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  • Military Trader4 min read
    Respect The Venue! (or The Show Won’t Go On)
    As a long-time collector, I’ve witnessed a lot of bad behavior at collectible shows large and small – and I’ll admit I’ve been guilty of it at times. I’m not talking about selling fakes, theft or engaging in bad business deals. Those issues all remai
    Military Trader3 min read
    Compressed Press
    There is a tendency among some collectors and re-enactors to focus on government-issued items. If it didn’t come from the government, they aren’t interested in having it in their collection. That stance doesn’t reflect the reality of war. Every servi
    Military Trader1 min readLeadership
    Military Trader
    VP/General Manager, Collectibles: Corinne Zielke Editorial Director: Brian Earnest BEarnest@aimmedia.com 715-257-6033 Online Editor: Mike Eppinger meppinger@aimmedia.com Graphic Designer Julie Green/Michael Robinson Advertising Sales Representative
    Military Trader3 min read
    The T23
    Interest in a 2½-ton 4x4 truck with extremely high mobility climbed during the early days of the U.S. involvement in WWII. On Feb. 12, 1944 Major E.H. Holtzkemper, Chief, Transport Vehicle Section, Development Branch requested that Fargo’s Robert Big
    Military Trader7 min read
    Homefront News
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy,” died March 27 of undisclosed causes. He was 87. Gossett is remembered by many for his Academy Award-winning performance in “An Officer and a Gentl
    Military Trader4 min read
    Q&A
    “Lifelong” collector David Hiorth has run Military Antiques Toronto for almost 20 years, with five of those years at his “new” location. While the former shop was located on a street filled with restaurants and other retailers, the new location is a
    Military Trader1 min read
    Mail Call
    Send to: military@aimmedia.com or mail to: Military Trader & Vehicles, 3240 Olympia Ave. Stevens Point, WI 54481 I read with interest your article about Gunther Prien and the plaquette, I have one also, although I do not remember where I bought it (p
    Military Trader5 min read
    Hallowed Ground
    The opening scenes to the 1998 award-winning movie Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg show a family walking in silence through a cemetery. It is a poignant and very moving part of the film, made all the more so when viewers understand that the l
    Military Trader1 min read
    Real Or Not?
    It seems to be a natural phenomenon; many people want to be what they are not. Many baseball and football players appear to want to be professional golfers, basketball players want to rap, and rappers want to be actors. When it comes to U.S. Army stu
    Military Trader4 min read
    Semper Fi!
    Located near the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va., the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps evokes a striking image, even from the nearby beltway and approach. The building was designed by Curtis W. Fentress of Fentress Architects and
    Military Trader5 min read
    Deutsches AfrikaKorp
    A dolf Hitler and the military leaders of his Nazi regime viewed the men of Mussolini’s Italian forces, often badly equipped, overly aged and frequently demoralized, as too weak to combat the British Army in North Africa. Wanting supreme control of t
    Military Trader6 min read
    Calendar
    Apr 14 OH, North Canton. North Coast Military Collector’s 18th Bi-Annual Military Show. MAPS Air Museum - 2260 International Parkway. 9am-4pm. Scott Dennis’s 330-546-3085, northcoastmilitary@att.net, www.facebook.com/NCMCUSA Apr 17-20 CA, Plymouth. M
    Military Trader8 min read
    Tech Tips
    Q: My 1943 Autocar 5-ton has not been idling smoothly. It is also getting harder and harder to start. I checked the points and found a lump of what looks like melted metal on one contact and a tiny hole in the other contact. Could there be a short in
    Military Trader6 min read
    Making Tracks
    Most American baby-boom kids who attended public schools during the 1950s were simplistically taught that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Robert Fulton invented the steamboat; and it seemed implied
    Military Trader2 min read
    HALFTRACK Ambulances?
