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Thanks guys,,,,cafdfw, that's funny!:rofl::rofl:

I suspected this, but I'm more of a missile guy,,,,and like I said, the two jets I saw crash didn't make any noise till they smacked the ground..although on the second one I was close enough to hear...

In war movies when a prop-driven plane gets shot down it always makes that high whining noise before it hits...so what's making the noise? Is the engine red lining or is it something to do with the...

Yep, that's a Flying Boxcar....interesting airplane....it's one of my favorites because it looks so weird,,,almost like the Brits designed it...

Lackland AFB has some amazing displays...

Trevor...

National Defense and the blue one is a training ribbon. Trevor has a two year degree and he's an Eagle Scout, either one would have gotten the two stripes.

I got one stripe out of basic for being...

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He graduated last week and is now at Sheppard AFB, TX now, getting ready to start medic school...
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I know I've seen a short film clip and some stills made from it of a Waffen SS soldier running along a ditch with an M1 Carbine. I've read that they were quite popular with the Germans.

When looking at old pictures of say the WWI era, I cannot tell the difference between US Army and USMC uniforms..they look the same to me...are there easy to see distinctions or is it a "have to...

I have a very nice Model of 1917 that I inherited from my brother-in-law. He bought the 1917 in the early 60s and every deer season he would bring it up to Missouri and let me use it, Every year it...

These rifles were made by Savage in a contract to the British government. They were marked US Property to get around some law in effect at the time regarding Lend-Lease. Some of the these other folks...

I expect that the artist had a 1903 and a 1917 bayonet (or maybe just pictures) to use as models and not knowing anything about either one, just put the bayonet on the rifle, at least on paper.

I like the pistol bayonet just for the knowledge that lefties will have to be wearing a diaper when they see one or they will leak around the seams....:dancingbanana:

The Japanese had some luck at recruiting Indian soldiers, although I suspect not much. A German POW being held in India in the First World War was able to foment a rebellion that ended in mass...

Back in the 60s, I remember a TV show, I think it was named Biography and they featured a story on Gabaldon (or at least that's who I think it was). He watched his Japanese friends shipped off to...

I remember getting flamed because I said that I didn't particlulary like 03 Springfields,,,just ain't my cup of tea,,,one guy just went ballistic on me on every post for awhile...he needed to lay off...

I remember reading a story about a group of Canadians, I believe they were the Princess Patricia Brigade who were pinned down on a hilltop and stood their gound till help arrived...

I'm very happy...

I'm reading this for about the fifth time...it's a great book, unusual that it's from a German soldier's point of view.

I really suggest you read it. You can get it from Amazon.com for about...

The Russians finally declared war against Japan in the very latter stages of the war to justify their seizure of land..

Member of the Legion since about 1980, member of the VFW since 2001.

Get The Cat! Get The Cat!

I bought some of that camo in 1973 at a surplus store in Cheyenne. Oddly enough, it worked just fine Wyoming summers....all three weeks of it.

I do remember seeing a picture of the Royal Navy skipper of one of the ships that sank the Bismarck, and he only had one row of ribbons...so I think they are little less inclined to just hand them...

I loved it, marching to Whiskey in the Jar...how very Irish...

I for one am very glad the British are our closest friends...I've served with them and I like them...even if they can't explain...

Does the British military have an equivalent medal to our Purple Heart?

Are redheads considered unlucky in their culture?