Truth be told there wasn’t any way we are able to load one to pallet right back on the the fresh new lighthearted truck, thus being the a great Samaritans we had been, we loaded as much circumstances as we you will definitely toward our very own V-100-much that people could not turn brand new turret. Of course, there have been some disappointed MPs you to definitely evening and you may plenty of terrible headaches 24 hours later.

To the men who served on a V-100 for a year, the vehicle became more than just a machine. It became your life, your friend and your protector. All but two of our V-100s were named after comic book heroes. These included “Captain America,” “Thor,” “Big Ben,” “Flash,” “Spider – man,” “Barbarian,” “Atom,” “Daredevil” and “Iron Man.” The other two were named “Road Hog” and “The Lemon.” Each of the V-100s had a painting of the character or the name across the front, life-sized and in coloric book superheroes painted on the front of the V-100s made for an interesting article in The Roundup, our local GI newspaper.