    That the G-102 White/Autocar/Diamaon T and G-147 International Harvester half-track chassis went on to be used as the basis for an array of gun motor carriages and fighting vehicles is well known. Less well-known are the variations of the base vehicl
    Military Trader6 min read
    Calendar
    Mar 23-24 CA, Red Bluff. Big Red Bluff Gun Show. Red Bluff Fairgrounds. Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 9am-3pm. D&S Productions, Dave Fernandez, 530-567-5192, daf360hd@att.net Mar 29-30 TN, Franklin. Militaria Relics Show Nashville. Franklin/Cool Springs Marriot
    Military Trader11 min read
    Mission Capable
    Owning an historic military vehicle (HMV) such as a 2-1/2-ton “deuce” means different things to different people. Some folks love every minute of the time and effort that goes into doing a complete restoration. For others, the primary reason for owni
    Military Trader7 min read
    The Youngest Sailor?
    In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham, age 13, was decorated for valor in a South Pacific battle. When his mother learned where he’d been, she revealed his secret to the Navy, The newly christened battleship USS South Dakota steamed Calvin Graham out of Phil
    Military Trader7 min read
    The ‘Staghound’
    It sometimes happens that coincidence can be an unexpected, but important factor when it comes to developing a new design for an armored fighting vehicle and an army looking for a particular vehicle to suit its needs. That is just what happened in Ju
    Military Trader4 min read
    Canadian Contribution
    In the spring of 1941, the United States was not yet embroiled in World War II, but the British Empire was. The war was conducted on the sea, in the air and on the battlefield, of course, but it also had to be won on the industrial front as well. In
    Military Trader7 min read
    Homefront News
    Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, acknowledged as the Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, died Feb. 12 at his home in Baker City. He was 75. Mawhinney was credited with 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the span of 16 months in 1968 and 1969. He was eventuall
    Military Trader6 min read
    Collecting The ‘Dirty Dozen’
    People seem to purchase WWII German memorabilia for three basic reasons: love of history, as a vehicle to turn a profit, or a combination of both. I myself, most appreciate the first type of buyer — one who purchases militaria for its historical sign
    Military Trader6 min read
    A Tale Of 2 Active Veterans Agencies
    In 2022, it was estimated that 16.2 million military veterans lived in the United States with 4.3 million estimated to be over 75 years of age — including about 120,000 WWII veterans who are still with us. The VFW, with about 1.6 million members and
    Military Trader9 min read
    Tech Tips
    How often do you need to balance your HMV’s tires? If you never drove it anywhere, the answer would be once — when they were installed on the rims. However, most HMVs that are not pure show vehicles are driven, and things happen while driving that ca
    Military Trader3 min read
    German Girls, American Boys
    One of the first policies established by the U.S. Third Army when it began the occupation of the German Rhineland in December 1918 was the “Anti-Fraternization” rule. For American soldiers, this rule made it a crime to speak to any German, male or fe
    Military Trader4 min read
    We Don’t Know What We Missed — And Maybe That’s A Good Thing
    We all love the stories of those “barn” finds, and of course who doesn’t dream of walking into a garage sale and finding a ton of bring-backs that were at the back of somebody’s closet? Sadly, those days are largely gone. What can possibly be left in
    Military Trader1 min read
    Favorite Finds
    If you have a “Favorite Find” from your collection, drop us an email and some photos at Military@aimmedia.com. We’d love to see it and share it with your fellow military collectibles and vehicles fans. ■
    Military Trader6 min read
    Pointe du Hoc
    In the early hours on the morning of Tuesday, June 6, 1944, a small flotilla of landing craft, supported by several other craft, including two DUKW amphibious trucks, were carrying men from the 2nd Rangers towards the Normandy coast. Commanded by Lie
    Military Trader3 min read
    Home Cookin’!
    NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Veterans Day draws its origins from the end of World War I, when Armistice Day was created to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Observed every November 11 since then to honor all military veter
    Military Trader1 min readLeadership
    Military Trader
    VP/General Manager, Collectibles: Corinne Zielke Editorial Director: Brian Earnest BEarnest@aimmedia.com 715-257-6033 Online Editor: Mike Eppinger meppinger@aimmedia.com Graphic Designer Julie Green Advertising Sales Representative: Rich Murowski RMu

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