Of the eleven men who were in Alcatraz, the most notorious Hanoi POW camp, only four remain with the death of Jeremiah (Jerry) A. Denton Jr., RADM USN Ret and former Senator. He actually died March 28th in the Norfolk … Continue reading
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In lieu of real posting… Trying to get back in the swing of things… Where is an IV when I need one… And this one is WAY too close to the truth… h/t PP and JP … Continue reading
Taking care of a vet that needed some help… Article HERE. Kudos to those gents at Lowes… h/t JP, Les, Frito Posted from my iPhone. … Continue reading
GIBs- Guys/Girls in the back of the bus… Pretty good video on what they thought of their first NATOPS/Stan Eval checkride in the military… I don’t think anyone ever thought they passed… 🙂 h/t Bogeydope … Continue reading
One of the ‘iconic’ posters really isn’t… And it wasn’t called Rosie the Riveter either… It was an internal poster for Westinghouse… J Howard Miller is believed to have done the poster based on this photo of Geraldine Hoff. … Continue reading
Borepatch is graciously hosting the get together, Saturday the 12th starting at 1130. It will be at Mac McGee’s Irish Pub, 936 Canton St. Roswell, GALooking forward to seeing some old and new faces! 🙂 I will have to leave by … Continue reading
It’s the Coast Guard, and their women’s reserves… Called SPARS. I believe this was done by J. Valentine, but I can’t dig out much information on him. Sorry… Oh yeah, a bit of history on the SPARS… SPARS was the nickname … Continue reading
How long since you read this? The Declaration of Independence As I think about the 4th of July this year, now our 238th I wonder if this is the last time we’ll celebrate freedom or even it we CAN celebrate … Continue reading
You just can’t make stuff like this up, no one would believe it… B-1 Bomber that got put up for sale. About 14 years ago a B-1 bomber was in here (Billings, MT) doing practice approaches and touch and goes. … Continue reading
Gotta make a quick trip to Louisiana, I’ll be passing through Atlanta on the 12th of July. Anybody interested in getting together for lunch around 11:30-12:00ish??? I talked briefly with Borepatch and he’ll try to find a place to host … Continue reading