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This 1965 short-bed, step-side, half-ton Ford displayed at the Arizona Military Vehicle Collector Show inspired me. It was painted in Navy gray. Apparently not all military vehicles have to be olive drab!
4. Military Vehicle History and Research

Military vehicles of a Different Color

By Military Vehicles Magazine
U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/AP and retouched by by Alexis Jazz, via Wikimedia Commons)
Flags, Banners

Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Marine's Identity Confirmed

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President of the United States Donald J. Trump places the Medal of Honor around retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley's neck, the 300th Marine Medal of Honor recipient, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2018. From Jan. 31, to Feb. 6 1968 in the Republic of Vietnam, Canley, the company gunnery sergeant assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, took command of the company, led multiple attacks against enemy-fortified positions, rushed across fire-swept terrain despite his own wounds and carried wounded Marines into Hue City, including his commanding officer, to relieve friendly forces who were surrounded. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daisha R. Johnson)
Medals

USMC Sergeant Major John L. Canley Receives Medal of Honor

By Military Trader
The Ontos had six M40 106 mm recoilless rifles that could be fired in rapid succession against individual targets.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

Military Vehicles Spotlight: M50 “Ontos” Gun Motor Carriage

By Military Vehicles Magazine
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Militaria Collecting 101

Marines to get smart phones to call in fire support

By Mike Eppinger
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Firearms and Ordnance

Marines can use PMAG

By Military Trader
The photo and the original identifications
Flags, Banners

Confirmation on Iwo Jima flag raisers mistaken identities

By Mike Eppinger
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Military Vehicles in the News

US deploys tanks to Romania

By Mike Eppinger
The Wheels Drawing, Colored Pencil on Paper; by Herbert C. Hahn; C. 1951
Militaria Collecting 101

Art exhibit honors the story of the Korean War

By Mike Eppinger

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