Now this was just plain fun. Me , old Betty Boop, my old WWII combat Marine buddy Bob Talbot and Jim Swartz, who posts on this site about wooden cargo bodies, all met and participated in the Veterans Day Patade in Universal City, Texas, some fifteen miles down the road from my house. We were the only military vehicle in the parade. The weather was perfect and the crowd was enthusiastic. Lots of really great looking gals to blow the sirene at( of course 60 and up are our speed) and plenty of veterans that we saluted as we cruised in low trans 3rd gear at idle.
We came away feeling really good and as all three of us are veterans, we felt a lot of pride in knowing that we served when we were needed.
God Bless America
Veterans Day Parade
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Veterans Day Parade
52 M38 Willy's
Former owner and restorer of CCKW353 " Betty Boop"
proud father of a career Army officer/Blackhawk pilot/ War in Iraq veteran
Retired high school history teacher at Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole CMH High School, Fort Sam Houston Texas
proud great grandson of four Confederate soldiers.
great great grandson of a War of 1812 veteran
great great great grandson of 2 American Revolutionary war veterans
Former owner and restorer of CCKW353 " Betty Boop"
proud father of a career Army officer/Blackhawk pilot/ War in Iraq veteran
Retired high school history teacher at Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole CMH High School, Fort Sam Houston Texas
proud great grandson of four Confederate soldiers.
great great grandson of a War of 1812 veteran
great great great grandson of 2 American Revolutionary war veterans
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I could not make the Veteran's Day events this year but discovered this by accident:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/
I noticed the rolling pictures on the left. One caught my eye. I said 'hey, that's my deuce!' Then I saw my GPW, then I saw me (on the left).
These pictures were taken by a state photographer a year or two ago at Vets day or Dec 7th when a few of us did a display in front of the state hous in NH.
Guess I helped remind some of Veteran's Day after all......
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/
I noticed the rolling pictures on the left. One caught my eye. I said 'hey, that's my deuce!' Then I saw my GPW, then I saw me (on the left).
These pictures were taken by a state photographer a year or two ago at Vets day or Dec 7th when a few of us did a display in front of the state hous in NH.
Guess I helped remind some of Veteran's Day after all......
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
Dr Deuce Over 50,000 driven miles in a CCKW
1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
http://home.comcast.net/~cckw/wsb/html/ ... 59870.html
1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
http://home.comcast.net/~cckw/wsb/html/ ... 59870.html
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Cool Doc. It is great when we have the opportunity to see our stuff being seen over and over.
52 M38 Willy's
Former owner and restorer of CCKW353 " Betty Boop"
proud father of a career Army officer/Blackhawk pilot/ War in Iraq veteran
Retired high school history teacher at Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole CMH High School, Fort Sam Houston Texas
proud great grandson of four Confederate soldiers.
great great grandson of a War of 1812 veteran
great great great grandson of 2 American Revolutionary war veterans
Former owner and restorer of CCKW353 " Betty Boop"
proud father of a career Army officer/Blackhawk pilot/ War in Iraq veteran
Retired high school history teacher at Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole CMH High School, Fort Sam Houston Texas
proud great grandson of four Confederate soldiers.
great great grandson of a War of 1812 veteran
great great great grandson of 2 American Revolutionary war veterans