WWII
Valor Friday
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You never really know where your military service will take you. That’s especially true in wartime. John Galvin (pictured) was a Naval Aviator during World War II. Serving in the Pacific Theater, he ultimately shot down seven enemy fighters (and thus a fighter Ace) and earned four Distinguished Flying Crosses (among other awards). In the […]
Last Triple Ace dies, age 102
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Let that sink in. Triple Ace. At least fifteen kills – in his case, 16 in air-to-air combat. One Israeli in the Six Day War has 17, and Ukraine claimed one of theirs (since disputed) with 40, but since WWII these have been few and far between.* Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson arrived in the European […]
And you thought he was just a commie asshole
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Let’s go back in time to WWII and after. There was a group of English spies for Russia known as the Cambridge 4. If that isn’t a household word, perhaps you older guys will remember names like Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess – still nothing? Howzabout Kim Philby – he fled England to a hero’s […]
Valor Friday
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August 1917. The US has now been a part of World War I for months. Vast numbers of men and war materiel have been mobilized. The US Army grows to a size unheard of in the history of the country. As part of that, whole new divisions were being created seemingly every day. Among the […]
WWII Brit collaborators
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Interesting article in the Telegraph about British collaborators who, once captured, decided to work for the Nazis. We all know the story of the escape attempt from Stalag Luft III (Air prison 3) near Sagan, immortalized as “The Great Escape”. Recently, it has come to light that one of the escape participants, Desmond Plunkett, maintained […]
Another old girl leaves home
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The USS New Jersey left her home in Camden, New Jersey headed to Paulsboro for repairs. Thence, the most decorated battleship in Naval history will be ‘balanced for dry dock’ at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The vessel, guided by tugboats, docked at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal on Thursday afternoon, where it will be balanced to […]
Another of the last Pearl Harbor survivors passes
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Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. Mr. Higgins passed Tuesday, March 19th in Bend,Oregon at the age of 102. Higgins was a radioman assigned to a patrol squadron of seaplanes based at the Hawaii naval base […]
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