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Issue 2013-2 MAR-APR-may 2013

Editor

Emmett Thompson

19935 Leonard Rd. Lutz FL. 33558

[email protected]

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE FIRST FLORIDA CHAPTER

A very hot barrel somewhere in se asia

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HEADQUARTERS

PRESIDENT

David Thomas

78 SE Fisher Way Loop, Ocklawaha, FL. 32179

352-288-0604

[email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT

Charles Craven

1100 SE 170th Street , Summerfield, FL. 34491

352-245-2208

[email protected]

SECRETARY

Stan Kinmonth

194 Malley Cove Lane

Fleming Island, FL. 32003

904-276-1418

[email protected]

TREASURER

Michael Roberts

1510 SE 5th Street

Stuart, FL. 34996

772-215-3470

[email protected]

WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR /

ONLINE ACTIVITY ADMIN.

Roger Francis

110 Sweetwater Blvd. ,N, Longwood, FL. 34240

407-810-7339

REGIONAL CORORDINATORS

Panhandle Region-Russell Deese

North I75 Corridor Region-Jerry Sumner

Northern Region-Joe Lorentzson

Central Region-Charles Hildebrant

Western Region-George Hecht

Eastern Region-Michael Roberts

Southwestern Region-Curt Leonard

Southeastern Region-Fred Perkins

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Emmett Thompson

19935 Leonard Rd.

Lutz, FL 33558

813 313 6871 [email protected]

NEWSLETTER STAFF

Roland Grady

Dick Deren

Christian Isaly

CLUB T-SHIRT SALES

Peggy and Walter Keller

220 12th Avenue South, Safety Harbor, FL. 34695

727-725-4700, [email protected]

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS THIS ISSUE

Terry Burton

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRATHERS

THIS ISSUE :

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President’s report

I would like to start out with a big Thanks to Col Roberts, and his crew. The 2nd Qtr.

meeting was held at the road to victory Museum. The Museum has a lot of really inter-

esting military items. If you have not been to the Museum it is well worth your time to

go check it out. Behind the Museum is a very nice park you could pack a picnic lunch

and go visit the museum and then have lunch in the park. Col Roberts and crew pro-

vided us with a great lunch. The meeting went well things seem to be pretty quiet out

there. We talked about new T shirt designs and some changes to be considered for the

next Rally. There were also plans for a weekend event to be held in the Ocala National

Forest. This would not be a meeting but a possible cook out and trail ride. More infor-

mation will be provided on this event. Please let I or your area coordinators know if

you are interested in an event such as this. The 3rd Quarter meeting will be August 10

or 17. Probably will be in the Tampa area will post ASAP. I hope everyone is doing well.

Please go out and support the events in your area and have a good time. I would ask

that everyone pray for our troops and this country.

Thank you.

Dave Thomas.

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Central Dispatch

Sat April 20th 2013

Central luncheon at Burke's BBQ Fruitland park.

By David Johnson

Hello there members. Well the weather might of not been the best this weekend but we still had a good

lunch at the grand opening at Burke's BBQ in Fruitland park. (Thank you J.C for the great food!) We had

had some trucks there for every one to view like Dave's Halftrack and his jeep, Mike and Buddy Chidester's

M-35-A3 , "Cholly" Hildebrant's CCKW and WC Dodge. Other members who attended the luncheon was

Doug Krause, Ezra Johnson ,David Johnson and Robert "Torpedo"Thomas.

Well until next time keep them trucks Rolling. Over and out.

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Note from the Editor;

Please send all correspondence in a WORD document and photos in a

JPEG format.

Anything else and I have to do a lot of typing as this is the most un-user

friendly program I have ever used.

Also, sorry for the continued delays as I am learning how to work this

program and not a lot of training is possible over the phone.

If you do send photos, please send me the name of the person that

took the photo and what it is, and who owns it.

Please pick the photos you want to be published and not send a bunch

of them as it fills my email server making it time consuming to dig

through the lot.

With all the parties and projects going on, not to mention work, I

sometimes have trouble getting my priorities straight. I will endeavor to

improve.

Thanks, Emmett

OBITUARY

In the last edition of the newsletter we published a story submitted by

Terry Burton on D-Day Veteran Jim Smith. It is with great sadness the

Terry reports that Jim passed away on April 19th at the grand age of 89

years. He is having a full military funeral on May 20th which would have

been his 90th birthday. At his request, his ashes are to be placed in the

remains of the German Bunker he destroyed on D-Day 6th June 1944

on Gold Beach in Normandy.

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3rd Quarter meeting

10 August 2013

Market of the Marion

There have been some major changes that will effect

the rally and we would like to talk about those

changes.

