The Water Diviner: Do you know what the army used to do with the rank and file dead after Waterloo, Crimea, Khartoum? They would dig an enormous bloody pit and rake the whole lot in
with a few handfuls of lime. No names. Horse, mules and the men. All turned into fertilizer. This is the first...
Before WWII the U.S. Army and Navy chose leather and wool jackets because they are fire resistant. They will only burn if there is a direct flame and are both self extinguishing when the flame is taken away! I believe the book Hell Bent For Leather talks about it. Now 50s nylon flight suits...
I was watching The McConell Story the other night. While they got the aircraft all wrong in the different time periods, it did remind me, the P-80 with Fletcher wing tip tanks was a great looking bird! Here is a Colorado Air National Guard P-80, plus the Minute Men of the Colorado ANG.
The Battle Of Los Angeles. A UFO show, about the February 1942 anti aircraft barrage. I didn't realize, the Japanese submarine shelled the California refinery just the day before, no wounder every one was jumpy! Every one makes a big deal of the hand full of eye witnesses that claim to have seen...
I like Marina Sirtis comment on her caricature Counselor Troi on the first episode of STNG. "We inherited my cosmic cheerleader outfit in the very first episode from the original show." A funny side note, showing the show was skewed towards teen boys, her caricature was suppose to have four...
The author said, "I don’t see any really practical role for this firearm." I think this comes under the old saying, if you have to ask the question, you wouldn't understand the answer! I want one.:D
Can't believe it, but I'm hooked on a Disney show! Periodically, I do a little channel surfing, to see if there are any new channels I might like. I suddenly see this mechanoid, battling some monster, the show is called Mech-X4, not bad. Will have to give it a couple of more watches to fully...
The McConnell Story (1955) The story of Joseph C. McConnell, top American ace of the Korean war. Sad that he died exactly the same as Dick Bong Americas top WWII ace! He went up the hard way, started as an Airman in the Medical Corp. They didn't even try to be accurate back then, a C-47 drops...
A biker was standing around when his buddy rides up on a perfectly restored 1925 Brough Superior SS100 Alpine. He said, "where did you get that, I know you don't have a couple of million dollars?" The friend said, "funny thing, a beautiful women rode up on it, got off and proceeded to take off...
Towards The Unknown (1956) Nice to see some of the fabulous 50s airplanes. A little sad to see the Bell Aircraft hanger! I know, the live on as Bell Helicopters, just not the same.
I found this quote about poor Mary: "She was a kind, religious woman whose dignified demeanor fit the strict Puritan mold." http://historyofmassachusetts.org/mary-easty-salem/
One of the documentaries on WWII, was the building of the Al-Can highway through Canada and Alaska. It was built in no small part by 97th Engineer General Service Regiment (colored). They were told not to have contact with the indigenous people, but of course that wasn't always easy. One...
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