Could You Survive THESE Specialist Jobs in World War II?
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- Could you endure the gruelling challenges faced by Allied supply soldiers during World War II? Dive into the vital yet unsung role of non-combat personnel who powered the success of the Normandy invasion in this Survive History episode.
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This documentary takes you behind the front lines, exploring the immense logistical efforts of Operation Overlord, from marshalling at Camp D5 to navigating dangerous roads with GMC trucks.
Discover the story of the Red Ball Express, where African American drivers braved enemy fire and exhaustion to deliver critical supplies. Learn how ordinance units of the US Second Armored Division rescued and repaired battle-damaged vehicles under relentless pressure. Witness the artillery crews' struggle to maintain firepower on the battlefield amidst constant danger.
Through compelling historical insights and a hands-on perspective, we reveal the unyielding determination of the soldiers who kept the Allies moving forward. Experience the incredible scale of the operations, the ingenuity of recovery teams, and the unwavering resilience of supply troops who made victory possible.
Perfect for history enthusiasts, World War II buffs, and anyone fascinated by the hidden heroes of war. Watch now and uncover the stories of the soldiers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes during one of history's most pivotal campaigns.
Key Themes:
WWII logistics and supply lines
The Red Ball Express and African American drivers
Camp D5 and Operation Overlord preparations
Allied artillery and vehicle recovery efforts
Hidden heroes of the Battle of Normandy
Don’t miss this in-depth exploration of history’s unsung warriors. Could you survive? Watch to find out!
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Absolutely not! People are way too soft these days. There are no safe spaces in war, and snowflakes melt
My dad did. 5 CoY RASC. Normandy to Berlin. And before that a little stint in France and escape from Dunkirk. So yeah i probably could if I were 20yrs old again
I think this is the first video I've seen that focuses on the non-combat roles. Super interesting, and very well done content
Thanks so much!
So important to actually understand the history of what happened!
"Bullets don't fly without supply" -all the NCOs from U.S. Army Quartermaster School
While World War II is often explored, it's usually the same topics that get repeated. This video stands out by uncovering interesting and rarely discussed facts, all presented with great respect. Excellent production value. Chapeau!
I remember a friend who did logistics in our defense forces and he mentioned that people often looked down on them and gave many salty comments due to logistics people being given extra sleep.
It was only a thing at the start but it didn't take long for people to completely flip their attitude on the logistics guys. Its largely just people thinking that they dont do anything until they realize how much they are needed for nearly everything
I had the very same experience during my time in Iraq with an artillery unit. I was the only logistics guy, and I was constantly working, but none of them ever saw it. I was abused horribly by them.
Maybe I'm just too much of a civvie to get it, but it feels pretty intuitive to me that if there's any _one guy_ you want to make sure is well-rested as much as possible, it's logistics. The last thing you want is supplies going to the wrong place or not arriving on time because the poor bastard in charge of making sure they get to the right place at the right time has had 4 hours of sleep in the last week and he's about to go into cardiac arrest because the only way to keep him "awake" is to practically put him on an IV drip of coffee.
I dealt with this as a commo guy. Everybody makes fun of you until you turn their internet off...
Yeah, you can't even eat without supplies.
Nice to see these guys get some cred. A soldier is no good without ammo, water and food. Fuel for vehicles too.
And everyone knows that, so you are always the enemies number one target if you carry enough stuff to make hundreds or thousands of soldiers function.
Yeah Motor T was 40% of the combat casualties in Iraq.
As a Logistics Specialist, I can feel for the gigantic hurdle that my ancestors went through in the invasion of both Europe and the pacific. First Without Demand!
Logistics are what makes the US so deadly. keep at it.
I have massive respect for support guys. We can’t all be in a combat or Combat Support MOs
We may call you guys POGs non stop but you keep us going, mad respect for putting up with a monotonous MOS like that
As an 03 I gave you guys shit for being pogs but at the end of the day no woman on earth can give a man a smile like seeing you guys roll in with food and toilet paper. Or “needing an A driver” for the hike and chooses my dumbass.
What about the chinese dynasty logistics?
I served as a truck driver in the US Marine Corps during the First Gulf War in 91. We never shot anyone but I'm proud of the transport job that we did.
