As I write this the New Year is still some 2 1/2 hours away where I am. How is everybody ringing in the New Year? Or for those of you already in 2013 how did you celebrate New Year's?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200872456077?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Title: The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Author: Iris Chang
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Year: 1998
Format: Paperback
Price: $5.00 plus shipping
Description:
In...
http://avalanchemedia.org/?p=1692
Mystery military pigeon’s war secret
August 23, 2012
"The remains of a World War II carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Surrey. The skeleton of the war...
Some remarkable silent footage of US Marine Aviators in China.
http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/mediagallery/usmc-aviators-china-1932-video-series
Here's a very one of a kind custom crusher hat made from a B-3 flight jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-US-ARMY-AIR-FORCE-B-17-BOMBER-PILOTS-ONE-OF-A-KIND-SHEEPSKIN-CRUSHER-CAP-/280951486824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416a037968
A re-creation of the Battle of Dordrecht, the bloodiest battle of the German invasion of Holland. Our own MissJoeri can be seen at 3:33.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOLDhoOg6o
This was my Dad's Japanese-made lighter that he carried in Korea during the Korean War. It needs a new flint and I'd like to refill it but have no idea how to do it as I'm totally unfamiliar with lighters. I can't see any place to unscrew or open it.
Spanish Fresco Restoration Botched by Amateur
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921
An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco. Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez...
This pic was posted at another forum. It shows the Air Force Chief of Staff and the CMSGT of the Air Force in what is presumably the new dress uniform for that service.
While reading the Marc Chevalier story at the LA Times blog, I came across this story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harnisch-20120619,0,7602035.column
We're all familiar with movies such as Plan 9 From Outer Space and Rocky Horror Picture Show that have a widespread cult following. How about ones that seem to have a particular following here at the Lounge? These movies are the ones frequently quoted and referenced in different posts and...
I'm sure some of you have had that great idea for a movie or TV show rolling around in your head. Here's the place to pitch your idea. Now I can't guarantee that any one of our almost 25,000 members works for William Morris but you never know. ;)
To start things off I once had an idea for...
Michael Kloft's documentary on the history of Nazi television. Legend has it that the triumphal march of television began in the United States in the 'fifties. But in reality its origins hark back much further. As early as the 'thirties, a bitter rivalry raged for the world's first television...
Here's something a bit unusual that you don't expect to see. A real live Japanese Type 89B-Otsu medium tank (1929) in running condition. This example was restored by the JGSDF (present day Japanese Army) Ordnance School in 2007. The diesel-engined Type 89B was often erroneously identified by...
A modern reproduction of the 1940s Kirova watch. It's mechanical with a Poljot 3133 movement -- in of itself quite iconic
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KIROVA-Russian-WATCH-Chronograph-Matte-case-/250915464576?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item3a6bba2580
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