FReeper Canteen ~ Flag Day June 14th ~ 13 June 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

Oh, sure

take advantage while we’re away doing something important

hehe

p.s. woo hoo

[unique]

Just experimenting with different styles.

Here's some musical notes.....

[SandRat]

Day is and was a good day.

How’s yours going?

[MeekMom]

Evening Sandy! :)
Mine day was pretty good too.
Tried to find some walking shoes...didn’t have a lot of success. Going to go to a bigger & better shoe store tomorrow. :)
Stay cool! :)

[SandRat]

Well, Friday eveneing now and work day is done. Mid 90s today and it is a bit warm.

Shoes are always a pain finding the right syle and size. Good Luck is your quest.

[Kathy in Alaska]

More cute stuff!! Whistling...

Thanks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the music dudes!

Charlie Daniels ~ Let Freedom Ring

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the music dudes!

David Ball ~ Riding With Private Malone

[Blood of Tyrants]

Here's mine.

[philetus]

you’ve got your own duce and half?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Doesn’t everyone? ;^)

[philetus]

Doesn’t everyone? ;^)”

They wish.
The only thing better than a 21/2 ton with a ragtop on the Autobahn was a track.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Flag Day, Blood of Tyrants. Very nice flag you have there. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click the pic.....

Music Dedication for our Troops and Veterans

NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily and on the Music Thread
for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi Radix....check out Post #409.

What did you drive in Germany?

[HiJinx]

My D-i-L has a good friend in San Diego. I’ve passed your request on to her.

[FlashBack]

Unfortunately the track is under water this weekend...severe floods have taken their toll around here as of late.
We’re fareing okay with just some minor “nusance-water” in the basement but many have lost everything around here.
With any luck we’ll be running in a few weeks at most.
Take care,
Gene

[Radix]

"Hi Radix....check out Post #409.

What did you drive in Germany?"

 

I was a "64 charlie ten" MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)  64C10

 

During the last year of my service I drove an AM General M60 tractor. Awesome truck. High torque Cummins motor with a 16 speed semi automatic transmission. No clutch, that is clutch was automatic. Those trucks were so powerful that they could outpull uphill and down a full load and leave Kamerad in the dust. Unfortunately for us yungins, we were not allowed to drive faster than 55 MPH while German truckers had a bit more leeway.

 

I wish that I had more time to put together a nicer response or even a thread.   Thanks for the memories.

 

-Radix

In September 1951, the 53rd Transportation Truck Battalion was deployed to Europe as part of the build up of US Forces in the defense of Western Europe. The Battalion was initially headquartered in Kaufbeuren but then moved to Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern in Nov 1952. Kaiserslautern would serve as home station for HQ 53rd Trans Bn for over four decades until it was inactivated in 1995.

 

 

We used to call our International Harvester 2000D tractors 'Dogs", others called them "Duds".

Image above appears to be of a Dud pulling a Reefer.

Reefers were "refrigerated trailers." We pulled those to Commissaries all around Western Germany including (in my case) to Canadien Forces in the ScharzWald (Black Forest.) 

Transtar 4070 cabover, 66-34 

We also used what we called "Forty Seventies" which were cabovers. "The unit/Driver  sits over the engine."

 

4. Transtar 4070, 66-34

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very cool, Radix.....thanks for the info and pics.