Before she left for New Zealand, my wife forced me to wear an all sky blue pair of long shorts, and a shirt exactly the same colour.... So, you...
Would "Get to a better state" be somewhere like Texas, where it's free and easy? No votes for New England...or Rhode Island? I'llt put my vote...
Yes Tamino....Speer was right in assuming that the ruins of his constructs would look more magnificent than the original designs. And they do....
I would say that in 1941 these lads would be showing up for the food...... I wonder if the menu was vegetarian! :)
Poor ol Jimmy, that was nice! Not many people blessed enough to be able to put a B-24 "into the ground", and get away with it! Jim,my must have...
This engagement, Little Round Top, was the principal example of a small unit action managing an effect far and away outside and beyond the the...
I have in my posession, a copy of an Avalon Hill reissue of a game called "Little Round Top". I've played both sides quite a few times, and...
John J. Pershing must have been a very durable presense on the American public. There weren't too many other takers in line for the post of Leader...
Kodiak, I think the series of orders delivered by Chamberlain (to 'Fix bayonnets"...etc etc....) was carried out at a much faster pace than was...
In fact, if we want to point to British ex vets who were publicized the most after WW2, David Niven would win it hands down for Britain. For the...
Actually, I always DID want to ask you whether you had visited the Chickmauga battlefield....turns out you have, and historic interpretations for...
Scots should and are proud of their expats. the Scottish soldier is a byword for courage, tenacity, fair play, and a general lack of atrocity...
"REGULATIONS REQUIRED THEY BE ROTATED BETWEEN THE FEET TO ENSURE EVEN WEAR..." OH JHC....And I thought the australian Army were the only ones...
I think we are all in need of something to laugh at. I have posted some of these before, but for those that haven't read them, the following are...
By God, they are. Are WBC REALLY going to stage a 'vigil' based around homophobia at Sunny Brook Elementary? How can people hijack a national...
Crikey... I've learnt such a lot in such a short space of time.... Robert E. Lee must have felt exactly the same way....
Isn't it amazing that, all these years later, we still look at something like Picketts Charge and wonder at it, the whys, the wherefors, and the...
We certainly have an excellent debate flowing here, and with none of the usual mud-slinging from anybody so far. Thanks to Mr. Price for this, and...
Just to put this in perspective, Ulysees Simpson Grant faced recriminations from jealous officers when floundering before Vicksburg. The protests...
Mr Price has certainly nailed it from a strictly technical point of view.....but as an event, and according to the descriptions of many witnesses,...
