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U.S. Involvement in Communist Russia - Michigan Polar Bears

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dfrako.parallaxscurioa...	U.S. Involvement in Communist Russia - Michigan Polar Bears	Lead	[-]
Posts: 69 (06/15/09 06:06:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I thought some people might be interested to know that a new documentary has been made about "a little known chapter in U.S. history. At the end of World War I, thousands of soldiers from Michigan were sent to Russia. There they endured a severe winter and bloody battles against Communist troops." The official documentary web site link is http://www.polarbeardocumentary.com/index.html. A mid-Michigan TV station has a brief story about it here: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=6834182 Dan
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Posts: 8213 (06/15/09 11:59:12) Cold Country In God We Trust Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	very cool , its about time we heard about this , i didnt even know about this http://steyrmannlicher.yuku.com/directory "the original yesterdays weapons"
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Posts: 70 (06/15/09 12:53:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm a native Detroiter and still live in the metro area, so we get reminded about it once in a while. Another reminder about it in this area is a plaque about these soldiers near, of course, the polar bear exhibit at the Detroit Zoo. In the June 2008 of The American Rifleman magazine, Bruce Canfield wrote about the Polar Bears. He mentioned that they were issued Mosin Nagant rifles! Not long ago, I purchased a New England Westinghouse made Mosin Nagant rifle from yockey5 on this forum. Don mentioned that the gun had marks indicating Russian, Finnish and perhaps German use. If only there was a way to show that it may have also served in the U.S. Army! Dan Last Edited By: dfrako 06/15/09 16:09:12. Edited 1 times.
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Posts: 4034 (06/15/09 14:30:52) Dragoon In God We Trust Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I remember reading a little about this a few years ago. Looking forward to the documentary. Your Pard: LoLo Collector of fine Mauser, Mosin and Swiss rifles.

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