November Final 2011

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Monthly Meetings are held at Campsie RSL, 25 Anglo Road, Campsie, On

the first Tuesday night of each month at 2000 hrs

Nov

2011

Rough TracksThe magazine of the

A U S T R A L I A N E X - M I L I T A R Y V E H I C L E

C O L L E C T O R S S O C I E T Y I N C

FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Jointly between the A.M.V.C.S. & Menangle Steam

26TH AND/ OR 27TH NOVEMBER 2011Starts 6pm

or come earlier for a look aroundAt

Menangle Steam Museum PlaygroundFor 2 days of family fun

with your military vehicleswith asleepover in between,

Dinner Saturday Night cost $20Children's cost (5-14) is $10, Under 5 Free

Payment must be made before 18th November

Contact Garry 0417 274 640 or by email

[email protected]

Trophy Presentation will occur after ourChristmas Dinner.

Members were reminded...For safety please use 1st gear onlywhile at Menangle's Public Areas


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President John Oldenmenger tel (02) 4572 5672 Mob. 0425 253 253

Vice President Ray Kickert (02) 9602 9735

Secretary/Editor Ken Whyte tel (02) 9625 5748 Mob 0418 260 013 Email:- [email protected]

Treasurer Neil Cameron-Smith tel (02) 9484 8862 Mob 0419 230 828.

Public Relations David Goodman 0418 682 082

Club Plate Registrar Lawrie Winney Tel (02) 4578 1531 CMC Delegate Gary Beers ALT/Delegate

First Aid Officers Certified - Jan Thompson tel (02) 9969 7607 Mob 0412 078 096And Chief Corowa Information lady

AMVCS Committee 2011/2012 PO Box 221 Gladesville NSW 2111http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/amvcs_nsw/

For Sale

Club banners are3 x 2 @ $15 each

Flagsare 3x 2 @ $20 eachOrders are being taken


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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE A.M.V.C.S. HELD AT CAMPSIE R.S.L. ON

TUESDAY 1st NOVEMBER 2011

General Meeting Opened at: - 8.00pmOpening Comments from Neil Cameron Smith - field fairly thin tonight as J.O had broken down before the meeting and was wait-ing for truck recovery. Ken Whyte went home sick. Thanks to club for use of Wedding room.

Note from Ken Whyte. As the meeting was taped in Kens absence. Names proposing, seconding and accepting matters are writtenup as accepted due to lack of detail on tape. Some sections were inaudible or mumbled

Apologies: John O. Ken Whyte, Kevin Burne, Les Bell, Keith Adam, Don Campbell, Tony Playle , Roland Davey, Ian Hall, RayKickert

Visitors: Brian HealyMinutes from Previous meeting:taken as read - all acceptedCorrespondence In:Presidents report: - circulated a Thank you from Wings over Illawarra Discussions held regarding ourattendance. The trip to Canberra - now organised by Gary N & Keith Adams - all correspondence had was emailed over to GaryN. Christmas party - Gary N was organizing the event too. Costs were $20 per adult and $10 Children - funds were collected.Gary has spoken to caterers and reported sheds had been refurbished. There would be lighting, tables and chairs. Members wereadvised to be there by 6pm but were welcome to attend earlier for a look around, general meet up etc, etc. Our club was askedwhat we want out as toys. We were not allowed a swap meet.

Vice Presidents report: - none

Treasures Report: - Bank figures were $6,075.47 in the main (cheque) account and $6,196.19 in term deposit account. K.WPresented Invoices for payment being for Septembers magazine $470.92 & Octobers magazine $451.62 . Approved & Secondedtogether with the Treasures report both accepted Gary N & Ken Stacey. Insurance had not come through but would chase up be-fore the trip to Canberra, had sent emails but no original documents had arrive.

Public Relations Report: Memorial service at North Head Museum with NAS was cancelled due to the organsier having otherevents south in NSW. Wings over Illawarra will now be first Sunday in May each year, 2012 will be 6th May 2012.Request made to go down on the Saturday. Flyer going around re accommodation on the Upper Murray Resort. 26th January wasthe NRMA Motorfest - registrations have closed. 10-12th February Highlands Steam and Vintage FairOberonvehicle runs,dinner dance, award and displays, Contact Rally Organsier at PO Box 313, Oberon 2787 or on 02 6336 1934 after 6pm or [email protected] or www.highlandssteam.org.au

Club Plate Registers Report:-3 new regos - 2 for same member, 3rd was in process for restoration

Editor/ Secretary:- Noted that the taped recording and confirmed Christmas party was written up as Family Christmas party.No trip reports or photos received from members in Novembers. Ken advised he would not be at the December meeting as he wasgoing to the 70th anniversary in Oahu. Ken also advised that Australia post had approved and issued a number allocated our publi-cation (ref PP:255003/10161.)

C.M.C report: - no meeting this month.

