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”
Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
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”
The Korean War Week 47 – MacArthur’s Big Lie Exposed – May 13, 1951
M55 Quadmount
How do you increase the firepower of your magnificent .50 cal. M2 Browning Machine Gun when there’s only room for one finger on the trigger and someone else has to feed you the belt so it doesn’t get kinked up? You climb out of your foxhole, take it off the tripod, mount it on aContinue reading “M55 Quadmount”
The Korean War Week 46 – The MacArthur Senate Hearings Begin – May 6, 1951
The M1 Garand in Vietnam
If you aren’t already poking your head in at WWII After WWII you are missing out. Here’s one particular article that seems a perfect fit for the readership. Make sure to give him a read as you can tell a lot of effort goes into his articles. Since starting wwiiafterwwii, numerous people have contacted meContinue reading “The M1 Garand in Vietnam”
The Korean War Week 45 – The Chinese Spring Offensive Begins! – April 29, 1951
Interview with Jim Bolen Green Beret, SOG 1-0 and Rhodesian War Vet
Statement by LTC Lindsey when taking command of CCS. 1. Would you mind giving a quick introduction to what you did In Vietnam And Rhodesia for our readers not familiar? In Viet Nam I was in the 5th Special forces and attached to the SOG project. I was team leader of recon team “Auger” atContinue reading “Interview with Jim Bolen Green Beret, SOG 1-0 and Rhodesian War Vet”
AK Rifle And Its Many Variants In Vietnam
Shared from the excellent Modernforces website that covers the history of MACVSOG. Lnk at bottom of article. Brief History: The AK-47 is a gas piston-operated 7.62×39mm cartridge assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Work on the AK-47 began as early as 1945 in Russia and in the following year 1946, the AK-47 had reached prototype phase and wasContinue reading “AK Rifle And Its Many Variants In Vietnam”
Scattered Shots 