I met Gunther Rall at the Wings of Eagles Airshow in Willow Run Michigan five years ago. I had the luck to be able to spend a few minutes talking to him after the banquet. He's a great guy with some fabulous stories to tell.
I don't remember anybody I knew drinking Vodka in the 60s and 70s. Whisky cocktails, Rum cocktails, and Gin cocktails, but not Vodka. Stolichnaya was not imported into the USA before 1972 when PepsiCo made a barter agreement to bottle Pepsi in the USSR in exchange for the rights to market Stoli...
The seller of a hat I was watching put the following line in the description, "The silk thread 1/2" gimpling is without damage." When I asked what "gimpling" is, he said that "gimp" is the ribbon trim around the brim. I never heard this name for the edge trim before. The seller is Canadian, so I...
His hair seems a bit awful here, although he is supposed to be very blue collar in the film:
I wore my hair like that in my teens and all I heard from my Father was, "GET A HAIRCUT!"
Don't forget Marlene Dietrich. In the biography of her written by her daughter, she is said to have been a real friend of the GIs. It seems that during the time she volunteered at "The Hollywood Canteen", she and some of the other Actresses (unnamed) would take lucky Soldiers and Sailors home...
Sold by G. Fox & Co. Hartford CT. for $17.00.
Something is embossed on the inside of the sweatband, but I can't make it out.
Do I look pleased with myself?:D
Excuse the flash bounce off the mirror.:o
My head measures 7 3/8, but this 7 1/4 fits perfectly. Maybe the previous owner gave it...
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