General Business: - (1) Jeep Auctions for sale Laughton(?) $7,500 back on EBay at $8,500. Comma Jeep $6,500 only one seat.Jeep near Toms place at $20,000 passed in. Tom also new of other items including a trailer. (2) Phil Rider gave a recollection onhis trip to France. (3) Jan still had a couple of Jeep Biscuit tins left. Jan also attended the Clearing Sale at Culgoa. (4) Garry Beers

reported on work on Caribou's. (4) Gary N had news of newly found B & W footage from Vietnam together with some Coloured,but no sound. Gary & Faye went to an OH & S meeting re S.M.E. museum and that it was going to be moved, new museum atSingleton. (5) David Goodman was asked if he could arrange a day at the Parramatta barracks. David Goodman asked about theclub LandRover - to be investigated. (6) Mention was made of an Armory and it had possibilities for a Military Day event (asmentioned last month)

Meeting closed at. 21.48pm

Next meeting 6th December 2011


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MANOEUVRES FOR 2011/2012

Month Date Event Notes Coordinator

November 11th Canberra War Memorial trip Everybody to come ! Ken Whyte

11-13th Memorial service at North Head

Museum with NAS

Appears not to be happening as

organizers had other events on

20th All German Show & Shine Day Newcastle Www.mbccc.org.au

20th Southern Tablelands Vintage Rally Taralga Showground Tim 02 4844 7016

26th Club Christmas Party $20 per head (adult) Gary Nisbet 0417 274 640

2012January 15th 30th Annual All American Day -

Exclusively for American built ve-hicles at Castle Towers ShoppingCentre, Castle Hill (Entry off OldCastle Hill Road) - register on theday. $10 entry fee for ChildrensHospital Westmead

26th NRMA Motorfest - registrations haveclosed

27-29th Guyra showground - Military Vehiclerallycontact Robert William on 0439711 701 for information

February 10-12th Highlands Steam and Vintage FairOberonvehicle runs, dinner dance,award and displays, Contact RallyOrgansier at PO Box 313, Oberon2787 or on 02 6336 1934 after 6pmor email [email protected] orwww.highlandssteam.org.au

March 12-18th Corowa Swim In

March -April 30th-1st Military Heritage Weekend Mitchell Shire Council

May 6th Wings Over Illawarra

17-19th Trucks on show, Rosehill Gardens

19-20th Oil, Steam & Kero Field Day Campbelltown Steam & Ma-chinery Museum

20th National Motoring Heritage Day


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VIETNAM WAR

A mate of mine, from WWII Jeeps, Tran Vinh Phuc, has provided the followingstatistics:-

3 million of my people died in the war, including 65,000 US and more than 500 Aussies . After the War , there are still a millionVietnamese that are still effected from Agent Orange , Nabam . Vihn was very lucky to survive and have Australia as his secondhome . He is helping Sister Trish - Nun to help other unlucky Vietnamese and forgotten kids a second chance in life. Christmas is atime for giving.

SEPTEMBER WORDS FROM TRISHAs we have just begun the new School Year (2011 2012) just a few words to alert you to the many activities happening within our

projects and which are accredited to the outreach and attention of many donors who have given so generously over the months of this year.Your help, interest and encouragement comes at a crucial time when school begins again and the needs of children in our care are criticaland vital. The Loreto Team is deeply aware that our bighearted friends are the basis of our activities for poor and disabled kids in Vietnam.When they have an opportunity to improve their (educational) lives, then families benefit too. In fact communities thrive. With these pointsbelow, I am merely making brief mention of all that YOU can assume to have positively achieved for the kids in the care of the Loreto Pro-gram. I invite you to explore in greater depth the many new articles on our website and know what powerful energy you are giving to thou-sands of Vietnamese kids

uniforms, scholarships, School Packs for students (over 1,500) in our rural schools thus improving their (prolonged) attendance of

school sustaining curriculum areas of Vocational Training, art, music, sport and library to broaden programs of study for intellectually challenged

kids sustaining nutritional support, medical cover and transport to/from school for disabled and poor children in disadvantaged ru ral areas who

would otherwise drop out of school equipping Play-Based Activity Rooms for Sunrise Special School and the School for the Blind to assist with rehabilitation and therapy

for children with multiple disabilities constructional revamping of run-down educational areas of many schools to create brighter and more stimulating learning environments desk-tops/furniture for vision-impaired and hearing impaired students: eagerly anticipated for some time and which have now created

information technology as a reality sports uniforms for hundreds of poor children (never had them before) swimming program, pool repairs and excursions for disadvantaged kids in our care to broaden their outlook of life construction and

equipping of three new kindergartens in severely remote and isolated countryside environs of Vietnam: intolerable poverty will be eliminatedand young children will no longer have to wander uselessly but they will now be able to attend Early Educational Centers. As we openmany doors of need and try to answer the needs we discover more to do! Dont hesitate to contact the Loreto Team if you need to knowmore information.Thank you for all that you do on behalf of poor and disabled kids in Vietnam.

If you can help out, even a little, it will surely be appreciated.

Each year the Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program (LVAP) continues to advance the educationalempowerment of poor and disabled children in Vietnam. We have seen many lives changed for thebetter. Each and every child, family and community has reason to hope because great advanceshave been made in their lives. Thank you to our donors for your gifts of change. Since 1997, youhave helped LVAP reach out and transform the lives of more than 10,000 children. These smilesand stories are made because of your generosity

If you can make a tax deductable donation by cheque, please make your cheque payable to Australian Volunteers International TrishFranklin - Vietnam (note to Trish Franklin - Vietnam is essential) and kindly send it to the following address:

Australian Volunteers International, PO Box 350, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065. Australia

Remember as they say just a little drop of rain in sufficient quantities makes an ocean .


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Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary

The December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor was horrific andcrushing. The United States Pacific Fleet was crippled in a matterof two hours. As big as that was, however, it was only thebeginning. The Pearl Harbor raid was just one part of the Japaneseplan for the day, the centerpiece of a comprehensive assault on the

United States and Great Britain. Japan had planned its day ofattacks to address several tactical and strategic goals in theWestern Pacific and Southeast Asia. Japan was going to warbecause its supply of oil from the United States had beenembargoed; the island nation needed to clear the way to replaceAmerican petroleum with oil from the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).

