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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Just like someone from the Netherlands would offended if someone automatically said they were from "Holland" or Bavarians and Quebecers (or however you call someone from Quebec) consider themsevles different from the overall nation they're in, Americans ID with a specific area. I live in WA...
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    'Child Soldiers of WW2'

    Interesting. I lived down the street from a guy who'd gone in to Anzio at the age of 14, they determined his age and hauled him out of there, kicking and screaming, the very day before his entire rifle squad got wiped out trying to attack a bunker. There's a orgnaization of underaged vets, of...
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    • Forum: WWII
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Sounds like Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti". His original version had some seriously non-radio-friendly lyrics. If it wasn't for Dorothy LaBostrie's re-write of all the lyrics, we wouldn't have that song today. In her later years, she gloated the Little Richard didn't write any part of the...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    How about the use of 'Queer' and 'Gay'... obviously they had totally different connotations in the 30s.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I the Pacific NW, Skookum refers to an evil spirit or haunting, NOT good at all! And yes, it's still in use...
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    Show us your photography

    A few shots taken by me (and of me) at the Olympia WA airshow this month: Me and my 'new' toy, a prewar 4X5 Speed Graphic:
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    Those types of guys, historically, are hardly ever the blowhard 'alpha male' type. I also once met someone who dived on a grenade in WW2 to save his pals. The thing just didn't go off. He said that someone had brought up putting him in for a Medal of Honor, but told him when they tried to send...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    I agree fully. :eusa_clap It's one of the many reasons I decided to leave the military, I got so fed up with that type...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    I heard a comedian (wish i could remember who it was) say that if aliens came into our solar system and monitored the internet, they'd come to the conclusion that every person in America is famous... I don't consider forums like this to be the same thing at all. Hobby-based discussions aren't...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    As for cars all looking alike, let's be honest, many of them had similar looks within the same year, in almost any year. Yeah, there are the standout designs, but generally, sedans looked a lot alike in the same year from different car companies. There's a reason you can tell, say, a car is a...
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    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    The following terms. I wish a horrific death upon whoever coined these phrases: -Snarky -Play date -Bromance I agree on the walking part, but I live in WA state, between Seattle and Portland, and NOBODY drives fast anywhere except on motorcycles. Here, you drive whatever speed you want, in...
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    Just curious, was it ever considered in fashion to wear them buttoned all the up, or maybe even worn with a tie or with a suit? I once looked at a 50s hawaiian shirt at an antique place (didn't buy it, I have a few I bought on the Hawaiian trip which i never wear). I noticed it, too, buttoned...
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    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    I collect and research stuff from US war correspondents. This was from a magazine ad for liquor, showing a unnamed correspondent (the insignia is a pinback, would have been REALLY tough to have mounted it on that kind of hat)...
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    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    Does anyone know of a vendor who makes new reproduction pre-war Hawaiian shirts?
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    "Space Cowboys" A2 jacket photos?

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/willysmb44/SpaceCowboys-01_zpsd2703bec.png I recently found an extra A2 for a very good price, it's got the velcro name plate so I can't do much with it for WW2 stuff. I'm thinking of maybe making a copy of one of the A-2s worn in the film, "Space...
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    Museum-grade replica Apollo-era NASA flight jacket

    You'll be surprised at the changes since you were there last. The Davidson building, where the Saturn V now sits, is really neat to walk around inside. As for Al Bean, he actually called me at home on November but that's another story (that's on my website link from my earlier post, near the top).
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    Museum-grade replica Apollo-era NASA flight jacket

    Read the book instead. The movie is more dark comedy than it is accurate. After you read the book, the movie won't quite do it for you again... Sadly, I was days from being born when Apollo 12 was on the Moon, but I do recall seeing either Apollo 15 or 17 taking off on TV (it was a daytime...
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    Museum-grade replica Apollo-era NASA flight jacket

    You'd think that, but someone asked me on Saturday if I'd went to the Moon and he meant it. I'M NOT EVEN 45 years old yet!
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    The Congressional Medal of Honor

    I've met numerous MoH awardees over the years. I couldn't name them all. At the end of March, I was at the Post Office one afternoon. As I left the building, I saw a man walking up, probably in his 60s, and he had a MoH awardee license plate. Now, I'm no MoH 'groupie' but I am a former US Army...
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    "Willie Gillis in Convoy" by Norman Rockwell

    I love the sleeping GI in the back of the truck. That never changes through time, you can throw a group of soldiers in the back of a truck, no matter how well-rested, and by the time you leave the parking lot, most will be dead asleep...
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    • Forum: WWII

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