Fans of military memorabilia display

Fans of military memorabilia display
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textEnthusiasts and military historians rushed through the Civil War Museum on Saturday to take the objects and memories in 1870.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textThis free event, sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of Wisconsin Airborne, 82nd Airborne Division, part of Veterans Day Heritage Museum. The event also included a military honor veterans and the patriotic music and a reading of the incorporation of brick, accompanied by veterans with bricks.
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Unable to perform Translation:invalid textThe screens range from the battle marked green weapons, communication devices, such as a phone that Fuller Morse code signals sent during World War I and II.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textOver 300 people came to the event for the movement in the early afternoon, according to museum officials.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid text"My father was in WWII and my grandfather was in World War I, and I wanted the story to the children," said Lee Kramer, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, their children Tom, 11, and Blythe, 13, has presented. "You have the possibility of this kind of thing and talk with people who have lived. It 'very convenient, since it's Veterans Day (Wednesday)."
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Unable to perform Translation:invalid textJack Gibbons, of Kenosha had a lot of stories from his collection, especially by the German army, including medals, patches, and a Nazi armband.
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Unable to perform Translation:invalid textGibbons, the collection of artifacts, which began in 1960, he served in the army and UP has a long lineage military. His father during the Second World War, his grandfather served in World War I, and his great-grandfather was a member of the Confederate cavalry.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid text"They send stuff, or even a couple of new things myself," said Gibbons. "Like all things being said, if they are always ready to go for them," Do you mind that? Otherwise, throw it out of interest. "I" is engaged to her. "
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textIn developing the collection Gibbons, after the army and was assigned to an artillery unit in Germany. His first sergeant was a veteran of World War II, and his neighbor was a former commander of the submarine. These meetings will be held on his interest in the artifacts German, "he said.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textAmong her favorite pieces of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is awarded a major German SS, the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen defended against the Allies. For members of the Nazi German army, the medal is the highest award for battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during the Second World War.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid text"And 'the only bridge, which (are) the allies capture the Rhine, where we then go ahead and break Welcome to Germany," said Gibbons. "He lost his legs, but for his defending the bridge ... he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, in essence, the equivalent of the Medal of Honor.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textGibbons was a Nazi armband, was a man killed by his father - only to be later, the man was an innocent letter carrier - and a number of Austrian and German medals at a German aviator who are against the British in the fight Palestinian.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textThe oldest piece of the collection of Gibbons was awarded the Iron Cross, a soldier in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
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Unable to perform Translation:invalid textJohn Gustin Kenosha see a group of Viet Cong weapons and tools, acquired during service in Vietnam 1967-1968 with the Italian premiere, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textHe recounted stories of knives and bayonets, which collected, and a case, instead of protesting against the buttons, patches, and excerpts of the war occurring in the United States.
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Unable to perform Translation:invalid text"They have the monkey dung, stones, artificial bamboo leaves and things like that," said Gustin. "They have sensors in them, and extend into the jungle. If this is the sensor that would be the artillery fire."
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textOn the table Kenoshan Dave Ireland, visitors could see the weapons used by the Japanese army during the Second World War. Ireland has a gun with holes, which had blown by a grenade, and a leather card holder with a burn mark left by shrapnel.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid textIreland has said it has collected military memorabilia in 1976, after the stories his father told him fascinated.
Unable to perform Translation:invalid text"If the GI Joes are out, which was one of my favorite games, said:" Ireland. "But this is the right order, and only a good way for veterans who have served with honor and to keep the story alive."