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Postcards from the Patton
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The Patton Churchill:
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A couple of randomly selected shots of participants in an early Patton reenactment:

(Both photos Mike Koenig)
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Silvio Wolf Busch on the right. (All photos Mike Koenig)
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And so Allies:

(All photos Mike Koenig)
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(All photos Mike Koenig)
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Repairs to the Pz III to "get er running again!".







Downward view of cooling fan drive, radiators and exhaust tubes to muffler.
(All photos Mike Koenig)
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Repairs to the Pz III amounted mainly to cleaning, proper lubrication and new radiators. Two Mercades radiators were secured (they were almost a drop in replacement) and the AFV was on its way to a renewed life!
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Shot in 2003 using my 1945 Army Kodak PH-324 35mm camera - (Photo by Mike Koenig)
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M-88A2 - All photos by Mike Koenig
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Michael,

Great gig and you are a great photographer! Thank you for posting these!

I've been there thrice. Hope to travel to the new home someday.

Those M1s on the gunnery range tripped a memory: back in 1975, a friend of mine and I (with parental guidance) were allowed on a range that looks a lot like the ones the M1s are on. There we watched a towed 20mm Vulcan send 3 bursts into a jeep; an M109 (without any "heads-up!") send two 155mm rounds downrange. We were probably within 20m of the M109 - the first time I was too stunned to look for the impact!
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M42 Duster, 40mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (Very effective against un-armored ground targets as well.)

YouTube video of M42 in action at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXThJXRdbI
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Move'n on up!
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Another shot of the M5 Stuart taken with my 1945 PH-324 military Kodak. (Photo by Michael Koenig)
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Feel free to repost these photos for any non-profit purpose, however please be sure to give photo credit. Thank You; Mike Koenig.
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Tom Woodburn riding on his spotlessly restored Cushman Flightline Delivery scooter down by the old Offer's Club during a Patton Museum/Ft. Knox event.
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4th of July 2004, Vietnam event:



Run Chun, run!
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Got him!



Volunteers Gerald Atherton, Chun-lun Hsu "Camo" and Eric Butterfield.
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M 10

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Sherman Jumbo:

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Isn't this a 76mm easy 8?
I always thought that the jumbo designation was for the armored up storm tanks. Once again it proves I'm never to old to learn something new. I love these pictures and always looking forward to the next edition thank you so much.
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Sherman Jumbo:

Isn't this a 76mm easy 8?
I always thought that the jumbo designation was for the armored up storm tanks. Once again it proves I'm never to old to learn something new. I love these pictures and always looking forward to the next edition thank you so much.


You are totally correct - I was more involved in doing color work on the photo than I was in paying attention to what the photo was of! Sorry. I would like to correct the caption but my editing time for that post has expired.

Besides I knew good and well that the Jumbo was blocked in over at the LST building at that time!
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