It is now alleged that the American officials had advance knowledge ofJapan's December 7, 1941 attack onPearl Harbor. How was the United States caught off guard? How much and when did American officials knowof Japanese plans for an attack? Former United States Navy Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald has argued that

various parties high in the U.S. and British governments knew of the attack in advance and may even have letit happen or encouraged it in order to force America into war via the "back door."

Assertions that Japanese codes had already been broken

By late 1941, the U.S. had broken several Japanese ciphers, such as J19 and PA-K2, called Tsu and Oiterespectively. The highest security diplomatic code, dubbed Purple by the U.S., had been broken. The U.S. wasalso given decrypted messages by Dutch (NEI) intelligence, who like the others in the British-Dutch-U.S.agreement to share the cryptographic load, shared information with allies.

Detection of Japanese transmissions

There are claims that as the Kido Butai (the Striking Force), steamed toward Hawaii, radio signals were detected thatalerted U.S. intelligence to the imminent attack. For instance, the Matson liner SSLurline, heading from San Franciscoto Hawaii on its regular route, is said to have heard and plotted via "relative bearings" unusual radio traffic, in atelegraphic code very different from International Morse which persisted for several days, and came from signal source(s) moving in an easterly direction, not shore stations - presumably the approaching Japanese.

Statements by high-ranking officials

Vice Admiral Frank E. Beatty, who was an aide to the Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and was very closeto President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inner circle, made remarks as: "Prior to December 7, it was evident evento me... that we were pushing Japan into a corner. I believed that it was the desire of President Roosevelt, andPrime Minister Churchill that we get into the war, as they felt the Allies could not win without us and all

our efforts to cause the Germans to declare war on us failed; theconditions we imposed upon Japan - to get out of China, for

example - were so severe that we knew that nation could notaccept them. We were forcing her so severely that we could haveknown that she would react toward the United States. All herpreparations in a military way - and we knew their over-all import- pointed that way." Another "eye witness viewpoint" akin toBeatty's is provided by Roosevelt's administrative assistant at thetime of Pearl Harbor, Jonathan Daniels; it is the telling commentabout FDR's reaction to the attack - "The blow was heavier thanhe had hoped it would necessarily be. ... But the risks paid off;even the loss was worth the price. ..."
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"Ten days before the attack on Pearl Harbor", HenryL. Stimson,United States Secretary of War at the time"entered in his diary the famous and much-argued state-ment - that he had met with President Roosevelt to discussthe evidence of impending hostilities with Japan, and thequestion was 'how we should maneuver the Japanese intothe position of firing the first shot without allowing toomuch danger to ourselves."

Robert Stinnett suggests a the memo suggests only adirect attack on U.S. interests would sway the Americanpublic (or Congress) to favor direct involvement in theEuropean war, specifically in support of the British. Anattack by Japan would not, could not, aid Britain, ashistory would prove.

Role of American carriers

None of the three U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor when the attack came. Advanceknowledge of the attack necessitated that the carriers be moved away so as to save them from attack. Carriers

became the Navy's most important ships only following the attack. Saving the carriers demonstrated the un-precedented ability to later attack the enemy at a great distance, with great force and surprise. The U.S. wouldturn this ability against Japan. Elimination of battleships from the Pacific Fleet forced the Americans to rely oncarriers for offensive operations.

American response to attack

Closer to the moment of the attack, the attacking planes were detected and tracked as they approached by anArmy radar. The Opana Point radar station, plotted the approaching force, and also plotted them returning tothe carriers. An operator later stated "that the radar return was the largest that I had ever seen". The duty offi-cer told him "Well don't worry about it. Additionally, Japanese submarines were sighted and attacked (by the

destroyer Ward) outside the harbor entrance a few hours before the attack commenced, and at least one wassunk- all before the planes came within even radar range. This might have provided enough notice to disperseaircraft and fly off reconnaissance, except, yet again, reactions of the duty officers were tardy.

Roosevelt's desire for war with Germany

Pearl Harbor was not a surprise. Roosevelt wanted (though did not say so officially) the U.S. to intervene inthe war against Germany, but did not expect the United States to be hit as severely as she was in the attack onPearl Harbor. After the attack, American public anger was directed at Japan, not Germany. The Tripartite Pact(Germany, Italy, Japan) called for each to aid another in defense;Japan could not reasonably claim America had attacked Japan if

she struck first On the intelligence available to Roosevelt andChurchill prior to the attack is a Purple message, dated29 November 1941, from the Japanese Ambassador in Berlinto Tokyo. A closing paragraph reads, " He (Ribbentrop) alsosaid that if Japan were to go to war with America, Germanywould, of course, join in immediately, and Hitler's intentionwas that there should be absolutely no question of Germanymaking a separate peace with England. ..." Churchill waswell aware of this.
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Conclusion

Neither Admiral Kimmel nor General Short ever faced court martial. It is alleged this was to avoid disclosinginformation showing the U.S. had advanced knowledge of the attack. When asked, "Will historians know morelater?", Kimmel replied, "' ... I'll tell you what I believe. I think that most of the incriminating records havebeen destroyed. ... I doubt if the truth will ever emerge.' ...".From Vice Admiral Libby, "I will go to my grave convinced that FDR ordered Pearl Harbor to let happen. Hemust have known." (believe it or not!)

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Members welcome to send in their written adverts for items for sale.

