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At the conclusion of World War II and the official end to hostilities with Japan Korea was divided at the 38th Parallel with the Soviet Union administering North Korea and the United States Administering the South. Border incidents were constant for 5 years before The North Korean Army Invaded the South in 1950. The UN declared an emergency and a combined army from 21 countries came to the defence of South ...
The American Expeditionary Force, whilst serving during the early part of the First World War, were going through a period of fast expansion and obtained much of its equipment from Europe. Watches with high quality jewelled movements were specified by the Signal Corps of the US army and obtained from various Swiss manufacturers. Wire lugs, large 'Onion' winding crowns and a white enamel ...
Built to US military specification and produced in huge numbers you would think there would be an ready supply of Vietnam vintage watches. However they where specified to be non repairable and disposable, originally they had a plastic casing, and after a short hard life most were simply thrown away. ...
Updated Dec 14, 2014 at 12:00 AM by Churchy