All black Marines in WWII were Montford Point Marines (actually 1942 to 1949). The Marine Corps had no black Marines prior to WWII. The Marine...
That was a well done series.
Rear fender, front fender (lack thereof in first bike but not others), and headlight as well.
Very good point, never considered that.
Bottom one is a Norman Rockwell, famous for his Americana paintings. The top one is by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer, born on a German ship at sea to...
Ben Hur, number 41? Hunting Macedonian pirate galleys. "Hate will keep a man alive."
Laundry numbers, in virtually all cases, are not usable identifiers for military uniforms or equipment. They are used administratively but are not...
Hong Kong had too strong an economy for the PRC to let them go their own way. Taiwan has a robust economy and a population of almost 24 million...
Anyone seen the US Navy's new digital recruiting ambassador? IT is a drag queen that goes by the name Harpy Daniels, real name Yeoman 2d Class...
The answer is simple, it's right there in the Cairo Declaration; "all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria,...
Have you ever been to San Diego? If not, you need to put it on your bucket list and take the wife. Beautiful city. Lots of military stuff there...
And in some ways not readily obvious. My dad was wounded in the face by shrapnel during the April 1967 Hill Fights at Khe Sahn. He recovered...
Order placed, shipping Dec. 19th, woohoo. I might order two more, one for each of the boys for Christmas.
Good point Carronade! Saigon fell in 1975, the Chinese invaded in 1979. The PAVN (Peoples Army of Vietnam) gave the ChiComs a good arse kickin'....
I saw that a while back, great diorama and amazing creativity on the modeler's part.
Both.
CAC, as to autonomous ships being the wave of the future, I'm in perfect agreement. One thing AI doesn't do well is solve issues that haven't...
Hell, they've been called "wife beaters" over here since I was a teenager, and that's been a looooong time ago.
CAC, USNS Spearhead is JHSV-1, which is the ship pictured. JHSV is the abbreviation for Joint High-Speed Vessel, their actual hull classification...
I agree with the others, excellent photos, thank you for sharing. The dude on the open "shitter" brought back memories. There is nothing that...