The Honorable Doctor Lawrie Winney tel 4578 1531, still his latex gloves on and needs to

see the following Vehicles, for an Annual Inspection. Please make a booking!

November December January

Les Bell Bill Sjoblom Ray Kickert

Mick Jericevich Han Sprangers Peter Kuntz

Russell Phelan Michael Rodriguez

Mathew Tondl


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WEAPON OF THE MONTH - Nazi UFO'sNAZI BASES IN ANTARCTICA

Beginning in 1938,the Nazi's commenced tosend out numerous exploratory missions tothe Queen Maud region of Antarctica. Asteady stream of expeditions were reportedlysent out from [at the time] white supremacistSouth Africa. Over 230,000 square miles ofthe frozen continent were mapped from theair, and the Germans discovered vast regionsthat were surprisingly free of ice, as well aswarm water lakes and cave inlets. One vastice cave within the glacier was reportedlyfound to extend 30 miles toa large hot-water geothermal lake deep be-low. Various scientific teams were moved into the area, including hunters, trappers, col-lectors and zoologists, botanists, agricultur-ists, plant specialists, mycologists, parasitolo-

gists, marine biologists, ornithologists, andmany others. Numerous divisions of the German government were involved in the top secret project.

Deep underground construction teams came pouring into the renamed "Neu-Schwabenland". They came on cargo ships, militarytransport ships, and submarines. The cargo ships coming from South Africa were protected by a host of killer-submarines and mili-tary ships. Any ship that even came close to the shipping routes from South Africa to Antarctica were destroyed by German U-boatsto protect the secret.

Just before the end of the WWII, two German provision U-boats, U-530 and U-977, were launched from a port on the Baltic Sea.Reportedly they took with them members of the antigravity-disk research and development teams and the last of the most vital disccomponents [much of this technology and hardware had been transported to the base during the course of the war]. This includedthe notes and drawings for the latest saucer or aerial disk designs, and designs for the gigantic underground complexes andliving accommodations based on the remarkable underground factories of Nordhausen in the Harz Mountains. The two U-boats duly

reached the new land of Neu-Schwabenland where they unloaded everything. When they arrived in Argentina several months later,their crews were captured.

The crews of these U-Boats were of course interrogated by U.S. Intelligence agents who had suspected the existence of the Antarc-tic base. Whatever the Nazi soldiers tried to tell them, apparently the Americans were not convinced... especially considering thesubsequent and ill-fated U.S. Navy backed military actions against the Nazi's "Last Battalion" in Antarctica in later years underAdmiral Richard E. Byrd, who arrived at Antarctica with an entire military armada and provisions to last 6 month. However thethe entire expedition lasted only 8 weeks, with only approximately three weeks of actual full-scale Antarctic operations.

The major base-city of Antarctica became known as the NEW BERLIN, or by the code-named "Base-211".

Following is the chronological collection of the events and their conclusions as far as they are known. They all lead to the establish-ing of the Antarctic base 211 at the end of war by means of German submarines and flying saucers and to the attempt to destroy it

by the US Navy in 1947.

1. Evaluation of the anti-gravity propulsion of a nearly 100% functional flying saucer going down in the 'Schwarzwald' in the sum-mer 1936.2. Alternative hypothesis: Self-developing this propulsion by experiments of German scientists basing on Viktor Schauberger's anti-gravity experiments.3. First unmanned flights with the new [re-]built propulsion. A very special section of the "Reichsluftfahrtbehoumlrde" gets the pro-ject under its control with the aim to build up anti-gravital fighters and troop-carriers. The project's name is 'HANEBBU' [somesources also call it the 'VRIL' project]. The prototypes are numbered in ascending order. The project has many setbacks in the firstyears due to the massive electro-magnetic disturbances and their interaction with conventional


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electric components. Although the propulsion can be handled and used principally, it seems to be nearly impossible to "drive or fly"these prototypes in sharper angles than 90 degrees, thus not usable as fighters. Additionally normal navigation systems referringsomehow to magnetic fields were completely useless and special magnetic independent navigation instrumentation designed, thecelestial guidance system: "Meisterkompass" and "Peiltochterkompass". Arctic bases and civilian research stations. In fact at least 20well documented operations have taken place along the Arc-tic until 1945 by means of these submarines. Some of theseoperations, especially the later ones, had to be carried outunder extreme conditions and with the permanent threat ofcontact with the enemy. Besides, on their way to the southpole, researchers discovered somewhat like a straight deepsubmarine trench fitting pretty well for the necessary trans-portation's.4. Further secret German expeditions to'NEUSCHWABENLAND'

5. Necessary items for the erection of the bases are continu-ously transported on submarines. Note: German submarinecommanders are highly experienced in the Arctic waters dueto the need of delivery of material and people to Germany'snorthern Arctic bases and civilian research stations. In fact atleast 20 well documented operations have taken place alongthe Arctic until 1945 by means of these submarines. Some of

these operations, especially the later ones, had to be carriedout under extreme conditions and with the permanent threatof contact with the enemy.Besides, on their way to the south pole, researchers discov-ered somewhat like a straight deep submarine trench fittingpretty well for the necessary transportation's.

