WAY back in the day… early 70s, no it’s not me in the picture, but I got to ‘enjoy’ Warner Springs in January going through SERE training… Brrr… War Criminal #25!!! And yes, the damned rattlesnakes were PROTECTED!!! Cost us … Continue reading
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Hard to believe this was 50 years ago… Still the best feel good story, I think, out of Vietnam, and probably the ultimate beer run! Sadly, stuff like that will never happen again due to the ‘changes’ in policy and … Continue reading
Sneaky bastards… LOL At 0000 hours on 01 January 2000, USS Topeka (SSN-754) crossed the intersection of the equator and International Date Line, placing the submarine simultaneously in two years, decades, centuries, millenniums, seasons and hemispheres. Kudos to them for … Continue reading
‘Nuff said… … Continue reading
Hard to believe this was thirty-eight years ago… We were a damn good squadron, didn’t play the politics game, or get on TV, but we got the job done! 🙂 We were the ONLY Navy squadron ever to have a … Continue reading
Sigh… I’m only 83 years too late… … Continue reading
Some photos from back in the day… Negative bonus points if you recognize either one of them… 🙂 Answers below the fold… … Continue reading
Ten cents a bottle, and a nickel for the Moon Pie… That was eight coke bottles in trade and an penny back… I grew up in a little town called Texarkana during the 50s and 60s when most everyone … Continue reading
This one’s a bit different. Sam Jacobs over at Ammo.com wrote a nice piece on Carbine Williams… America loves an outlaw. Some outlaws simply need to find their calling, and David Marshall Williams is such a man. A convicted murderer … Continue reading
Back in the day you could actually identify cars at a distance, either by looks or sound… The late 60s parking lots looked much the same, but with more Chevys and less Dodges… LOL But there were still a fair … Continue reading