Eugene,
You owe me a beer, and an apology.
From the Army Corps of Engineers
history of Raritan Arsenal, Edison, NJ:
"4. SITE HISTORY: The Arsenal was established in 1917 and originally
was a storage point for shipments overseas. Shortly after World War I,
it became a permanent ordnance depot because of its strategic
location. At the time, depot operations consisted mainly of ammunition
storage, VEHICLE STORAGE and processing of other items. (my caps)
Fact sheet for former Raritan Arsenal, 25 June 1996
http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/oew/factshts/factshts/raritan.html
The report is mainly about environmental issues, we've been working
with them on it for years. But they did do a fairly good historical
workup on the arsenal. A lot if it with the aerial and site photos in
my files.
The guys at the Army Corps don't seem to think I'm "from another
planet".
BTW - I explained why I sent you the pic of the M151's, I just
happened to have it in the scanner at the time. Sorry I didn't have
one with "Welcome to Raritan Arsenal" in the pic, but I expect they
didn't sell many post cards.
I also found some interesting pics of DUKW's being "road tested" in
the Raritan River, dated 1943. Must have been right after they were
introduced. They aren't jeeps, but they are definitely vehicles.
When I get to the dead storage files, I'll look for pics of MB/GPW's
at the arsenal, but don't expect me to drop everything to do it. Some
of us have work to do.
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:13:55 -0700, you wrote:
>Why is it that someone always gets so far off track that you wonder what
>planet the guy is from. The discussion was WW2 Jeeps in crates and someone
>sends me pictures of NAM Vintage 151 vehicles. they were at an "Arsenal" so
>he said..but they could have been taken in the Delta somewhere..?/ Guys,
>please stick to the discussion at hand. If you are not sure of what you are
>posting - please, save it for posterity. If I may add - what was the rule
>in WW2 - very definitely was NOT the rule in the Viet Nam period... Arsenals
>did not store vehicles in WW2...if you prove me wrong...I owe you a
>beer..Thanks..1SG PANTANO
>
>
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