World War II photos from my dad

My dad passed away recently and I was tasked with going through his photos.  Came across these, which were taken in France in the summer/fall of 1945.  None of the photos had captions, so I used the great and powerful Google to see if I could discover their location.

V2 Rocket on display

The only way to identify the location is the name of the business seen in the background, left.  It is "Pompes Funèbres A. Galichet Fils".  It is a funeral home in Reims, France, and still exists almost 70 years after the photo was taken.  If this photo was taken in the U.S., I believe it would be unlikely that the business and area would remain as unchanged as it did in this case.  Europe has a better appreciation for its history.  The placard at the lower left states that it is a V2 Standard.

V2 Rocket on display

Here is another view of the V2 with funeral home in the background.

Photo of the Week (8/26/12)

Photo from Military Vehicles, 9/94, Issue 45.  Nice photo of both the barracks and the WW II era vehicles.  

25 Signal Co, 25 Inf Div form a convoy in preparation for embarking to Korea
 (Japan, 7/50; National Archives, 111-SC-34952)

Guidance Town Toys

Guidance Town Toys manufactured a series of building toys back in the mid-60s.  The detail was fairly good, and the scale was about HO, or 1/87.  I remember playing with these as a kid myself, using them with my Hot Wheels and Atlantic toy figures.  I had forgotten all about them when I came across this website.  He does a really good job of painting them, and these can be used for a variety of eras and locations (Mongo's preference appears to be zombies).  I had to get a set, and Ebay came through for me.

Here are the directions:

Guidance Town, with FoV British Paras and Dragon HMMVs