The pride don't ride without motor-t.
Shouldn't you be proud thst you never shot anyone?
@@MD_Slaineonly sissy’s would do such a thing
My dad served with the 2nd armor ordinance, I wish he was here so I could share this video with him. Thank you for giving me a glimpse into what he did during WWII.
Thanks for sharing!
This reminds me of old history channel vibes , thats a good thing
But it’s new and fresh
Please don't remind us of how far the history channel has fallen.
Ah the history channel… Where history is history.
History Channel doesn't make stuff like this anymore. Amazing quality.
Nearly a hundred M26 Dragon Wagon tank recovery vehicles were built here in Montana. The design and construction of these behemoths is both amazing and futuristic looking. Below is what one driver had to say about using them in Europe during WWII.
“When I was selected to drive the Dragon, it became obvious that I would be in the battle zones for much of the time. First thing that I did was to remove the speed controls, and tune the engine to gain maximum speed. I could flat-line the speedometer at 80 mph with a fully loaded tank. There wasn’t a thing on the roads in Italy or France that could stop me because of its huge size. We could stop, load or drag a tank out of the combat zone within minutes after arrival.”
“My best recollection was when I ran across a Sherman tank stuck in a bog in southern France. The tank was about 300 yards into the bog, and sunk up to the turret. There were three other tanks connected to it, and they were unable to budge it one-inch! I said: “you fellows need a hand?” and they took one look at my rig and laughed. If our tanks can’t pull it out, your truck certainly can’t. They removed the cables, and I drove the rig through the bog, and backed up to the tank. I hooked both winches on, and pulled it onto the flatbed and drove out within minutes. They couldn’t believe their eyes.”
My grandfather, borned in 1922, was in the italian army, behind the frontlines. He was first a fiat 3000 tank driver, and then, in Monza and Brescia, a military jeep driver. The wrost thing he taught to my father was about the hunger. When he was in Sardinia, the island where he lived and where i live right now, they literally had nothing to eat. The best they had was the cactus leafs. The other thing was the tank. It was horrible. There were like 50 grades (centigrades, i mean, idk how many farenheit are), an awful smell of gasses and fuel, always hearing right up of him the gunner shooting and he could barely see a thing from the inside to outside! After the war, he married my grandma, in the '49 and they had 3 sons, and the younger of them is my dad. I never had the luck of metting my grandfather, but i know he was a great man, loved by all our town. Rest in peace, nonno Serafino...
Molto bello, signore. Grazie mille, for sharing your story.
50 C is a bout 115 F if my estimation is good
Recovery of armored vehicles hasn't changed much since WW II, neither has doctrine about destroying recovery assets. I can't tell you how many sleepless hours I spent repairing equipment while vehicles crews were sleeping. Just as in WW II, we did a lot of repairs at night.
I remember reading that in the modern us military it takes at least 12 people in the logistics chain to successfully supply 1 front line soldier
I have an article examining the heiracy of the various support ‘trades’ in the WW2 RAF bomber squadrons- which is an interesting subject in itself, but one of the illustrations in it was the ideal number of personnel required to maintain one bomber.
There were 46 nominally non-combatant servicemen/women in the photo, and that didn’t include catering, medical, laundry, etc.
You should do an episode about the Pathfinder element of the R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. during the War. My father flew more than 60 missions over occupied Europe during the war in a Lancaster Pathfinder as a mid-upper gunner. Their job was to go ahead of the first of usually two waves of bombers to establish if the weather was suitable for the raid to take place, mark the target with green flares, get out of the way of the first wave, then go back over the target to determine if a target was successfully bombed (red flares) and where the first wave had missed (more green flares), get out of the way of the second wave, then go back a third time to take pictures of what damage had been done. Only then could they turn their plane back towards England, all the while trying to dodge the German night fighters and anti-aircraft fire. We who came after owe them so much! R.I.P. Wilfred G. Young, D.F.C. 1923-1998!
Thank you for covering the often forgotten part of D-Day and the military in general!! My home state of Connecticut has an interesting part of D-Day history from the logistic side. The MV Cape Henlopen is a ferry that still actively brings passengers and vehicles across the long island sound. She is the converted USS Buncombe County (LST-510).
