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Old 15-11-2007, 06:58 AM   #15 (permalink)
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What happened to the Grant tanks?
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Originally Posted by Owen D View Post
What happened to all the Grants after they were replaced at the end of The Desert War?
I know a few ended up on Military Ranges.
What about the rest?
Owen
I know what happened to at least one of these "oldies"
I'm referring to one particular "Honey" that I met up with in the 4th QOH.

" I had been assigned as wireless operator to the SSM (Squadron Sergeant Major), one Sgt. Major "Busty" Thomas, as Welsh as it was possible to be.
His tank wasn’t the nice, solid-looking Sherman on which I had been trained for the past three months, but was instead a Stuart tank from the 8th Army desert days. To make matters worse its turret had been removed and the only protection "up top" was a canvas hood that was designed to keep the rain off."

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I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942
Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt).
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