6. The 'HANNEBU' series has left the stadium of prototypesand brought up to 19-25 ships in 2 [or even 3] sizes."HANEBU I" is a small vessel, "HANNEBU II" a more so-phisticated, larger one. Some reports even hint at"HANNEBU III", which was designed as a mothership. Ifthis third type has become reality, there existed only one sin-

gle ship. So, the overall transport capacities are still very lim-ited, due to a quite small diameter of the disks. Additionallyproduction of ships gets more and more difficult, because theAllies managed to cut of Germany's raw materialsmore and more. Yet 'HANNEBUs' managed to disturb someallied bomber raids over Germany. Note: Every alliedbomber pilot in the [latter] years of the war knew the mysteri-ous threat of the so called "foe-fighters" appearing and van-ishing with incredible speed and causing bright-orange lightphenomenon's and paroxysmal instrumentation failures on allelectric and magnetic parts of the bombers. In no source a direct attack by these"foe-fighters" is mentioned, they seem to play a completely defensive role on the late air war over Germany. (Note: see the movie,THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, which correctly implies that the Germans were on the verge of developing a whole range of in-credible new aerial weapons, and needed to prolong the war for a few more months in order to get their new jets, etc., into p roduc-tion, and the Battle of the Bulge was a part of this plan. However just as these new weapons were about to go into mass productionthe German military failed to fully succeed in their battle plans to buy more time and prolong the war for a few more months, and theAllied invasion of Germany began. That particular victory may have been closer than most of us would dare to believe.

7. The enormous pressure of the Allies force the Germans to give up the big secret underground facilities in Eastern Germany. TheAllies themselves seem to be pretty well informed on these facilities and overall eager to capture them. The Germans flee and leaveback much material of the 'HANNEBU' project. Their attempt to rebuild the construction zones in the middle of Germany fails. Thewar is nearly over. "Quotations: "... I have seen enough of their designs and production plans to realize that if they [the Germans] hadmanaged to prolong the war some months longer, we would have been confronted with a set of entirely new and deadly develop-ments in air warfare.


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8. Sir Roy Feddon, chief of the technical mission to Germany for the Ministry for base 211. The overall transport capacities are quitelimited.Aircraft Production in 1945. "When WWII ended, the Germans had several radical types of aircraft and guided missiles un-der development. The majority were in the most preliminary stages, but they were the only known craft that could even approach theperformance of objects reported to UFO observers.

9. Captain Edward J. Ruppelt Chief of the US Air Force Project 'Bluebook' on 1956. "Notes: "-- A last convoy of submarine vesselsleaves German Harbors with direction to Antarctica and Andes. It is the overall successful attempt to escape the Allies' clutches.Among this last convoy there are the U 530 [Captain Otte Wehrmut] and the U977m [Captain Heinz Schaumlffer]. " -- The last visualcontact with U977 was on April 26th at Christiansund. Schaumlffer's crew did not reveal anything about the submarine's destination

or load. The vessel vanishes now for nearly 4 months, before the crew delivers a completely empty vessel to Argentinian Officials. "-- In the same way, leading NS-Officials and technicals are evacuated from Berlin/Potsdam with the HANEBU fleet heading to themeanwhile COMPLETED (?) base 211.

10.The submarine convoy achieves in the southern Atlantic Sea a sea victory over an Allied unit trying to stop it.

11. Germany's capitulation

12. Until today more than 100 submarines of the German fleet are missing.Among those are many of the highly technological XXIIclass equipped with the so-called 'Walterschnorchel', a special designed and coated schnorkel enabling submarines in combinationwith their new developed engines to dive for many thousand miles. A 'trip' to the base without recognition becomespretty possible with this technology.

13. The US Navy tries to destroy the German base which did not surrender at the end of war. The operation is a disaster. The base

remained functional, at least in parts.

14.More than one year after the surrendering of U977 the US NAVY launches the biggest military operation in the Antarctic ice un-der the command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. This is the operation 'HIGHJUMP', including 13 ships, 1 aircraft carrier, 2 seaplanetenders, 6 two-engined R4D transports and 4000 men. The only official statement on the purpose of such a task force is the need fortesting "new material under the extreme Antarctic conditions.


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STOLEN. A restored army Jeep. This jeep was restore quite a few years ago so it doeslook well used. It was stolen from a property in the Dubbo area .Some time in the lastweek. It was stolen from a couple who are in there 80's who have owned it for many years.Please keep your eyes out as this affects us all. If you have anydoubts about any thing you see. report it to the Dubbo police."

"Rego number is HVQ 895 Serial number is MB208272 or may be MB800394 family is still a bitshocked as you could imagine so not real sure about which serial number it is. Police havebeen notified. We all need to catch these thieves"

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PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH

Charles UphamCaptain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar (21 September 190822 November 1994) was a NewZealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross twice during the Second World War: in Crete inMay 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge,Egypt, in July 1942. He was only the third person to receive theVC twice, the only person to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat

soldier to receive the award twice.[5] As a result, Upham is often described as the most highlydecorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award forextreme gallantry in the face of the enemy.