Last time I was this early the Ardennes were still undefended
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I'd also like to thank you for this detailed video about the the unsung heroes of WWII and frankly, of every war ever fought.
My father was drafted into the US Army in April, 1940, just one month shy of his 32nd birthday which, I believe, was the cut-off age for draft eligibility. He was stationed in the US for four years before landing in Normandy in July of 1944. Although it was over a month after D Day they were still making all arriving troops wade ashore with full combat gear. As an older soldier and a sargeant with four years service he was assigned to the ordnance section of the 24th Regulating Station. As I understand it, they were supposed to procure and keep track of everything going up to the front and everything coming back - generally coordinate all shipments in their sector. Before allied air superiority was gained they were subject to frequent attacks. They followed Patton's army through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and into Germany. I was born in 1948, so needless to say he made it home safely, crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary.
Your video demonstrates that the life of combat support troops was far from the cakewalk that many assume. Thanks again!
My grandfather was in Patton’s Army as well and was Mechanized Infantry. He captured quite a few German POW’s in France and the POW’s he said would often rave about Allies logistics and what a machine it was. Most of them couldn’t believe that the entire logistics force was mechanized and most realized when seeing the logistics trains going from the front to the rear that the war for Germany was pretty much over. In the end America’s greatest contribution to the Allied war effort was their mastery of logistics across all fronts.
Having to remove bodies from a knocked out tank sounds truly awful
I'm a volunteer docent and mechanic at The American Heritage Museum. I can attest that it can, at times, be a challenge just removing my own over-50, but physically fit body from a tank.
May as well just open the escape batch in the bottom of the tank and hose it out.
@adirondacker007 you have to be a gymnast just to get in and out of some armoured fighting vehicles (and that's without any injuries either).
@@martinsims1273 Truth. I was in the driver's seat of our M-24 while I was helping with its cosmetic restoration in May. In trying to lower the seat, I got all jammed up and stuck. I was alone, and my first thought was that noone would hear me scream. I managed to extricate myself after a bit.
The MP in the photo in front of the Red Ball Express sign was a member of the 783rd Military Police Battalion and served under my Great-uncle Lt. Charles Jamieson.
Hey, would you guys consider doing an episode about engineers/minefield sweepers? It's a part of WW2 history I ignored for the longest time, but recently became interested in so it would be cool to have some extra insights!
For every one soldier fighting, you need 10s of people doing logistics jobs. Wars are won because one side has better logistics
No, wars are won by the United States Marines, we just end shit
Semper Fi
@@patrickancona1193 ur a dickhead
More like 4 at most, please don’t exaggerate
If you’re talking about production too then sure
@@User-CT-55555 kinda depends on the era, Korea Vietnam and the 1970s it was over 10 (12-14), WW2 and desert storm 4 while Iraq 2005 was sitting around 8. This is for the US numbers.
@@narobii9815 That’s more of a reason due to the war on terror, the need for new outposts, fobs, increased complexity of systems, more systems to maintain and maintaining the ability to increase army size during the early Cold War in case of a Soviet invasion before budget cuts and downsizing
No point in sending troops if they’re going to be sleeping in the open in mountains and valleys especially since they were increasing the amount of troops they’re expecting to use
Not excluding supporting their allies with a lot of equipment and personnel officially/unofficially
Nice to see a video about the unsung heroes of the war. I never thought they got the recognition they deserved. Great work!
My grandfather was in the Army Air Corps in a quartermaster-like role in WW II and stayed on through its changeove to the USAF and made a 20-year career of it. He was a involved with the Red Ball Express and later the Berlin Airlift.
Thanks!
Really appreciate it Adam, thanks!
Wow. What a fantastic thing to focus a topic on, that I may never have thought of otherwise. In this, and in all your other videos, you really do these men justice and give them deserved recognition just for what they had to endure.
Appreciate it!
Great work from the entire crew! This was a great watch
Much appreciated!
New episode so fast? I mean, people and equipment were already there ; ) Cheers
It's been a busy month!
My great grandfather fought in Pegasus Bridge, he was a Private.
6th Airborne, 3rd Glider.
as dumb as it sounds, first time I've heard about the Pegasus Bridge was a mission in call of duty 1. But it was one of the first operations beyond the standard clishes of that conflict that snared me into WWII history for good. Hail the victorious dead
Extremely brave to be a paratrooper coming down in a glider like that.
