Day 5 of searching for WWII Artifacts!

[choopins]

All i can think of is the amount of yelling that surely accompanied these objects being lost

[skeletonprince]

My Grandpa was a medic in WWII. He will be 99 in a few weeks. He will always be my hero ♥️

Update: Thank you, everyone, for your birthday wishes and for your appreciation of his service! I'm happy to say that we celebrated his 99th birthday this past Monday, and he's still as active as ever! Everyone who interacts with him says he looks and acts as if he's in his 70s. It's truly amazing to be able to call him my family ♥️

[chrisreynolds]

MT was Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the US military to receive specialized training for fighting in mountainous conditions.

[AndToTheRepublicWhichItStands]

Amateur ballistics enthusiast here. That bullet wasn't fire bc there is no rifling grooves on the base. Most likely the brass case rotted away enough to separate the bullet from the case. Or it was pulled and discarded to make trench lighter out of the case.

[turtleguy]

R.I.P William. Thank you for serving brother. 🫡

[cryleth]

That bullet looks absolutely perfect to the point where I’m not even sure if it was fired, it may have been removed from the cartridge and just placed on the ground

[neptuneWX]

Also, another interesting fact about William, not him specifically but his home town. Harrisburg, Illinois, Williams home town, was hit by an extremely rare EF4 tornado on Leap Day, February 29th, 2012. The rarest thing is that it occurred on a day which only occurs once every 4 years, the tornado happened before sunrise, and was the strongest tornado on leap day.

[_Doctor_]

I can hear their ghosts yelling: "So THERE it was ALL THIS TIME!!!"

[ssgdukes]

Did this type of thing for the Army for a few years we brought back people from Vietnam and WWII. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my time in the military. Keep it up and good luck

[Steakgaming]

That bullet looks like it is from a m1 garand that shoots 30/06

[roumdboi]

that dirt has all of those finds looking like the tastiest sugar cookies you could ever try 😭

[bootzflies]

thank you for your service William, you may now rest knowing you aren't forgotten.

[chaos]

Hey this is very interesting! But I do hope you’re being careful. I work for a company that searches and disables live explosives and we often look for stuff that was left during WWII.

Be careful if you find anything that resembles an explosive! The rule of thumb is that 10% of the explosives thrown do not explode and can still be live and detonate after all these years. So if you find anything, do not touch it, walk about 30 meters away from it and call the police!

Happy artefact hunting!

[BrianRodriguez-cowi]

That bullet killed William who was using a fork to remove the bullet so he could stich it up using the first aid kits. The "MT" meant that the shooter was Mike Tyson.

RIP William

[GOODAHCHEESE]

The badge you're showing appears to have the letters "MT" on it. Based on the design and context (a World War II battlefield), it might be related to military transportation or mechanized troops. "MT" often stood for "Motor Transport, " which was used to designate personnel and vehicles involved in the logistical side of the war, moving equipment, troops, and supplies.

Badges like these were often worn by members of transport corps or units responsible for maintaining and driving military vehicles during World War II. The corrosion suggests it’s an old artifact, possibly from that era.


I was confused so i asked chat gpt lol

[suchalooser]

wow, thats incredible!
My grandpa was a WWII veteran, he passed away at 97 last year. he was in the 29th infantry division and worked as a scout on the front lines for 1.5 years across europe, mostly france, britain, and germany.

Thank you to all veterans who served this country

[EdwardSommers-mkig]

If a World War II soldier has a button that says "MT, " it most likely indicates they were part of a "Mountain" division, meaning they were trained for combat in mountainous terrain, often specializing in skiing and climbing skills; the "MT" stands for "Mountain

[aviatorvonbaron]

The button was a World War One button, us soldiers stopped using those kinds on their collar

[waschte]

"and right next to the dog tag i found a human skeleton that also belonged to a soldier namend william"

[cdegld]

Yo holy crap! My grandpa still has one of the forks exactly like that from when he served in Vietnam. The designs didn’t change much.