One of my favorite JW movies, watched it many times growing up in the 60's.
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One of my favorite JW movies, watched it many times growing up in the 60's.
I know they were brave, but would a combat photographer be in the first few waves?
I have no expertise or knowledge so excuse if this is impossible, but couldn't the pilot fly just above the balloon then hit the afterburner to destroy it, it would be cheaper! :madsmile:
I subscribe to The Australian Armor & Artillery Channel as well as The Tank Museum & The Chieftain, it's how I spend my spare time instead of what's on television.
I found a few stills from the The Sands of Iwo Jima (49) and compared the LVT's from the Tarawa assault with the Iwo assault, they appear the same. The same number 111 is definitely in both scenes,...
My father-in-law was assigned to the USS Wilkes-Barre CL-103 which provided support during the Okinawa Campaign. Prior he had been assigned to the USS Markab AD-21 a destroyer tender which is the...
On FB I follow Steven Zaloga who is also an avid modeler. Growing up in the late 50's - early 60's I put together many models but I never had the patience nor skill of the kind shown here by...
Coincidence? Yesterday the movie Objective Burma (45) was on TCM here, the movie had a scene that dealt with purifying their water. As good as the movie was for Errol Flynn fans it was not without...
Reminded me of the Alec Baldwin incident where the armorer was the young (early 20's) daughter of a famed armorer, she was just out of her league and unable to control the on site weapons.
ASI Senior Vice President, Richard McSpadden, CFII, MEI, SES, MES, former Commander/Flight Leader for the USAF Thunderbirds gives a respectable preliminary analysis of the incident. The health as...
Juan Browne (blancolirio) is a airline pilot that gives professional breakdowns of air crashes on his YouTube channel, here he gives a preliminary breakdown of known facts such as flight paths and...
IMO this is the person most responsible for the tragedy, not thought out of what can go wrong will go wrong. All three pilots were highly qualified, I'm surprised someone didn't speak up during the...
That airport is a 20 minute drive for me, amazing to safely land and get everyone aboard evacuated before the plane was consumed by the flames.
Made me think of Dante's Inferno.
Is he simply scrambling over the ridge or was he hit? Muzzle looks like it is plugged a bit and it appears his soles are a bit worn. IMO this photographer is in combat and it is not a staged photo...
A great and humble man.
Great video, discovered the owner holds/held the world record deadlift, tried a video on his site where he and his wife visit the rudest restaurant...you want a laugh watch that place, it's somewhere...
Extending best birthday wishes to the stock doc Rick B. :thup:
An example of cover vs. concealment.
BAR Parts
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I just checked, the Wisconsin Dells Duck Rides, that's how they spell it most likely to make it easier to understand for the tourist. is still operating. I remember my mom taking me to the Dells and...
I found this at The Havoc
"The M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun
The M1 is an almost exact copy of the British six-pounder anti-tank gun. The British design was first modified to American manufacturing...
US version of 6 Prd
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I had to ask since you should know. :D
The hats can be surprisingly practical are they not Ovidio?