78 years ago today, June 6th 1944, Operation Overlord, or as it is commonly known, D-Day commenced. The largest amphibious operation ever and arguably the most famous battle of World War II among western nations. The battle has been covered so many times and in such detail I will skip the overview and dive rightContinue reading “Today in History: D-Day”
Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
Some of My Vietnam War Stuff
I saw a lot of guys on Instagram laying out some of their collection. Some impressive. Some not so much. I thought I would do a simple display of some of the major items of my collection. Things the average infantrymen in the US Army would have. All items actual war era. Even the SP-1Continue reading “Some of My Vietnam War Stuff”
The Korean War Week 50 – Trapped in the Triangle: Korea’s Killing Zone – June 3, 1951
The Korean War Week 49 – Race to Trap 70,000 Soldiers – May 27, 1951
A Dad Vietnam War Story
Dad told me a story several times over the years about a night in Vietnam. It was really stuck in his head since he was almost killed and was wounded during the same attack. Dad was in an artillery unit that would set up on hills with temporary fire bases. One night the base wasContinue reading “A Dad Vietnam War Story”
Project Eldest Son
Below is a lengthy excerpt taken from an article in a 2008 issue of American Rifleman written by Maj. John Plaster. It gives some pretty good details about the covert ammunition sabotage/boobytrap campaign used by SOG during the Vietnam War. Related pictures of SOG personnel added by me. During the Vietnam War, the Studies AndContinue reading “Project Eldest Son”
The Korean War Week 48 – Cut Off. Outnumbered. Doomed – May 20, 1951
Parachute Wedding Dress
Claude was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose plane was hit over China in 1944. He bailed out and landed safely, using the parachute for warmth and shelter while waiting to be rescued. After the war, he proposed to Ruth and gave her the parachute, suggesting she use it to make her wedding gown.Continue reading “Parachute Wedding Dress”
Selection, Assessment & Training: the IJN Way
From the old Weaponsman site At the dawn of World War II, Americans had extremely solid feelings of racial and national superiority. Indeed, throughout the war national propaganda featured propaganda themes that careful analysis would have shown were mutually contradictory: the Japanese were cunning, stealthy, and powerful; yet they were dimwitted, nearsighted, bucktoothed buffoons. These feelings wereContinue reading “Selection, Assessment & Training: the IJN Way”
Scattered Shots 