big tee

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Anybody want to guess what they used this for??
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''Virgil Kane is the name
And I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again''
 
Just saw some pictures of a ripped up line from WW2 posted on Facebook. Germans didn't want their rail lines used against them so dragging this device behind a locomotive would snap every tie along the line, making the rail line totally useless. Judging by the pictures, it worked extremely well.
 
My grandmother's uncle guarded railroad tracks near Chattanooga.
When he mustered out, he and his 3 brothers started farming in Iowa.
Iverson, the name, born in Norway.

I worked with a WWII veteran who patrolled a railroad track with a fellow 18 yr old.
Along the way, one day, two guys came out of the woods waving a white flag. They
wanted to surrender to the Americans. So they agreed to march them back to the
base. Wait, wait! We have some more friends that want to surrender too OK,
bring them along. About 150 came out.. That gave the GI's quite a scare. Would
have been the end if they'd been a few days earlier. Imagine the impression when
they marched into the base camp.
 
There is a story of two men that captured a whole lot of Germans(I forget the number). They were out with a Jeep and suddenly found themselves surrounded. This was near the end of the war. They offered to take the Germans prisoner so they wouldn't be taken by the Soviets. The Germans decided that was a good idea and lay down their weapons.
 

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