Lunch will be from 11:30 to 12;30

Meeting to follow

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Western Region Hits the Greens Again

By Dick Deren

Photos by Dick Deren

The 5th Annual Military Muster Charity Golf Tournament was held

at the Fox Hollow Country Club in Trinity (New Port Richey) Florida on

March 18th. FFC was invited to provide a vehicle display by tournament

organizer, Bill Gilkes. FFC members Roland Grady, with ’44 MB and

Dick Deren with ’42 GMC CCKW352 provided the vehicles. Highlight

of the tournament was the opening ceremony which included the plac-

ing of the Colors by the USMC Amtrak Bn. Color Guard (headquartered

on Gandy Blvd. in Tampa) and the Amputee Veterans Association Color

Guard and the placing of a wreath in memory our fallen heroes. Our

next tournament will be the Birdies for the Brave Tournament in April.

Roland Dick

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For all you Deuce owners out there

Feb 1999 issue of PS mag. (The Preventive Maintenance Monthly)

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GA

FL

PANHANDLE REGION

NORTHERN REGION

CENTRAL REGION

WESTERN REGION

SOUTHWESTERN

REGION SOUTHEASTERN REGION

EASTERN REGION

REGIONAL MAP

MAP NOT TO SCALE

Panhandle Region (FL/GA Cavalry)

Russell Deese, Cairo, GA.

229-377-1528/[email protected]

North I75 Corridor Region

Jerry Sumner, Chula, GA.


Northern Region

Joseph Lorentzson, Orange Park, FL.


Central Region (Central Dispatch)

Charles Hildebrant, Wildwood, FL.


Western Region (The Western Front)

George Hecht


Southwestern Region

Curt Leonard, Sarasota, FL.


Eastern Region

Michael Roberts, Stewart, FL.


Southeastern Region

Fred Perkins, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.


NORTH I75 CORRIDOR REGION

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He left Southampton at around 9.30pm on June 5th on massive United States landing craft. During the night

he was woken up and offered food, but didn’t feel like eating. The tension was building up inside him as it

was with everyone else, then at 6am he landed on Gold Beach.

Sydney Bernstein was 28 years old when he became part of the first wave of British troops to arrive on

the French shores on June 6th, 1944. Along a 50 mile stretch of Normandy coast, the allied troops began advancing towards the enemy lines and Operation Overload- D-Day had begun! Sydney was a sapper in

the Royal Engineers in the 81st assault squadron. He was in one of nine Churchill tanks and was in the first

wave to land on Gold Beach.

I was too busy to be scared he says, there was no time to think or be worried, you had to go there to do

a job and if you came out of it alive, all well and good.

We did lose one tank to the biggest mine I ever saw, four of the five men in it died and the fifth was per-

manently blinded.

We had American soldiers to our right and Canadians to our left. The Americans sadly lost a lot of men.

But everyone was well trained and we had three ships behind us firing salvo after salvo to areas in front of

us to give us support. We ourselves were supporting the Canadians as they made their way up a hill, but

by the end of the day the allied troops had made their way over the hill at Gold Beach.

Sydney, a self-confessed insomniac said, we had advanced quite a bit by the evening of D-Day and we final-

ly settled in an orchard come evening to rest and I was so tired that is the only time in my life I have ever

managed to sleep right the way through to the morning. That particular night as tired as we all were the

mood was exuberant amongst us all.

But even now, all these years later Sydney said he often woke up in the middle of the night and wondered

if he really did land on Gold Beach all those years ago or was it a bad dream, it all seems such a distant

memory.

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Sydney is Jewish and was born in the East End of London; he admitted that

he had some extra incentive to do some Germans in, as he once put it, “ I

had pride in in my Regiment, pride in that I was British and pride in my Jew-

ish faith, “ he said.

After the awful D-Day itself, Sydney’s 81st Assault Squadron steam-rolled its

way through Normandy into Belgium and Holland, then by February 1945

they had reached Northern Germany. With the Germans flagging on all

fronts, Sydney was witness to the horrific scenes at the infamous Bergen-

Belsen concentration camp after its liberation in April 1945. Although it did

not have the killing ovens like Auschwitz, more that 35,000 prisoners, most

of them Jewish had died there, many of them from typhoid which was run-

ning rampant in the camps inhumane conditions.

It was really too bad to describe said Sydney, it’s difficult to put into words

because it was so awful there. The prisoners were just walking skeletons.

We only spent a few hours there as we were

ordered to push on, but it really was the most

terrible scene to ever have to witness.

We gave them some food and I was able to

talk to them in Yiddish, which really amazed

many of the soldiers.

Sadly Sydney passed away in 2012 at the grand

age of 96 years.

