The Meteor was actually operational before the Me 262.
JOHNNY COME LATELY, Steve Earl's COPPERHEAD ROAD album
I saw this movie at the Graumans Chinese Theater on a school field trip (I also saw How The West Was Won at the same theater) and I'm sure the...
Joseph Heller (CATCH 22) couldn't have been the only guy who thought of this. Does any one know how many of the Allied Airmen interned in neutral...
Just watched a movie - ONLY THE BRAVE, 2006. It is about the 442d RCT and the 100th Ter. Guard Bn from Hawaii, in WWII. Since I had never heard...
I did two tours in the ROK, the first was with the 1st Bdg of the 2d ID in '83-84; the second was as 1SGT of an MI Co in Seoul during the '88...
Welcome. I, too, am a "left coaster" born and raised in S. CA; I am also a vet of the 2d ID, one of the most rewarding and toughest tours of my...
Yet, judging from the people using the ranges I mentioned, many of you would surely like to have them. And if guns are not part of your culture...
Re: the recent events at a Connecticut School I don’t know what the answer is but I doubt that revoking out constitutional rights is an answer -...
I just read somewhere that Glen’s last known words were “Where’s the ****ing parachutes?.
Me to! I know he made the movie Operation Burma which is pretty good, but I don't know of any other connection to Burma he had.
Damn you made my look him up. You are correct but I had always thought he was a Royal Marine.
Didn’t like his politics but always had great respect for the man. His 442nd in famous, for one reason, for coming the aid (some say rescue) of a...
Check out Errol Flynn, even allowing for Hollywood "Hype" he lead an amazing life!
When I was stationed at Ft. Hood we went to San Antonio (Lackland and Kelly AFBs) to “chase” women. The “serious work” comes after you catch the...
Great old ship and a great photo! To bad so few today know its history. I wish we had built the Montana class.
Just heard this: In the 60’s a UK radio is interviewing a WWII RAF pilot. The pilot is describing an encounter during the Battle of Britain - “I...
The Ferguson Rifle, a breech loader, was used by the Brit’s in the American Revolution; in the War of 1812 it was used by both sides (the...
In 1968 is was in a bar in La Jolla CA sitting next to two older gentlemen. As I listened to their conversation I realized I was sitting next to...
Since you mentioned the Civil War I will assume you are also interested in the era after the war. A DOSE OF FRONTIER SOLDIERING, the Memoirs of...
