I second Leonards reply. Mj. Winters received many awards for his actions and leadership and he deserves our thanks and respect. He is truely a...
During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe adapted a naval, air dropped mine for air to surface bombing. These were first used during the bombing...
Not sure what you're referring to. I don't recall any aviation stats dealing with 'terminal velocity'. I've been involved with aviation for over...
The Navy is being used more and more for 'humanitarian relief' than destroying the enemy. That said they should just donate all their ships to the...
The bombing had several affects. At the time, Germany hadn't been attacked. This served to terrorize the German public. This was directly brought...
Enjoy the forum, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Welcome! There's tons of great info here. I'm just starting here but have already learned alot. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as well. Thanks for your...
I was in the Navy from '89 - '92 and worked with all the then current helicopters and AV8-B. My ship was an anphibious assault ship named after...
Thanks JC that was very interesting. I'll try to use the search function in the future.
What if rotary wing aircraft had arrived say in 1940. What would their roles have likely been? Would they have served mainly in the...
Any good suggestions for books on The Manhattan Project? I tend to like first person accounts if possible. Bar that, I'm allways in favor of a...
Several aircraft such as the P-51 and B-29 are rarely seen camaflauged or with military flat paint i.e. olive drab. What was the reasoning? Bare...
Soldat is covers pre enlistment and the entire career of a German Artillary officer. He goes to most of the famous battles and pulls artillary...
I second Kai-Petri. The book is fairly recent ('07?) and is a first person account that begins with the invasion of Italy. An awesome book. I'd...
Prisoners of the Japanese, No Higher Honor, Thunder Below!, Soldat, Just to name a few.
You can get it from Naval Institute Press $35. Here's the link: U.S. Naval Institute
An excellent book, one of my top 10 or so on the subject is Prisoners of the Japanese by Gavin Daws It follows two contractors captured from Wake...
Bollotti - Ten Thousand Eyes By Richard Collier (ISBN:1-58574-294-5) is a good book. It mainly focuses on the French Resistance but does talk...
Josh-Pick up Currahee! by Donald R. Burgett (ISBN:0-440-2360304) it's a first person account of D-Day and is the first in a series of books by the...
After one of my relatives sued THC for slander/defimation for misinformation in a documentary about the Kennedy assisination I haven't paied to...