First VCIn March 1941 Upham's battalion left for Greece and then withdrew to Crete, and it was here thathe was wounded in the action, from 22 to 30 May 1941, that gained him his first VC. When in-formed of the award, his first response was: "It's meant for the men. During the operations in Cretethis officer performed a series of remarkable exploits, showing outstanding leadership, tactical skill and utter indifference to danger.He commanded a forward platoon in the attack on MALEME on 22nd May and fought his way forward for over 3,000 yards unsup-ported by any other arms and against a defence strongly organised in depth. During this operation his platoon destroyed numerousenemy posts but on three occasions sections were temporarily held up. In the first case, under a heavy fire from a machine gun nesthe advanced to close quarters with pistol and grenades, so demoralizing the occupants that his section was able to "mop up" withease. Another of his sections was then held up by two machine guns in a house. He went in and placed a grenade through a window,destroying the crew of one machine gun and several others, the other machine gun being silenced by the fire of his sections. In thethird case he crawled to within 15 yards of an M.G. post and killed the gunners with a grenade.When his Company withdrew fromMALEME he helped to carry a wounded man out under fire, and together with another officer rallied more men together to carryother wounded men out. He was then sent to bring in a company which had become isolated. With a Corporal he went through en-emy territory over 600 yards, killing two Germans on the way, found the company, and brought it back to the Battalion's new posi-tion. But for this action it would have been completely cut off. During the following two days his platoon occupied an exposed posi-tion on forward slopes and was continuously under fire. Second Lieutenant Upham was blown over by one mortar shell, and pain-fully wounded by a piece of shrapnel behind the left shoulder, by another. He disregarded this wound and remained on duty. He alsoreceived a bullet in the foot which he later removed in Egypt. At GALATAS on 25th May his platoon was heavily engaged and cameunder severe mortar and machine-gun fire. While his platoon stopped under cover of a ridge Second-Lieutenant Upham went for-ward, observed the enemy and brought the platoon forward when the Germans advanced. They killed over 40 with fire and grenadesand forced the remainder to fall back. When his platoon was ordered to retire he sent it back under the platoon Serjeant and he wentback to warn other troops that they were being cut off. When he came out himself he was fired on by two Germans. He fell and

shammed dead, then crawled into a position and having the use of only one arm rested his rifle in the fork of a tree and as the Ger-mans came forward he killed them both. The second to fall actually hit the muzzle as he fell. On 30th May at SPHAKIA his platoonwas ordered to deal with a party of the enemy which had advanced down a ravine to near Force Headquarters. Though in an ex-hausted condition he climbed the steep hill to the west of the ravine, placed his men in positions on the slope overlooking the ravineand himself went to the top with a Bren Gun and two riflemen. By clever tactics he induced the enemy party to expose itself and thenat a range of 500 yards shot 22 and caused the remainder to disperse in panic. During the whole of the operations he suffered fromdysentery and was able to eat very little, in addition to being wounded and bruised.

Bar to VC

Upham was evacuated to Egypt, now promoted to captain. He received a Bar to his VC for his actions on 1415 July 1942, duringthe First Battle of El Alamein. Captain C. H. Upham, V.C., was commanding a Company of New Zealand troops in the Western De-sert during the operations which culminated in the attack on El Ruweisat Ridge on the night of 14th-15th July, 1942. In spite of being

twice wounded, once when crossing open ground swept by enemy fire to inspect his forward sections guarding our mine-fields andagain when he completely destroyed an entire truck load of German soldiers with hand grenades, Captain Upham insisted on remain-ing with his men to take part in the final assault. During the opening stages of the attack on the ridge Captain Upham's Companyformed part of the reserve battalion, but, when communications with the forward troops broke down and he was instructed to send upan officer to report on the progress of the attack, he went out himself armed with a Spandau gun and, after several sharp encounterswith enemy machine gun posts, succeeded in bringing back the required information. Just before dawn the reserve battalion was or-dered forward, but, when it had almost reached its objective, very heavy fire was encountered from a strongly defended enemy local-ity, consisting of four machine gun posts and a number of tanks. Captain Upham, without hesitation, at once led his Company in adetermined attack on the two nearest strongpoints on the left flank of the sector. His voice could be heard above the din of battlecheering on his men and, in spite of the fierce resistance of the enemy and the heavy casualties on both sides, the objective was cap-tured.
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Captain Upham, during the engagement, himself destroyed a German tank and several guns and vehicles with grenades and al-though he was shot through the elbow by a machine gun bullet and had his arm broken, he went on again to a forward position andbrought back some of his men who had become isolated. He continued to dominate the situation until his men had beaten off a vio-lent enemy counter-attack and consolidated the vital position which they had won under his inspiring leadership.Exhausted by pain from his wound and weak from loss of blood Captain Upham was then removed to the Regimental Aid Postbutimmediately his wound had been dressed he returned to his men, remaining with them all day long under heavy enemy artillery andmortar fire, until he was again severely wounded and being now unable to move fell into the hands of the enemy when, his gallantCompany having been reduced to only six survivors, his position was finally over-run by superior enemy forces, in spite of the out-standing gallantry and magnificent leadership shown by Captain Upham.

The Victoria Cross was conferred on Captain Upham for conspicuous bravery during the operations in Crete in May, 1941

POW in Colditz Castle

One attempt to escape occurred when a group of POWs were being transported in open trucks through Italy. Upham jumped from thetruck at a bend and managed to get 400 yards (370 m) away before being recaptured. He had broken an ankle in jumping from themoving truck. Another attempt occurred when he was being moved between prison camps on a civilian train while guarded by twoGermans. Upham was only allowed to visit the toilet when the train was travelling at high speed, to prevent him from jumpingthrough a window. Nevertheless, Upham prised open the toilet window and jumped onto the tracks, knocking himself unconsious.On a third occasion, he tried to escape a camp by climbing its fences in broad daylight. He became entangled in barbed wire when hefell down between the two fences. When a prison guard pointed a pistol at his head and threatened to shoot, Upham calmly ignoredhim and lit a cigarette. This scene was photographed by the Germans as "evidence" and later reprinted in his biography (Mark of the

Lion, by Kenneth Sandford). After this incident, Upham was considered extremely dangerous and was placed in solitary confine-ment. He was only allowed to exercise alone, while accompanied by two armed guards and while covered by a machinegun in atower. Despite these precautions, Upham bolted from his little courtyard, straight through the German barracks and out through thefront gate of the camp. The guard in the machinegun-tower later told other prisoners that he refrained from shooting Upham out ofsheer respect.

