Stars ans stripes are arriving!



 

At first there arrived some MP's on Harley-Davidsons!
Those motorcycles were legendary because of there heavy sound.
"Liberators" became their nickname

On this pic: Henkie, our boy next door!



Then a Sherman tank arrived.
Henkie, who is really interested in worldwar II told me it had a 4" gun.




There were about 100 vehicles.
This is a White half-track




Jeeps




Dodge Beep with sirene





Wrecker tank based on a Sherman




Another lighter tank
Look at the foldable motorcycle on the turret !





Frist GMC 'deuce-and-a-halve'
CCKW 353 is their US army discription
It's written in my memory :-)




I think this GMC might have a civilian cab from the '50thies.
After WWII lots of GMC were converted to dump trucks or tippers. They were strong and lasted until the mid-seventies. I even know a lumberyard owner who still uses one to haul logs out of the forest!




A wrecker. Maybe a Mack or a Ward de la France. It has a diesel engine!




These guys were smoking large cigars like they were Winston Churchill himself!




I like those GMC's.
They rebuilt Europe after WWII





On the background the church of Slijk Ewijk.





White halftrack with anti-aircraft artillery




American Jeep with Dutch flag!





GMC with soldiers.
This village is named Slijk Ewijk.
Problaby 'Slijk Ewijk'  cannot be pronounced by English speaking people, in the war it was called 'Slikky Wicky' .
 

On the other hand 'thank you very much' was converted by the Dutch to 'thank you for de muts'  (what means: thank you for the hat ;-)












Red barets: paratroopers!




Vieuw on the dyke




Canadian truck

















Just one kick and this 60 year old piece of history started and the MP drove off.






LETS NOT FORGET

Militairy vehicles belong is a museum and war is no fun at all.
Just a few meters from the church in the pics there is a cementary -like every village in our neigbourhood has- for  allied soldiers and airman who died  in worldwar II for our liberty.



Cementry in Slijk Ewijk.
Youngest soldier was only 20 years old.....