Calling Former Marine F4U Drivers
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Thanks All!
– SJS
email: bender@globe.com
Thanks All!
– SJS
…and another book to add to the growing pile: In the Nightmare RONALD RADOSH We know that history holds many surprises. One does not expect to learn more about the secret history of the Gulag than we already know from both Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago and Anne Applebaum’s Gulag: A History. This feat, however, is…
Sixty-seven years ago… Day 1 – “Scratch One Flattop!”: The first day of the carrier battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942, saw the Americans searching for carriers they knew were present and the Japanese looking for ones they feared might be in the area. (more at NHHC) Day 2: We lose USS Lexington: ….
13-19 Nov 1943: Army and Navy aircraft of Task Force 57 (Rear Admiral J. H. Hoover), based on islands of the Ellice, Phoenix, and Samoan Groups and on Baker Island, conducted long-range night bombing attacks on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands as a preliminary to the invasion of the Gilberts. (ed: If…
We’re going to depart from the normal topics usually found in these pages because of a most compelling article we found in yesterday’s Washington Post’s Health section highlighting an upcoming documentary on PBS. Fair warning – this is an emotionally compelling article and content. The documentary, titled, "The Lobotomist" is a look at how, as…
  Speaking of ethos…great new site (h/t: Maggie) put up by the family of “Mac” McWhorter, who flew in VF-9, was CO of VF-12 and the first Hellcat ace. Lots of remembrances by those who were there and remember him both during and after the war. We’ve added the site to the blogroll on the right under…
Listen as you tread the decks on the mid-watch, or swing at anchor on a foggy morn – listen and you can hear the voices of those who went before us: Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Six (USS Enterprise) off Hawaii for battle fleet exercises (1941) What lessons are being taught? What wisdom passed? Are…