Don't suppose you've looked at this, have you? http://www.admiraltytrilogy.com/read/USF-74_Tact&Doct-Acft_V1-CV-Acft_194103.pdf This is the...
Well, since they both went in the water some 77 years ago, any hope of recovering their "remains" are slim and none and Slim is out of town. Not...
From the USAFF WWII Chronology (USAAF Chronology:) WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 1942 - ooo - PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, 7th Air Force): Preliminary action...
Well, the USAAF did claim to have won the Battle of Midway, didn't they?
What holster he would have been issued would depend on what type pistol he was issued. US pilots and aircrewmen were usually issued the Smith &...
I shall sleep easy tonight.
Who the hell cares?
+ Bet those Marines just love being called sailors.
Stocking powder bags is not a good idea.
A dead heat . . . too bad the big race was yesterday, I could have used one. My choice, Hot Rod Charlie, came in second.
I could be mis-remembering, not at all unusual, but my impression from reading Salisbury's The 900 Days was that those, non military, considered...
Props aren't turning that I can see. Salute guns are firing from both port and starboard
My absolute favorite? As a first classman at VMI, in my company, when our TacOfficer, a Marine Corps Major, had the duty, we ate in the officer's...
I believe the shortages were in infantry, not armor. And, frankly, there is no "forcing" involved. One gets one's orders and goes where the Army...
True, true, Larry, not ships company . . . no spiffy orderly standing outside the Captain's cabin nor trailing him about the ship. Mr Bruh -...
Some CVEs had MCVGs . . . for examples Hollandia, Block Island, Cape Gloucester, Vella Gulf, Gilbert Islands, so you could say they had Marines on...
Cruisers, Carriers, Battleships.
Not to mention that IBs are a little hard on railroad ties and you'd be amazed at the effect of heat on the rails themselves.
I'm not at all confused. It's the summer of 1945, just how does one end this war. The Japanese do not appear to be in the mood to capitulate....
The Japanese already knew the Soviets were coming and they already knew that Manchuria was a write-off and they already knew that the Soviets had...
