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Grandpa's WWI Shell
My dear old Grandpa gave me this old shell he used when he was in France. It measures 38mm in dia. on the copper rings of the projectile and is overall 6-3/4 in. long... Unlike my Dad who was in Korea, Grandpa told me all about his war experiece in WWI. When I was young, I had a very stong interest in the planes of WWI. He just said those guys who got in one of those were just, damn fools! and he would see their planes fall from the sky when he was "over there" and what the hell do you think are so great about those no good airplanes he would say?...He gave me this shell he said he used as he was incharge of the gun it was used with. He said he packed and unpacked the small cannon on a mule if I remember correctly. When I was little he always sang a song to me called Goober Peas. I asked why he liked that song and he said that was he and the other soldiers favorite marching song. I looked that song up and found it goes back to the civil war or so it was thought thats were it originated from. I still remember that song after all these years. My grandpa was the most funny man and best Grandpa to me. He fished with no other then a cane pole and it was funny when he took me and my freind fishing and when my freind asked him why he uses such an old fashion fishing pole. He never held back with a piece of his mind and sure gave it to my freind that day. He never drove a car or had a drivers licence, he either walked, took a bus or train, never a plane. The last time me and my grandpa did anything together was skin rabbits, I'd go kill some cotton tails just so gandpa and I could do somthing together as he was very old at that time. I think about him all the time. I also would like to know if you can tell me the rifle he has in a picture took of him when he was in France. He either said it was a Spingfield of Enfield? What ever it is, to him it was his baby and they don't make a better rifle then that. My grandpa is the guy second from the left front. Pvt. Clarence Wick my moms dad. Grandpas favorite holiday was Armistice Day! as America should always remember that day. To him that was very important. He died with some of his old buddys from his time in what he called the Soldiers Home.
My dear old Grandpa gave me this old shell he used when he was in France. It measures 38mm in dia. on the copper rings of the projectile and is overall 6-3/4 in. long... Unlike my Dad who was in Korea, Grandpa told me all about his war experiece in WWI. When I was young, I had a very stong interest in the planes of WWI. He just said those guys who got in one of those were just, damn fools! and he would see their planes fall from the sky when he was "over there" and what the hell do you think are so great about those no good airplanes he would say?...He gave me this shell he said he used as he was incharge of the gun it was used with. He said he packed and unpacked the small cannon on a mule if I remember correctly. When I was little he always sang a song to me called Goober Peas. I asked why he liked that song and he said that was he and the other soldiers favorite marching song. I looked that song up and found it goes back to the civil war or so it was thought thats were it originated from. I still remember that song after all these years. My grandpa was the most funny man and best Grandpa to me. He fished with no other then a cane pole and it was funny when he took me and my freind fishing and when my freind asked him why he uses such an old fashion fishing pole. He never held back with a piece of his mind and sure gave it to my freind that day. He never drove a car or had a drivers licence, he either walked, took a bus or train, never a plane. The last time me and my grandpa did anything together was skin rabbits, I'd go kill some cotton tails just so gandpa and I could do somthing together as he was very old at that time. I think about him all the time. I also would like to know if you can tell me the rifle he has in a picture took of him when he was in France. He either said it was a Spingfield of Enfield? What ever it is, to him it was his baby and they don't make a better rifle then that. My grandpa is the guy second from the left front. Pvt. Clarence Wick my moms dad. Grandpas favorite holiday was Armistice Day! as America should always remember that day. To him that was very important. He died with some of his old buddys from his time in what he called the Soldiers Home.
