Yugo, it's Bill 'The Firebug' Newton VC. 22 Squadron RAAF.
That's unfortunate. Hopefully someone sensible can convince the beneficiaries to have the collection at least preserved before some hysterical...
Thanks for those links, very interesting and informative
As the massive typhoon Haiyan ploughs through the historic battlefield of Leyte Gulf, I'm just curious as to how would the warships of the time...
Just a question regarding my time in DC. Firstly, starting from downtown DC, would it be comfortably possible to visit both the USMC museum in...
Excellent info all round. Thank you gents.
Thanks Darren I'll look into both the atomic museum and the balloon fiesta. That would be an impressive sight.
Hi folks After visiting Hawaii last year my partner and I are desperate to get back to the USA and are planning a 3-4 week trip for this October....
Speaing of sad, another outrage took place this week in the lead up to ANZAC day WWII veteran pushed from wheelchair in callous robbery...
Gail Chatfield: By Dammit, We're Marines! [IMG] Eric Hamell: Pacific Warriors [IMG]
We had them here in Northern Australia. When the Japanese raided Darwin, their pilots were able to spot them and not waste a single round on the...
Kiwis are prone to all kinds of weird and bizare things. It probably wasn't mentioned coz they assumed it was normal behaviour :D
Just to put another slant on things, could the pressence of CV's in Pearl harbour during the attack have mitigated some of the damage inflicted...
Today, the last surviving Australian VC recipient of World War II Passed away at the age of 90. Edward (Ted) Kenna was born at Hamilton,...
I found the footage on youtube. It's on the WW2 in Colour series (sorry, I don't have the link or access to Youtube here at work) about 4:32 into...
I've had a brief look on Pootube but I haven't yet found it. It seems to be a popular grab in the pacific war doccos on tv though. I don't know...
I've seen several instances on TV of a certain snippet of colour film where a fighter is firing on a Japanese ship until it explodes with an...
I'd like to buy a plastic scale model kit of USS Enterprise to build and paint, thinking 1:350 or smaller. I want something with a good amount...
I visited the library last night and grabbed a bunch of books. I was disappointed not to find any US Navy related material (pictorial or...
Thanks Gordon, appreciated
