November 2008


Photo pages have been added to the Military Firearms section with photos of individual weapons.  These supplemental photos add depth to the material on the main page for each firearm.  For example, the page on the M1 Carbine is now supplemented by a page of M1 Carbine photos.

So far, the photo pages have been added for these military weapons:

Pages will be added for other firearms as time permits.

The Red Ball Express was an extraordinary logistics operation in Europe during WW II.  Thousands of trucks were used like a vast bucket brigade to transport fuel and other supplies to the rapdily advancing front.  Nothing like it had ever been done before, but the whole operation was organized and put into motion in a matter of days.  Although, like the Pony Express, it was only used for a few months, the Red Ball Express became a legend for its amazing accomplishments.

A new page of Olive-Drab.com (in the War Stories section) presents the facts:

New material has been added for this piece of World War II towed artillery: