Lloyd Brown was his name. Saw this on the news this morning. Rest in peace Sir!
A blood chit is a written notice identifying a downed flyer as a friend of the locals. It is written in their language and asks for assistance...
The way I understand it is that Guadalcanal was named by one of the officers of the Spanish expedition to the island in 1568. Pedro de Ortega, the...
Welcome back Bill. :)
I didn't particularly care for that movie. I'm no expert on the subject but I don't think it did justice to the MAAG advisors in Vietnam.
[IMG] A Marine, dodging machine gun fire, races through "Death Valley" on Okinawa.
Congrats Kai! :)
I think the book is better than the movie--as is the case most of the time. The book goes into a lot more detail about the men involved which I...
Welcome back DB! :cheers:
Have you ever read the book? I'm reading it right now and so far it's excellent. I'd recommend it if you haven't already read it.
I remember reading something about that. The reasoning behind it is that when a round explodes, the fragments are thrown in a cone-like shape. The...