@@normtrooper4392 Pegasus bridge involved the Horsa and Pegasus gliders, that is why I specified, as not to be called out for "oh its never glider"
@@BunglebottomInc I don't mean to offend. It was an extremely dangerous operation and they were expected to do so much with basically small arms
I heard only 1 in 7 were actually doing the shooting.
But does that mean if you were drafted, there was only a 1 in 7 chance of getting shot at?
I expect that the turnover rate at the front line due to casualties means that 1 in 7 people kept getting replaced. So the front went through new recruits at a quick rate. So a draftee had a much higher chance of ending up at the business end of a barrel or bomb than expected.
Just because you were not shooting at someone, Logistical units were targeted by aircraft or artillery or ambushes.
My grandfather survived in world war 2 and I am very proud of my grandfather
The production quality of this channel with only 160k subscriptions is baffeling.
We'll take it as a compliment haha!
@@survivehistory it was definitely meant to be. I've watched 3 of your videos and currently working on the 4th. This is by far one of the best produced and more importantly best researched history channels I've come across.
It looks like you’re having the best time filming these lol
As a know-it-all that knows everything I can say from experience that the efforts these logistics-experts made really moved me.
great stuff. If anything given what we've seen especially with the start of the Ukraine war in 2022 is that Logistics is one of if not, the most important components of a modern army. Marching on an empty stomach and all that.
Many people think fighting manpower is important, but what gets lost behind headlines and flashy combat footage is the 6X more people working just to keep the actual combat troops supplied, rotated, repaired and medivac'd
An important look into vital and difficult jobs these people had to do. I learned lots.
i love this series keep going!
I think at our core all historians and history buffs wrestle with the fundamental question of survivability. This is an utterly fantastic channel! Genius concept, really. .
Thanks, really appreciate it!
I say this on every single upload but the quality of these videos is insane. I dont know you how do it between here and the other channel.
Ya, the guys at the rear don't get enough credit. Thanks for doing this.
Your videos are such good quality, very entertaining, and fascinating as well - a real treat to watch!
Thank you very much!
Yes I could survive as a WW2 soldier. I'm a US Marine...
Richard Vail, LCpl USMC (Ret)
Look up what a rhetorical question is
Another great and informative video, thank you!
Our pleasure!
This channel is so great and yes I’m learning a bunch I didn’t already know. Most things talked about are regurgitated
You're welcome - appreciate the comment!
Im listening to a German tank commanders memoirs at the moment and he recounted that the American artillery was called on even the smallest targets whilst it would take so much more to even be allowed to call in a 5 round burst from his own artillery
He also recounted that they tried to shoot the enemy vehicles so they would burst into flames so that is indeed true
From what I heard even the regular soldiers were very aware of the American logistical capabilities
You forgot..NO automatic transmission, crappy brakes, and sloppy steering. Loved the video.If you don't have good logistics and transport you will lose.
It's about time yanks knew what real driving is all about 🤠
If you are referring to jeeps, these are not defects; they're features. 🤠
Excellent short documentary. Cheers from Portugal!
Our pleasure!
Unbelievably crisp, and high quality production 👍 love this
Fantastic & really informative channel. Having done rennactment for 10 years, the information here is superb. Keep up the great work
Another brilliant follow-up to a great series.
Metal AF being on an armed recovery vehicle. Mad max boys
Nicely done , informative and recommended. important subject not covered emough elsewhere thank you
man i really loved the napoleonic era one can you do one on the blackwatch (42nd regiment of foot) or the gordon highlanders (92nd regiment of foot) or even as like a us minuteman or the continential army oh and great vid keep it up
Solid show and info. Great look at support units.
Glad you liked it!
My father was one of General Patton's ordinance supply master sergeants
Absolutely I have been able to fix things since I was a young teen. Also drive anything. When I was a kid and young man, plenty of this equipment was still around. I am restoring a 44 Ford GPW (Jeep) now.
