don't know whom,) to ensure that they haven't strayed.
>
> APB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chesnimnus@juno.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:58 PM
> Subject: [MV] Vintage cannon: Can they be had?
>
>
> > After talking with a couple folks over the last week about our club's
> M-5H-6 project, I would like to possibly find an M1 155 howitzer or an M2
> 105mm howitzer to trail behind the truck. (I believe the 155 was later
> renamed the M101.) Has anyone tried to do this? I suspect that the Army
or
> Marines may have one of these sitting somewhere that could be donated to
the
> museum for use as a display with this truck. If anyone has any experience
> with this, I would love to hear from you. Since they are probably
obsolete,
> they should not be worth anything to the military. Or they should have an
> old broken or worn-out model that they could part with. Or if anyone
knows
> of a memorial that has been taken down to clear the way for civil progress
> (urban sprawl), that they would be willing to donate to a new home. If
any
> old empty shells would be available, that would be an added bonus.
> >
> > FYI, I may have switched the numbers of each gun. I am not an expert,
and
> only know what I do from some online research I have done over the last
> couple days.
> >
> >
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