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My trip to Space Camp. Not golden era as such...
Sorry that this doesn't really click with the golden era, I just thought some of you might like this anyway... The years forever fashion new dreams when old ones go. God pity a one-dream man.” -Robert Goddard In 1982, I first heard of Space Camp. I was 12 then and there was no way I was...- p51
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Charles Schulz and WW2
Sweet! I've been wanting to submit a proposal for an article on Bill Mauldin to that magazine, maybe this is the motivation I was looking for...- p51
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Could This Be the new Air Force Dress Uniform???
Hell, I was an Army officer and I have to agree with D on that. Say what you will about the Marines, they do have both the best sense of history and the best dress uniforms, no question... -
Could This Be the new Air Force Dress Uniform???
some[/I] of the changes over the years!"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USAF_uniforms_historical.jpg Sure seems the case, doesn't it? Anyone here ever see McPeak's "Navy style" dress uniform? What a horrible look that was! Here was another design that was proposed, which I like a lot better: -
Could This Be the new Air Force Dress Uniform???
They should go back to the pinks and greens, but we all know that would never happen... I swear the USAF has been a "uniform of the month club" since the 50s. My Dad was issued those ridiculous British "bush jacket" uniforms in the late 50s, I still have one of his jackets, he said people... -
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Diamond Cap "Flighter"
Yeah, but it's not the more classic WW2 style eagle, which are really easy to find it you look. Why stop short after spending that much money on a hat? Go with the more common 'pointy' eagle! -
Show us your Militaria
Even more... From a WW2 airfield near where I grew up: Desert Storm: I founded a living history group devoted to the 20th anniversary of that war. I’m the one with the shades on near the center, the guy to the left of me is carrying my M249. This... -
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Show us your Militaria
God, I wouldn't know where to begin. My primary hobby is collecting WW2 US stuff, with a recent focus on war correspondents but I have other stuff, too. Here's a little of that. Enjoy the random photos, everything is mine in these photos… (everything but the... -
Did a car show with my 1944 Jeep...
Over the weekend I went to a car show at the local casino, which went pretty well. A group of German teen fans of the "Twlight" books/movies was passing by the town I live in on their way to Forks, WA after flying into Portland that morning. They needed to stop at the gas station in town just as...- p51
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1954 Mercedes Gull-Wing 300SL
A lot of high-end cars are, too. A guy I went to high school made a fortune on the commodities market very early on and he bought a Lamborghini Countach, and my WW2 Jeep is far more comfortable to ride. There's no AC, no roll down windows, and the door handle is a length of hemp rope! It goes...- p51
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1954 Mercedes Gull-Wing 300SL
I saw over a dozen gullwings grouped together at the grand opening of the Lemay Car Museum in Tacoma in June, couldn't get them all in one shot!- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I live in the Puget Sound area, and now I know where all the hippies went when the 60s and 70s were over. Many of them moved here! Growin up in the deep south in the early mid to late 70s as a child, I'd hear about hippies on the news but we never saw them at all. I realize now that not all...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I hear you there. We've been on manadatory overtime for almost two years straight now where I work for a large nation-wide company. Nobody here has been able to count on weekends off in so long we've all forgotten what it felt like. I'm not kidding when I say all requests for time off are turned...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Funny, I thought this was about exploding myths, and how people often have a messed up concept of history. Funny how this reminds me of this: Homer Simpson: All right, here's your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War? Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Whenever I hear people talk about the common perception of Lincoln today, I tell them go look up what he really thought about the slaves and how he stomped on all kinds of rights at the time. I've had plenty of people come back and say, "I never realized that." Tell me about it. I live the PC...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Amen to that as well! I was raised in the south and I found it funny that as a kid in the 70s, it was just fine to openly talk about Confederate victories against the "Yankees," especially early in the war. The largest battle fought in my home state of Florida was a sound thrashing of Union...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Amen to that! I grew up out in the sticks away from town and when everyone in my area got to Junior High, we were sent to the south side of town and I and many of my friends were beat up often for the unpardonable crime of being, "a white boy". Years later, I was in a college class on social...- p51
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Speaking of period myths, how about the myth that everyone was fully behind the war effort in WW2? People forget there was a huge isolationist movement before the war and plenty of people were against the war even after Pearl Harbor. Congress's voting to declare war was almost unanimous, but not...- p51
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The general decline in standards today
-from "Wear Sunscreen," By Mary Schmich- p51
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