Article written by Terry Burton

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CHASCO FIESTA PARADE

NEW PORT RICHEY FLORIDA

6 APRIL 2013 BY DICK DEREN

PHOTOS BY KELLIE WILLSON

This our fifth year of joint participation with Holiday

Detachment 567, Marine Corps League, in the Chasco

Fiesta Parade, marked another successful venture. FFC

fielded 15 wehicles and loaded them up with Marine

Veterans, Honor Guard, Auxillary, their families and

friends and FFC family and friends. As in the past, the

Detachment furnished the pizza and drinks for our an-

nual tailgate party held while we waited for the parade

to start. This year the parade actually started on time. The only glitch was trying to fit 15 vheicles in the one

vehicle space the parade people allotted us to line up

in! The vehicle line-up included 4 jeeps, 6 six by’s, one

scout car, one staff car, 1 CUCV, one ambulance and

one 3/4 ton. All the vehicles made it through the parade

and all the personnel made it through as well. The only

incident was Marine Soto’s bull dog. He followed the

Detachment Color Guard, but with his short legs he

could not keep up. So, we had to put him in Roland

Grady’s MB for most of the parade. Can’t say he didn't

try. Riding with Cliff Moffett in his M3A1 Scout Car was

a special guest, General George Patton (aka Cliff’s Dad).

The entire parade route was literally crowded 3

deep with spectators and they appreciated the Marines

judging by all the cheering generated as we rolled by.

Following the parade we all headed back to Detach-

ment 567 for a little adult refreshment. Later that even-

ing, some of the lads and lassies ventured back down-

town to participate in the Fiesta festivities.

Line up included: R. Grady-MB, R. Curran and N. Price

in T. Voyles GPW, W. Carlton-M35, D. Deren , Diane

and B. Waterman CCKW 353, T. Jarman-M515, Tom

and Lora Hauslein in T Jarmen’s CUCV, C. Moffett, G.

Patton and wife M3A1, S. Deren and K Willison in C.

Isaly’s M35, M. Evans and his two sons in B. Metnick’s

Staff car, Alan and Becky Steen in Bob’s M35, Brad and

Sally Martin-GPW, T. Butler– 5 ton, J Lindell-M37, H.

Townsend M1010, Doug in John’s M35. Thanks to the

Marine Corps League.

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New USAF ribbons suggested …...

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Submission of Articles for Publication

Articles for the newsletter will be accepted by

e-mail . Please try to limit your article to no more than one

typed page in length. The editor reserves the right to accept,

reject, edit, lengthen or shorten any submission, as required, at

his discretion.

Ethanol-free Gasoline For the locations of gas stations that sell ethanol free

gasoline, go to pure-gas.org or

http://pure-gas.org/index.isp?stateprov=FL

Info furnished by FFC Member Scott Campbell

Welcome New Members

Christopher Heesch 1945 Willys

Andy Shillinglaw M151A1

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FYI

Please send the editor any stories,

photos or related information so that

it can be included in the next copy of

the Southern Outpost. I will try and

include any materiel that is related to

our hobby.

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8 June 2013– We have a military show that I

thought your members may be interested in. It is

the Florida Military Collectors Show at Fantasy

of Flight to be held 8 June 2013, it will be lo-

cated at 1400 Broadway Blvd SE Polk City FL right

at Exit 44 on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando,

Hours are 9:00AM to 4:00PM. For information

please contact Greg Spalding (407) 462-2168 or

[email protected]

15 June 2013 - There will be a local Touch-a-

Truck from 9am to noon at the Sports complex on

the southwest corner of Stirling Road and Palm

Ave. (100th Ave.) We plan to leave the workshop

at 8:40am to convoy 1 mile to the show. Contact

Fred Perkins(954)434-8747 eve’s.

29 June 2013– Needed military static vehicles for

the Congressmans Annual Veterans Resource Fair.

Located at River Ridge High School, 11:00 to

2pm.www.bilirakis.house.gov for more info.

4 July 2013– Big City of Plantation Independence

Parade. Staged NLT 8:30 at the Westgate Shopping

Center. This is well attended! Contact Fred Per-

kins, (954) 434-8747 eve’s or (954)647-4799 cell

on day of event only.

UPCOMMING EVENTS

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Stan Kinmonth

194 Malley Cove Lane

Fleming Island, FL. 32003

NORTH I75 CORRIDOR REGION JERRY SUMNER 229-387-6984 [email protected]

Visit FLMVPA.org for more information

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SUPPLY ROOM ads are free to Members and non-members

but are limited to 100 words and one photo per ad This section

is intended for persons who have an occasional item (s) for sale.