TIL people actually reenact non-combat personnel… did not expect that one
Never forget the Red Ball Express
Great vid. It would have been good to have the counterpoint to some of the supply amount. In the seminal book The Soldier's Load, the author said that during his survey of the Allied landing he met one black private who said he'd been guarding the same ammo pile since the week after D-Day... Months... One of the author's main points in the book was that we gave too much supply to the troops in some cases. Mostly this has to do with how much they had to carry or how often officers expected units to carry tools to accomplish any job and succeeded in making them less effective at every job. He advocated a for more mechanization at the company level, managing a section of porters if necessary, and reasonable restraint in supply at all levels - especially Congress.
He wasn't saying the individual soldier shouldn't have ammo, water, food, and replacement gear - but that he both shouldn't be expected to carry more than 40% of his body weight and also we shouldn't waste industrial power snd resources on absolutely unnecessary stuff.
really enjoying thes videos. Theres a lot of clickbaitt Ai half arsed scum videos around, but this is genuinely better than old discovery
My Grandfather served with Canadian First Army, in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.
Of course. Look up casualty rates in the ETO to see why. I'm already like many physically familiar with 1930s and '40s wheeled vehicles which are dead simple to anyone familiar with carbs and points ignitions (whose theory of operation is so simple children learnt it by playing with old engines as many do today). BTW the beauty of US trucks is they were designed for easy repair and maintenance in the field and had interchangeable parts in the modern sense, not needing any "hand fitting" nonsense because parts were machined within tolerance the first time. Because of primitive metallurgy engine life wasn't near the mileage one would get from a more modern 300 Ford six, Mopar slant six or GM sixes. That's why there are so many WWII military trucks still working around the world, notably Dodge Power Wagons and kin.
Next: Can you survive as a WW2 military dentist?
In terms of military conflict, everyone has heard the three layers, where you start out with tactics and then you go to strategy, but the experts, the experts always study logistics. Because logistics is the only way to win the war.
What a great perspective...
Excellent video, thank you
“Bullets dont fly without supply” is a slogan that is demonstrated time and time again to be true. Modern warfare cannot be waged without a strong, efficient, and flexible supply chain. Sometimes even a single days delay can destroy an offensives momentum or a defensive fronts morale.
As any competent General will tell you - Logistics is Everything! Even Napoleon realised it - An army marches on it's stomach! And Marius during the Roman Republic had his legions carry everything they need - Marius's Mules!
Can only agree with every great comment these videos get. Please keep bringing them.
Every time this guy gets out of a truck or jeep to start talking, it sounds like he twists his ankle when he jumps to the ground and continues speaking like he’s not in pain. 😂 anyone else notice this?
Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics - Omar Bradley, very good series to point out the importance of logistics.
If you read a lot of soldier's memoirs from this time, just getting to England could take WEEKS. The liberty ships were not fast or comfortable and they had to zig zag across the Atlantic as an anti-torpedo tactic. The ships rolled and in storms, they actually flexed. The soldiers on board became very seasick, unable to keep anything down. For many, it was a hell trip including the overpowering smell of sweat, waste, bilge oil and vomit. Steaming hot in the holds, freezing above. The 2x a day meals were not very good either, just bully beef or SPAM...if you could keep it down. 14-21d at sea.
That bit about clearing out tanks near the end really got me 😢
It was a rough detail. There’s a video on TH-cam of archive footage of American troops removing the dead crew out of a knocked out Sherman during Normandy.
They pull the driver out who’s missing his head.
Then they take the commander out through the turret hatch. The command had his whole side blown open. As they pass his body down there’s blood running down the tank.
Awful, awful job.
great video thanks
A pacific side video would be awesome, Red Patchers are getting phased out in the corps right now so it’d be cool to have some documentation before they go
Bro uploaded at the speed of light
you could if you were doing Logistics and Transport in the UK. Unloading convoys, distributing ammo and material to the squadrons spread across UK Islands, then one had a solid chance to survive
Nice video!
Down thru the centuries, the greatest commanders from Sun Tzu, to Alexander, to Hannibal, to Napoleon (an Army marches, on its stomach) to Patton (change your socks, every day) knew that Amateurs think tactics- Professionals think Logistics!
Great episode 👍🙂
Thanks a lot!
