In November 1939 a Spitfire spy plane from No. 2 CU took pictures of Germany from high altitude. No. 212 Squadron was formed in France for photo...
[ATTACH] I stopped short of hanging a CHANTIX billboard/panzerfaust screen on the side. I wouldn't be surprised to see that in the future to...
Stencil or makeshift painted chevrons were common in the 101st before they switched to the M43 battle dress. Stencil markings on the helmets were...
Col. Bob Sink assigned C/326 to Lt. Col. Bob Wolverton's 3/506 PIR because he was concerned about enemy use of the bridges at Brévands. This group...
Important dry docks around the globe are in danger of being destroyed by climate change and flooding. The yard at Norfolk is in trouble but the...
Florida Marine Tom Underwood was the subject of several now classic photos taken on Saipan in 1944. One of the pictures has appeared on the cover...
The unofficial WW2 face of the U.S. Army was from Dublin, Georgia. Born in 1912, Lt. Kelso Horne also had the distinction of being one of the...
Found this image said to be a "SS sniper" captured by the British Army after the D-Day invasion. The man taken prisoner has a U.S. one piece...
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Thanks JJ, Over the years my computer was clogged with online books, articles, pictures and scraps of info that seemed unrelated at the time....
Vice Admiral Jim Flatley. Made in Green Bay, Wisconsin ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This book tells the story of Wisconsin companies that provided finished wood products for the de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber. The title is...
General Douglas MacArthur is better known for returning to the Philippines, but he also returned to Milwaukee for a whirlwind vanity tour....
C-47 AAF No. 42-92717 “Stoy Hora” 98th TCS, 440 TCG, 9AF. 5 June 1944. These pictures are a tribute to Sheboygan, Wisconsin native Joseph Gorenc....
Are the AFL games shown on ESPN? I still watch NFL games but lately the FIFA World Cup is more exciting and so was the last Winter Olympics.
Thank you for additions on NSFCP and JASCO. Re: 101st Airborne Division; Sgt. Nagy USMC was attached to HQ3/506 PIR. Nagy jumped with the...
Expanding the offshore fireplan on paper overlooks that it was not easy to adjust naval gunfire. In June 1944 the wireless communications was...
One of your Melbourne boys Brad Wing was punter for the New York Giants. Note that they wear helmets here. :) The future of the game might be in...
Government surveys don't give proof that stray aircraft bombs were a greater hazard than stray artillery shells. Exposure of infantry to naval...
Naval gunfire could be just as un-friendly. A short round from HMS Glasgow landed next to the Rangers command post at Pointe du Hoc. Two men were...
