Welcome, Micki. There's a lot of informed people here. We'll do our best to help you.
Just finished Philbrick's Hurricane's Eye, the final book in his trilogy in the American Revolution. Started Wukovits' For Crew and Country about...
Searchers announced Thursday they’ve discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific....
I remember that my father brought home a German P-38 pistol. He kept it hidden (?) in a bureau. I remember disassembling and reassembling it in...
I think I built that Revell kit (or one very similar) when it was issued. It was not done as precisely as what you did. In my defense, I was 12....
I don't believe they had unit lapel pins. They had lapel pins to indicate branch of service; i.e. infantry, armored, etc. Units were usually a...
There's a copy at the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA. It's available to borrow. Do a Google search for it. There are several libraries that...
I'm not a researcher either, but many of us (including me) had success with Geoff at Golden Arrow. I'm sure there are others, but that is the only...
Welcome Chris. There are plenty of books about the Pacific war. General overviews are given by Toll and Hornfischer. If you're looking for first...
Alone by Michael Korda. Just started it. It's England's fight from the beginning of WW2 to Dunkirk, when England truly fought alone....
I have never written a book (although I helped edit Slipdigit's book.) That said, I agree with Riter. It's not enough just to transcribe the...
Marching Orders by Bruce Lee. He maintains that Ultra and the Purple code allowed the Allies to know what the Axis powers were going to do. That...
Oil and War | Defense.info Here's a start....
The Splendid and the Vile. Erik Larson. Good read about Churchill and his family in 1940.
Glad you could join us. Share stories, if you can. We're generally a friendly bunch, at least we don't bite. New guy buys a round at the bar.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
We'll both be hale and hearty.
:SteyrAUGl: Watch your cats!
I'm 76. I guess that means I'll be 90. I fully expect to make it. I told my doctor I'm shooting for 100.
DNA analysis has gotten so much better. Many "unknowns" have been identified this way. I look forward to more of them being "found".
