It brightens my day to see these WWll rigs maintained and running. My father was an Army vehicle mechanic and landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He was in the 558th Tank Destroyer Battalion. He never talked.much about his experiences until he reached 80 years of age. He passed away in 2005.
C est magnifique de voir ce défilé de GMC , artisans de la libération en 1945 . J ai les larmes aux yeux en voyant touts ces GMC , mon père avait un Comand - Car de cette époque. Il était magnifique avec ses inscriptions de l armée Américaine : son Étoile blanche et ses numéros de matricule de l armée Américaine. En 1973 avec la montée brutale des carburants, mon père l a vendu car il était utilisé sur l exploitation agricole .
The last time I was in a deux and a half was at the Margraten cemetery. The truck had been in use since 1944 and it was around 1955. It was worn out and while I was sitting in it, some six years old, the parking brake failed and frightened, I jumped out as it started rolling away by itself. Essers, the head mechanic ran after it and managed to bring it to a stop. My preference always was our old Dodge Power Wagon. I still have pictures of it.
They uphold our history of WW2 better than we have ourselves. Where in the United States can you witness something like this ? Nowhere, I'm afraid. Thank you from a greatful, but embarrassed American.
There are military vehicle collectors clubs across the USA , not every state sadly . These groups do this to honor the military history of those that served. There are large rallies each year not in this scale .
There is an indoor ww2 vehicle museum at Auburn, Indiana. Worth the trip. American engine are primarily by White Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The deuce and a half was still in daily army use 20 years later, mechanized infantry.
I have several WW2 Era US Army vehicles in my collection .I have been involved with collecting US ww2 Vehicles for over 40 years on the east coast . I have NEVER seen So many AMERICAN Vehicles in Europe that this channel has filmed . My dad was a Company Commander in the Asiatic Pacific theatre in WW2 and he said that at wars end when the troops left the War theatre NO American Vehicles were Returned to the USA with them .EVERYTHING was Left OVERSEAS . They are Mostly left Outside of the Country even today . Do you think ANY of the Billions of the US Taxpayers MILITARY Assistance will return to us from Ukraine ? or Afghanistan ?? lol Not a chance . However I am pleased to see our Allies in Europe Treating our WAR Trucks with respect and Restoration. I have NEVER seen more than a dozen or so CCKW 2 1/2 ton trucks ANYWHERE like are shown in these Videos ! Wow Very Impressive and HEARTWARMING : ) THANK YOU for sharing !!
Then you should know the Marshall plan very well , and that the American truck manufactures didn’t want thousands of surplus vehicles flooding the market after the war. If your going to blame people for waste you should include the rest
Studebaker US6 is an american truck appart from CCW 353 " Jimmy". Is built by Studebaker company and moust of war production was sent to USSR on Leand and lease program. Studebaker have stright front fender (litlle curvy for 353)and the cabin doors are " fatty" despite CCW 353 with slim and vertical doors. You can say GMC CCW353 is use as american Army general purpose truck and Studebaker US6 is use as USSR Red Army general purpose truck.
@@johanedelhausen5815 They are some beautifully restored military vehicles. Kudos to the groups. Here in the States there is an air show called Thunder over Michigan that features vehicles and reinactors but not quite as big as your event. Do you know of other gatherings of military vehicles in the midwest? Thank you
Look up the Marshall Plan , many vehicles were given to Western Europe to strengthen them from the Soviets , American truck makers didn’t want surplus vehicles flooding the market
Not necessarily they built far fewer vehicles than we did and a much larger number were destroyed during and after the war while numbers of them were worked till junked with fewer were seen as worth saving . There are collectors in the U.S. and in Europe who have restored what are now very rare examples
