Some of World War II's "Forgotten Stories"

From the September 6, 2010, South Coast Today "Display gives life to World War II forgotten stories" by Curt Brown.

They have a museum that displays some of the less familiar items of the war, the kind of things that are really great interest to me.

Some of the things they have:

**  US Army helmets resembled those of the Germans and had to be placed in storage until the British could be educated about the American uniforms.  (Personally, I don't think the helmets look that much alike.)

**  To see at night and remain undetected in North Africa, US troops placed the red circle from their packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes over the clear lens of their flashlights.

**  The US government-issue phonograph was hand cranked.

**  The MG34 German machine gun fired 900 rounds per minute.

Sure Wouldn't Have Wanted to Charge That Gun.  --GreGen