I would think that 90 degree drop would be even more problematic than mcoffee stated, in that the bomb being more streamlined than the plane and...
Having been given morphine many times over the years as I don't react well to other drugs, I can tell you that the dosage shown on the pictures in...
Morphine works on the whole body to ease pain, and the injection site relative to a wound for relief isn't important. While it might offer some...
U S M2 medium- not issued to combat units restricted to training units M3 medium declared obsolete April 1944 M1 light not issued for combat...
Fruitcake Totally inclined to agree with your opinion, but I was a 15 year old or so at the time and he was supposedly there. It's also possible...
My interest came about as a result of having 6 uncles and a father in the military and one uncle working as part of "the bomb" project. My...
There's a picture of a B-17 taken over the Med or North Africa that was hit by a german fighter's wing and virtually cut in half, yet it made it...
Sorry, but I hadn't looked at this in a long time, but it is 1935A.
My source lists the 105 M4A3 in two versions. Five hundred built by Detroit Arsenal in Aug-Dec 1944, and 2539 with HVSS built at that location...
Personally I doubt he received much notice until after the war as the average guy was more likely to be looking out for himself. For your...
This topic is my favorite peve of WW II. What you stated I could not have put it better myself. I would like to extend it a little farther in that...
I think that the ETO was much more in the news than the PTO due to it's scale, number of different countries (better known), larger scale of both...
If you are going to reload your ammo, be aware that the 303 has a reputation of streatching the cases which requires trimming them to size and...
The standard 357 is a rimmed cartridge and won't function in an auto loader using a box type magazine. A new rimless case would be needed. A...
The 22 LR was adequate for the job providing you were good enough to use it. My uncle carried a High Standard HD during the period of time he was...
The attached pictures are of a "short snorter" carried by my uncle, Capt John Earl Leach of Vincennes IN while serving in the CBI as a C46 pilot...
It's possible that he was moved because his brother was in the same unit. It doesn't make much sense if it was after his brother's death, but you...
The endless discussions about which was the best tank are almost silly. Each of the main tanks has it's strengths and weaknesses. A far better...
This thread is quite old, but I had these pics so I'll send them along. Atomic Annie is on display at Ft Sill OK.
From what I've read the two admirals were just about as different in their approach as you could get. Halsey was almost reckless and Spruance...
