The forgotten Allied Force

[Douglas Jr.]

Hello mates,

Here is a good and interesting article about the Brazil's role during the WWII, including the Brazilian Expeditionay Force, who fought in Italy during 1944-1945.

http://www.tau.ac.il/eial/VI_2/mccann.htm

Hope you enjoy it.

Douglas.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Do you have anymore good brazilian things to post? Some of the WW2 stuff was pretty cool....

[Paul R]

I would be interested in seeing some items myself!

[ricky1972]

Hello All!

Douglas asked me to post some stuff from my collection...here?s some pictures I took with my cell phone.

On the first display, on the bottom, from L to R, the green and red ribbon WWII Campaign Medal; red ribbon - Combat Crooss 2nd class, yellow ribbon - War Medal, green/yellow 10 years service, and the other two medals U boat hunters from navy

[Douglas Jr.]

Thanks Ricky for having answered my call!

And here is my "Sangue do Brasil", which is the Brazilian counterpart to the US Purple Heart.

Douglas.

[ricky1972]

Here?s some more...

Bottom again...from R to L - Was services medal navy 0 to 3 stars

[ricky1972]

Here?s a nice veteran set......

Cheers,

Ricardo