Eddie Silks and I fooling around. The Thompson sub-machine
gun was given to us by a Major Nero upon a trip to Lydda
airport. Note WW1 helmets. (Major Ulysses S. “Sam”
Nero of 9th Bomber Command, Material. Legendary exploits
with General Billy Mitchell sinking Ostfriesland, and
keeping Ploesti raid B-24’s flying).
Eddie Silks and I fooling around. The Thompson sub-machine
gun was given to us by a Major Nero upon a trip to Lydda
airport. Note WW1 helmets. (Major Ulysses S. “Sam”
Nero of 9th Bomber Command, Material. Legendary exploits
with General Billy Mitchell sinking Ostfriesland, and
keeping Ploesti raid B-24’s flying).
Desert Convoy. Note vehicles are dispersed.
Chow at new destination. Note tables are set on 5 gallon
“Jerry Cans” (5 gal. gasoline cans captured
from Wehrmacht and issued by British. Darragh West,
Libya.
Me with possibly a cap in front of an abandoned Arab
well. March 1943.
Locals.
Original desert transportation.
Figure in the distance was an Arab praying.
Abandoned well.
Well probably never produced water and was abandoned.
