Popular Post mn90403 Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 Let us not forget this day. My step-dad landed on Normandy after his LST was sunk from under him. He was an 'old' 24 year old at the time. Imagine all the teens who landed and came back to make this country great. Please share a personal or family story if you have one. 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 My Grandfather was in one of the 101st Airborne misdrops! But still made it home in one piece! One of his brothers arrived on the sixth day! Another was with Patton's tanks elsewhere with the distraction force! My Grandmother had seven brothers in the war! Don't know how many made it home! Those that did, didn't talk about it much after getting home! I'm sure most of that was due to the survivors guilt they felt, for all of their friends and brothers that are still buried there today!😔🙏🇺🇸 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 This does 'tie in' to metal detecting as we know all over the Southwest because of the training areas for Patton's Army. Every time I go out in the Mojave/Mohave Desert I find training bullets from that period. Here is a memorial to Patton's Army: https://generalpattonmuseum.com/exhibits/desert-training-center/ http://generalpattonmuseum.com/ And here might be some research for future metal detecting of artifacts. https://www.nps.gov/articles/pattonmojave.htm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I like the ½Ton jeep for prospecting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 6/6/2021 at 3:40 PM, mn90403 said: This does 'tie in' to metal detecting as we know all over the Southwest because of the training areas for Patton's Army. Every time I go out in the Mojave/Mohave Desert I find training bullets from that period. Here is a memorial to Patton's Army: https://generalpattonmuseum.com/exhibits/desert-training-center/ http://generalpattonmuseum.com/ And here might be some research for future metal detecting of artifacts. https://www.nps.gov/articles/pattonmojave.htm Just a friendly reminder to anyone who wants to go there- It’s a really neat area where you can still see Sherman tank tracks and rows upon rows of neatly aligned rocks marking where roads and camps were set up 80 years ago, and there are many cool other things to see left over from that era from our nation’s history. I know it well as I worked alongside of an archaeological survey in that area for several months. It’s a land worth visiting and exploring, but people wanting to go there need to know that metal detecting, disturbing of and collection of any historic artifacts is prohibited within Patton’s and other related sites and camps at the Desert Training Center on both National Park and BLM managed lands of the DTC. The area is part of the Mojave National Preserve, and has been designated recently as a nationally significant historic site. Honor their service by protecting their memory for future generations. https://www.deserttrainingcenter.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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