Occasionally I will publish ads from other newsletters which

may be of interest to Members. Ads will run for two consecu-

tive issues and then be dropped. If you wish to extend an ad,

please let me know as soon as you can. If, however, you have a

lot to sell, I suggest putting it on a full page ad at $5.00 per issue

for Members or $10.00 per issue for non-members. Business

card ads are $10.00 for six issues for Members and $20.00 for

six issues for non-members.

Ads should be type written (less chance for me to make an er-

ror). E-mail to [email protected] or us mail: Emmett Thompson

19935 Leonard Rd. Lutz, FL 33558

Nothing for sale this issue.

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THE SUPPLY ROOM

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Recent Acquisitions

From reptilian69 (who ever you are)

Walter Keller’s new toy….NICE!

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Unless otherwise noted, the contact person for events listed here are the regional coordinators.

FYI events are informational only. Attendance is on an individual case basis.

All activities are open to any Member regardless of which region they live in.

If you are aware of an activity that you think the club would be interested in, call your

regional coordinator to have it put on the schedule.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS Panhandle Region-Applebee’s Car Show, Moultrie, GA. First Saturday of each month. 1600

hrs. till ? 50% off your meal if you enter your vehicle. 1st, 2nd, 3rd place peoples choice trophies awarded each month. FFC CON: Russell Deese, [email protected] , 229-377-1528.

Southeast Region-Meets most Friday nights (weather permitting) at the Tower Shops in Da-vie, FL. in conjunction with the weekly car show in the parking lot. FFC CON: Fred Per-kins, [email protected], 954-434-8747.

Western Region-Meets on the last Thursday of each month at Quaker Steak and Lube, 49th Street and U.S. 19, Pinellas Park, FL. Around 1700 hrs. FFC CON: George Hecht,

[email protected], 727-443-2942.

Central Region-Brooksville area meets on the second Thursday each month at the Chick-Fil-A Car Show, Rt. 50, Brooksville. 1700 to 2000 hrs. FFC CON: John Manolis,

[email protected], 352-688-8722.

FYI-Third Sunday every month. Putnum County Fairgrounds Car Show and Swap Meet, 117 Yelvington Rd., East Palatka, FL. 32131. 0800 to 1500 hrs. Event Con: 352-505-8287.

FYI-Second Sunday every month. USA Flea Market Car Show, US. 19, Port Richey, FL.

FYI-First Saturday of every month. Dade City Car Show, downtown. 1600 hrs. FFC CON: John Bolender, 813-355-7277, [email protected]

FYI-First Sunday of each month. Webster, FL. Car and Cycle Swap Meet

Websterautoswap.net

It is suggested that if you plan to attend any of the above on going activities, that you call the con-tact to make sure the activity is still on for the day you plan to attend. Some of the activities may be suspended in the summer months.

MANEUVERS CONTINUED ON BACK COVER

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MANEUVERS

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Devil dogs military depot 6th annual

military show, 9-10 mar 2013

By Dick Deren Devil Dog, John Lindell has done it again with another successful spring rally at the Gunn Highway Flea Market in Odessa , FL. This year’s show was ex-panded to two days in hopes to bring out more Veterans, militaria collectors and vehicle enthusiasts. There were 17 plus military vehicles on display ( a good many of them belonging to John).. FFC members displaying their vehi-cles along with John were Emmett Thompson, M151A2, Mike Davis driving Emmett’s M109A3, Roland Grady, MB, new member Andy Shillinglaw, M151A1, Walter Keller, Mk48/14, new member Thomas Butler, M934, Walter Carlton, M-35, Phil Sieglein and his driver, Kuebelwagen, Dick Deren and Bob Waterman, CCKW 352,. Other FFC members attending were Terry Voyles, John Vara, George Kellner, Ed and Katherine McKenzie, and Hugh Townsend all of whom had vender spaces. Each vehicle owner and vendor received a nice trophy to commemorate the occasion compliments of the Devil Dog Mil-itary Depot and John Lindell. Thanks John for a great show.

Emmett and Roland Andy’s new toy

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From the Secretary

A few years ago, the club decided to stop issuing laminated ID badges every year. The last batch went out without a year on them; intending that they be kept and used year

after year. If you have an ID without a year on it, and it’s in good

shape, this message is not for you. However, if you are a new member or a member whose badge is tattered, please email a request for a badge to me. I will compile a list be-

tween now and April 31; at which time I will run off a batch of badges. Please note this is to minimize scrap from the

laminating process.

Also, If you have previously requested a new / replacement badge PLEASE RESUBMIT your request.

My email: [email protected]

Please put FFC-ID in the subject line

Thanks, Stan Kinnonth, Secretary

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