A great man once said: "We have nothing to fear but Fear itself..." That was true then (1930s) as it is today. That does not mean one should...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadhi sounds odd to my "ear". It appears to be a nom-de-guerre (war name). (I used to me an analyst for the US Army, and spoke...
Mine was "The Longest Day". Okay, so it was big budget and had too many name actors to be considered a normal film, but it DID try to be...
There is a concerted effort underway amoung a kabal of history revisionists, many of whom seem to be in the pay of Big Money arch-conservatives of...
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Very simple answer as to why Germany was not the target. Germany SURRENDERED before any Atomic weapon was ready to test. The first bomb was...
Yes, the A-10 is slow, but sometimes "slow" is better. I had the priviledge of watching a pair fly aerobatics back in the 80s, and I was emotionally...
Yes. It is a well-recognizeed phenomena in Washington, D.C., known as the "revolving door". Military and naval officer who work in procurment...
The main reason why any of the 1st Minn. were available on 3 July was their detachment on the 2nd for Provost duties. No, I have never traveled...
The feat was the 1st Minnesota though is suffered tremendous casualties, they STOOD. Yes, they turned the first wave of attack all by themselves....
The United States spends on "defence" as much as the rest of the world combined. That is amazing, half of the bill of the world is paid by the US....
Please be aware that BANJO (no longer here) was apparently writing regarding a work of FICTION which he mistook as fact. Yes, the scenario he...
During WWII the active duty GIs were NOT, as a rule, sent "Kare Packages", unless it were from a relative. They were not part of the official relief...
During WWII "care packages" were originally 'comfort packages' which could be sent by the POW's home country or a third nation through the Red Cross...
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