Upham was soon captured and sent to the infamous Oflag IV-C(Colditz) on 14 October 1944.Aftermath

When Colditz Castle was liberated by American forces, most of the inmates made their own way home immediately. Upham brokeinto a German armoury, helped himself to weaponry, and went out hunting Germans. Upham was keen to see action again, but wasinstead sent to Britain where he was reunited with Molly McTamney, who was then serving as a nurse. They were married at NewMilton,Hampshire, on 20 June 1945. He returned to NZ in early September, and Molly followed him in December.King George VI had invested Upham with his first Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace on 11 May 1945. When the recommenda-tion was made for a second VC, the King remarked to Major-General Howard Kippenberger that a bar to the cross would be "veryunusual indeed" and enquired firmly, "Does he deserve it?" Kippenberger replied, "In my respectful opinion, sir, Upham won the VCseveral times over

Born

21 September 1908 (1908-09-21)Christchurch,New Zealand

Died

22 November 1994 (1994-11-23) (aged 86)Christchurch, New Zealand

The Victoria Cross ofwhich Upham receivedTWO
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VEHICLE OF THE MONTH - "SPOOFS

In World War II, both the Allies and the Axis used dummy tanks. The British, whodesigned them, called them "spoofs." The Americans used them as well. Before thewar began, the Wehrmacht utilized mock tanks to practice tactics and train theirtroops. One of the first uses of dummy tanks during the Second World War was inthe North African Campaign. The Royal Engineers stationed there constructed twoper day; between April and June 1941, they were able to build three dummy Royal

Tank Regiments, and another in November that same year. These were foldable, andthus portable, however, the Royal Engineers improved them further. Jeeps were usedto make the "spoofs" more realistic: a steel frame covered with canvas was placed onthem, making a self-propelled dummy tank. The Jeep did not realistically simulatethe noise or movement of a tank, but allowed the dummy to be deployed quickly.Meanwhile, the reverse was also done, to make tanks look like trucks. A further de-vice was put into use that both created simulated tank tracks, and erased real ones.Inflatable dummys consisted of a fabric covering, supported by a network of pressur-ized, rubber tubes that formed a kind of "pneumatic skeleton". These were generallypreferred in the field, despite their tendency to rapidly deflate if punctured by accident or shellfire. In one operation in September1944, the British deployed 148 inflatable tanks close to the front line and around half were "destroyed" by fragments from Germanmortar and artillery fire, and by Allied bombs falling short. Dummy tanks were used extensively in Operation Fortitude, prior to thelandings at the Normandy Beaches. During this operation, they were used to confuse German intelligence in two ways: first, by mak-

ing it seem that the Allies had more tanks than they did; and second, they were used to hide and downplay the importance of the lo-cation of their real tanks, in order to make it seem that the invasion would occur at the Pas-de-Calais rather than at Normandy. Simi-larly, during Operation Shingle at Anzio,Italy, inflatable Sherman tanks were deployed when the real tanks were elsewhere. In thePacific Theater of Operations, the Japanese also utilized decoys; one recorded instance was during the Battle of Iwo Jima. A "tank"was surrounded by American infantry, which had been under artillery bombardment: they found it was not real, but merely a sculp-ture, carved out ofvolcanic ash. The Red Army also employed dummy tanks to increase their apparent numbers, and mask their truemovements

The Allies went to wonderfully creative lengths to hood-wink the Nazis, asshown here.

Operation Fortitude was aimed at weakening the Germans' Normandy de-fences by forcing them to prepare for possible landings in Norway and, morelikely, the Pas de Calais. Dover's harbours were crammed with dummy land-ing craft, while plywood guns and inflatable tanks were stationed in nearbyfields. At night trucks were driven in circles around the county to deceiveGerman reconnaisance craft into thinking that troops were being deployedahead of an imminent invasion. Hitler remained convinced that main Alliedthrust would come through the Pas de Calais, even after D-Day.

World War I, Australian troops carrying adummy, Mark IV tank(1917)

An inflatable dummy tank, modeled after theM4 Sherman.
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November is poppy month, the time of the year when by the wearing of a simple emblem, a red poppy, we salute thememory of those who sacrificed their health, their strength, even their lives, that we might live in a free country. Longknown as the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) because it flourishes as a weed in grain fields, the Flanders poppy as it isnow usually called, grew profusely in the trenches and craters of the war zone. Artillery shells and shrapnel stirred up theearth and exposed the seeds to the light they needed to germinate. This same poppy also flowers in Turkey in earlyspring - as it did in April 1915 when the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli. According to Australias official war historian

C.E.W.Bean, a valley south of ANZAC beach got its name Poppy Valley from the field of brilliant red poppies near itsmouth.

