Congrats, Nose. Tie-clip, heh…Archive for 'History'
20 Years ago Today
I got these:
And to the surprise of many, I still have them!
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Posted: November 18th, 2008 under Flying, History, Small Stuff, relics.
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Lest We Forget
We had no right to win, but we did.
My wife and I will be dining-out with 250 of our close personal friends, this Saturday. A dozen or so Batttle of  Midway Vets will serve as Guests-of-Honor.
I hope you all get out to do the same.
BATTLE OF MIDWAY The Incredible Victory
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot 6/4/87
June 4, 1942. The date is [...]
Posted: June 4th, 2008 under History, Military.
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MILBLOG over, over there…
My first contribution to the Flight Deck. I didn’t see any reference to this in the archives here, so hopefully it’s an interesting surprise to you as well. I heard about this story listening to The World’s Tech Podcast on the train today. A gent in England has been posting his grandfather’s [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Family, History, Military.
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A Piece of History
I went over to the Midway Museum early on Friday for the Vets for Freedom event and found one of the best parts of a visit to the old girl–a docent who served on Midway when she was active.
And this one was an aviator.
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Posted: March 16th, 2008 under Flying, History, Sea Stories.
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Reflections: “If there are enough shovels to go around…”
“…everybody’s going to make it.†- Thomas K. Jones, 1982
Counterveil vs. Countervalue…
Decapitating strikes…
Winning a protracted nuclear war…
Nuclear calculus…
These, and other topics were points of not just mere discussion, but deep, serious study and analysis in the early 1980’s by, among others, a small cohort of graduate students at the Naval Postgraduate School. Leading the [...]
Posted: March 14th, 2008 under History, Sea Stories.
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23 January 1968: USS Pueblo - Never Forget
Never forget.
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Posted: January 23rd, 2008 under History.
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A visual history
For those who, like me, enjoy visual history, the Library of Congress has started posting more than 3000 images, those that have no copyright restrictions, from two of their collections on Flickr. Stunning photographs from around the country in beautiful, rich color. Portraits, landscapes, military, the works. Take a look! A sample…
Marine glider in training [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under History, Photographs.
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Of Fire, Ice and Guts: This Date in Naval History - 3 Jan 44
One ship. One crew far from the frontline of the war. They and their rescuers would be tested by fire and ice.Â
One man who had fought against the odds with a vision of what could be. That vision would be tested today in the most hellish of conditions.
It all happened sixty-three years ago today off the [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2008 under Flying, History.
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Origins
Forwarded immediately, by me:
Subject: The origins of Conservatism and Liberalism
How It All Began
Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic Hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer & would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in winter.
The 2 most important events in all [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under History, Humor, Politics.
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“Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This Is Not A Drill”
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Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. A special Flightdeck Friday. Read, and hear, more…
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Posted: December 7th, 2007 under History.
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