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Military Trader • APRIL 2024 • VOLUME 31, ISSUE 4
HOMEFRONT NEWS
We don’t know what we missed — and maybe that’s a good thing
SHOW of SHOWS • Ohio Valley Military Society brings out the good stuff!
Home Cookin’! • Celebrating Veteran’s Day with an MV show (and BBQ)
COLLECTING THE ‘DIRTY DOZEN’ • Third Reich collectors can go many directions — here are 12 popular targets
German girls, American boys • The American occupation of the German Rhineland 1918-1923
A tale of 2 active veterans agencies • Medals of the Army & Navy Union, MOWW
Mission Capable
Pointe du Hoc • Once a key Allied target; now a place to remember
The youngest sailor? • Texan Calvin Graham couldn’t wait to serve in World War II
FAVORITE FINDS
MILITARY WHATIZIT?
The ‘Staghound’ • The Chevrolet T17E1: An unlikely game changer for the British
Canadian Contribution • Ford of Canada aided the Empire in early 1941
TECH TIPS
CALENDAR • Confirm all information with show promoter before traveling. The time, dates, and/or location may have changed!