Whilst the red poppy is a symbol of modern times, legend has it that the poppy goes back to the time of the Mogulleader, Genghis Khan, as the flower associated with human sacrifice. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Mogul Emperorled his warrior hordes on campaigns south to India, and west to envelop Russia as far as the shores of the Black Sea.The policy adopted by the armies of Genghis Khan was simple and effective. They would isolate their enemies, surroundand completely annihilate them. The legend states that on the battlefields that were literally drenched with blood, whitepoppies grew in vast profusion. The modern story of the poppy is, of course, no legend. In the years immediately follow-ing World War 1, governments and the whole of society, had not accepted the responsibility for those incapacitated andbereft as a result of war. In Britain, unemployment accentuated the problem. Earl Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief,undertook the task of organising the British Legion as a means of coping with the problems of hundreds and thousandsof men who had served under him in battle. In 1921, a group of widows of French ex-servicemen called on him at the

British Legion Headquarters. They brought with them from France some poppies they had made, and suggested thatthey might be sold as a means of raising money to aid the distressed among those who were incapacitated as a result ofthe war. The first red poppies to come to Australia, in 1921, were made in France.

In Australia, single poppies are not usually worn on ANZAC Day - the poppy belongs to Remembrance Day, 11 Novem-ber. However, wreaths of poppies are traditionally placed at memorials and honour boards on ANZAC Day.

The red Flanders poppy was first described as a flower of remembrance by Colonel John McCrae, who was Professor ofMedicine at McGill University of Canada before World War One. Colonel McCrae had served as a gunner in the BoerWar, but went to France in World War One as a medical Officer with the first Canadian Contingent. At the second battleof Ypres in 1915, when in charge of a small first-aid post, he wrote in pencil on a page torn from his dispatch book:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place, and in the sky

The larks still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead, short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.

Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe,To you from failing hands we throwThe Torch: be yours to hold it high!

If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

The Poppy is for Sacrifice


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And a few more snaps from Beltring. UK


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Last Chance....Going... Going...Gone !The Clearing Sale at Culgoa, Victoria on Saturday 22nd October. The Estate of James Swan.


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The Clearing Sale at Culgoa, Victoria

- Prices for the vehicles were:-

DUKW part restored imitation: $40,000

Desert Chev Teanau 2 replica Truck 270 GM motor5SPD: $21,500 , bought by John Belfield from Victo-

ria Commer

4 x 4 Army Truck Q4: $4,900 Bren Gun Carrier:

$25,750 Coles crane: $2,400

M816 wrecker and I just happened to have a Wreckerbody that needed a truck.

Kaiser: $7,000 bought by Colin Jones from SA.

Jeep trailer: $600

1926 Rolls Royce chassis and motor under restoration: $17,000

Clectrac: $3400

Other recorded prices:4x UK type carrier wheels $2002x Aus type carrier wheels $5075mm gun mantlet off Grant tank $15002x NOS Cent tank wheels $40Matilda or possibly Stuart tank turret ring $160

There were over 220 bidders from throughout Australia and overseas. 3 military vehicle

collectors came from New Zealand and there were Corowa attendees also from Darwin and Perth.

I knew a few of the people who purchased vehicles but there were a few surprises. The personwho purchased the DUKW yelled out when he was the winning bidder "I am going Fishing!". To

those who collect military vehicles they were even stunned to hear him mentioning abouttaking it into the salt water.

Another interesting story was regarding the Kaiser Wrecker. Colin Jones just happened athome to have a Wrecker body that needed a truck. After a phone discussion with his wifeSimone they were able to determine that this was the ideal vehicle. Colin's comments on the

MLU Forum were "Simone wanted the wrecker and I wanted a new dining room suite, but hey whoam I to argue. She finished work early today so she could get home to adjust the clutchwhile I was getting dinner and bathing the kids".

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Come on, I need your help tomake this magazine interesting

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Aussie Slag continues with

F for Foxtrot Face ripping - A one-way discussion, usually between a soldier and a subordinate, where the "face ripper" gets so close that the

"face rippee" can see the pores on his forehead. This usually occurs on the drill square or in the CSM's office.

Fake - Referring to a civilian contractor usually working on a RAAF Base. 'That guy's fake.....'

Fang - Food. To eat or in reference to food. For example "Go and get a fang" or to "Fang out".

Fang Farrier - An Army dentist.

Fang Bosun - An RAN dentist.

Farter - Bed or sleeping bag. Normally refers to going to bed, for example "Hit the Farter". Also Fart Sack

Fatcans or Fat shop - Describes Australian Defence Force Canteens, for example "I'm going to get some food from Fatcans".

Fat-truck - Vehicle used to supply hot food and cold drinks to soldiers in the lines. Driven by the "Fat-sl-t". Also known asthe "Gut-truck" and "gut-slut" respectively or "pie-slut".

Fat, dumb and happyTo be complacent or less than vigilant.

Fat pillsChocolate and lollies (sweets/candy).

Ferret - Beret

F.I.G.J.A.M. - F--k I'm Good Just Ask Me.

F.I.N.C.L.E - A F--king Idiot No C--t Likes. (See Also PTE Fry)

Fish head - Maritime patrol aircrew.

Fitter and turner - An Army cook. It means "to fit good food into a pot and turn it into sh-t".

Flight Lewie - Nickname for Flight Lieutenant, Air Force Junior Officer rank.

Flogg Off- Spoken abbreviation for Flying Officer(FLGOFF), Air Force Junior Officer rank. Alsoused in the Army to describe the act of onaism.At least it was in the 90s.

Foreigners - RAAF term for a job done for a mateas a favour or himself, by a specialist in that areasuch as a RADTECH fixing a mate's stereo or anMTFITT tuning a car. Usually in work timeusing RAAF facilities and tools. "Hey Dave,

could you do a foreigners on my car tomorrow?"See alsoRabbit(q.v.).

Jeep fitted with anInventive MobileBBQ plate
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