Arrangement of our premises in Satory
Our activities must sometimes venture beyond the mechanical maintenance of our fleet of vehicles. That was the case when we arrived in our new, empty, premises in Satory where there were no electricity, no light, no room where to gather and lots of weeds and piles of rubbles. An extensive work has been done by…
Military field kitchen
This Military Field Kitchen is based on a 1916 model : one such original design is on display at the “Musée de la Grande Guerre” (World War I) at Meaux in France (http://www.museedelagrandeguerre.eu/en). It was then horse-drawn with removable shafts. This design was modified in 1936 and again in 1938. Several manufacturers made them : –…
JEEP “Tour de France”
Faithful replica of a Jeep used by the “Tour de France” bicycle race organizers during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. The organizers of the 1947 “Tour de France” had to find escort vehicles for the teams. The Jeep was chosen by the technical managers of the race for its many qualities: convertible, economical…
Commemoration of the Liberation of the Pas de Calais (Souchez 2015)
“Il était une fois le Pas de Calais libéré” (once upon a time the liberated Pas de Calais)
This annual commemoration gathered again 450 vehicles, 300 of them paraded in front of a big crowd. UNIVEM joins in every year.
“Heritage Day” 2015
It is a well established French tradition : every September a week-end is dedicated to our Heritage with great many open doors everywhere.
At UNIVEM we had over 1000 visitors !
Chaplain’s Jeep
There were chaplains in all units. As shown by the many pictures of the time, the office was often celebrated on the flat hood of a Jeep. Not only did Fabrice restore one of these Jeep, but he also organized a Mass with it on the occasion of the 70th celebration of the Normandy Landings.…