Comments on: Studebaker US6: The Lend-Lease ‘Deuce and a Half’ http://www.historynet.com/studebaker-us6-the-lend-lease-deuce-and-a-half.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 25 May 2013 19:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mikhail Sheffer http://www.historynet.com/studebaker-us6-the-lend-lease-deuce-and-a-half.htm#comment-811531 Mikhail Sheffer Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:46:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685207#comment-811531 This is a story I heard from my uncle who has been in the Red Army during WWII. Each “Studer” shipped to the Soviet Union contained the set for the driver: the long leather coat, the jacket, the pants, the boots etc. When Americans finally meet the Soviets on the river Elbe in 1945, the series of banquets were arranged for the top allies’ officers to celebrate the Victory. During these banquets, Americans could not understand why so many “drivers” are in the Hall. They did not know that those sets have never reached the drivers. Instead, the top Red Army officers got them… This is a story I heard from my uncle who has been in the Red Army during WWII. Each “Studer” shipped to the Soviet Union contained the set for the driver: the long leather coat, the jacket, the pants, the boots etc.

When Americans finally meet the Soviets on the river Elbe in 1945, the series of banquets were arranged for the top allies’ officers to celebrate the Victory. During these banquets, Americans could not understand why so many “drivers” are in the Hall. They did not know that those sets have never reached the drivers. Instead, the top Red Army officers got them…

]]> By: Al Bishop http://www.historynet.com/studebaker-us6-the-lend-lease-deuce-and-a-half.htm#comment-799193 Al Bishop Wed, 02 May 2012 16:59:38 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685207#comment-799193 Having owned and learned to drive in a 1947 Studebaker pick-up it was nice to see the history of larger Studebaker trucks. Keep up the good work - I really enjoy the magazine. Having owned and learned to drive in a 1947 Studebaker pick-up it was nice to see the history of larger Studebaker trucks. Keep up the good work – I really enjoy the magazine.

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