A lot of my family fought on both fronts (like MANY families.) My great uncle took some prisoners at the Hurtgen Forest and a Nazi major said he KNEW the war was list when they did a quick counterattack and captured a US pkatoon eating a BIRTHDAY cake. (Made from local stuff but the platoon lied and said it was shipped from the rear to the front. The major said his troops were starving and traded their weapons and surrender for REAL food. He said any army that could pull that logistical expertise was unbeatable.
American logistics in WW2 was insane. and can be summed up in two sentences.
"Hey brad, wanna see if we can feed *All* our soldiers turkey this thanksgiving?"
"Lmao bet."
This what I went on in our gmc cckw with Florida flea on the side
Your in this video 😊
@@jonchamp4914 ye I saw
@@jonchamp4914at 11:35
The unofficial motto of Loggies is "First in, last out".
I was on a contact ordinance team in Korea servicing artillery units up near the DMZ and any parts needed that would Deadline a M109 155mm or M110 8 inch (South Korean) Howitzer we would stamp the parts requisitions REDBALL as these guns had Top Priority over anything else like rear deployed units, parts were usually on sight in like 12 to 18 hours
My Great Grandfather was rear echelon in WW2, but i don't know too much about what he actually did. He was unfortunately shot by a German sniper while behind friendly lines in France
My Grandpa was in a Frontline US Army Infantry unit in France- 1944. He talked with me alot about the war. He was shot by a sniper too. It took off a chunk of his skull, but he did survive. A squad member took out the sniper with his BAR. The sniper turned out to be a French female civilian, working with the Germans. Grandpa was in a coma for 2 weeks. When he woke up, he asked a nurse what day it was. She told him the date and he replied -"It's my birthday !". The Drs wanted to put a steel plate in his head, but there was a shortage of them. Grandpa spent the rest of his time in the Army guarding German POW's in England.
Grandpa was a mechanic after the war, and had a small farm. He always wore a hard hat to protect his head when working. He did carry a big hatred for the Germans for all of his life.
Yay new video
I was a USMC Motor Transportation Officer in Vietnam. The Day I joined my company one-off our truck had been towed in after Right Front had struck a mine. There are no safe jobs in the modern battle field as there are no true rear areas.
I could absolutely survive in the U.S. Army's Transportation Corps, R.O.B. (Railway Operating Battalion) & or the Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, Ord. Corps. Three branches were responsible for Logistics the two aforementioned & the Quartermaster Corps. There's a great movie from 1952 starring Jeff Chandler "The Red Ball Express", he also was in one of my favorite films, "Merrill's Marauders" 1962, about the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) in the China, Burma, India (CBI). theater
Tank Destroyers were tank destroyers not Mechanized Artillery. They were deployed fast because they are fast to deal with enemy tanks. M18 Hellcat made by Buick was the fastest. M10 Wolverine was the first specifically built early war TD & the M36 Jackson was the last TD built. My icon at left is a Tank Destroyer Patch, I study these areas quite profusely.
Yes and no. Its the difference between DESIGN versus USE and OFFENSIVE versus DEFENSIVE.
TDs were DESIGNED as DEFENSIVE weapons to counter the blitzkrieg.
After Normandy they were USED as mechanized artillery because the allies were on the OFFENSIVE.
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Ive forgotten who said this but "logstics is what makes the US the most powerful military"
He’s uploading faster now lets gooo 🔥🔥🔥
Excellent 👍
A farm hand could pick up the manual for a truck and know how to repair any part of the vehicle. "Idiot proof". If any car manufacturer designed a car today this way and it came with a similar manual I would buy that car on day one.
Even of those troops that were in combat units, more were in the artillery than infantry. Some of those were roles such as mechanics, drivers, etc. IIRC, a few weeks into Normandy about 20% of men in tge US forces landed were in infantry regiments, which probably means about 15% frontline infantry, although there were also armour units. But it shows how the sharp end of the bocage fighting fell on relatively few. However, without all those support units, artillery, etc., it wouldn't have been possible to keep them in the field.
Nelson’s Royal Navy please 😊
At 27:00 that's not a Priest it's a Sexton
I have a friend wich was in the transport in Afghanistan he told me some of his stories that was super interesting
Interesting 🤨💚🌸
Cant wait for can you suvive as ww1 soldier in Logistics and transport