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How Chesty Puller Built the Legend of the US Marine Corps
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (446+ words) Lewis "Chesty" Puller (1898–1971) was a United States Marine Corps officer whose frontline leadership in five major conflicts earned him five Navy Crosses. Frontline Command Culture: Lewis “Chesty” Puller rejected comfortable rear-headquarters assignments, choosing instead to command from the forward edge…...
From 9/11 to house fire, Pentagon survivor remains hopeful
17+ hour, 43+ min ago (301+ words) MANSFIELD, La. — For retired Army Lt. Col. Kenny Cox, Sept. 11 remains a day etched into his memory. Cox was inside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when he realized the United States was under attack. "I told him we're at war. We…...
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf - Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino
1+ day, 20+ min ago (587+ words) Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino Vintage Aviation News Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino, reviewed by Joe May, available on Amazon. Ermanno Martino is greatly esteemed as a naval historian, especially regarding the Imperial Japanese…...
The PB Was The KGB’s Suppressed Pistol - by David Axe
1+ day, 41+ min ago (280+ words) Developed for Spetsnaz units and the KGB in the mid-1960s, the Soviet PB—also known as the 6P9—took the proven Makarov PM design and incorporated a two-stage, integral suppressor. During World War II, the Soviet NKVD had used suppressed weapons, including M1895 Nagant…...
General Omar Bradley: American D-Day Commander
23+ hour, 42+ min ago (708+ words) TheCollector General Omar Bradley: American D-Day Commander Affectionately known as the “GI’s general” for his care of frontline troops, General Omar Bradley is best known for his effective leadership on D-Day. Storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day was a…...
De Havilland Venom: Switzerland Flew It Until 1983
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (903+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments In 1971 a Swiss fighter jet landed on a motorway. Not in an emergency — on purpose, as part of a doctrine that assumed Swiss airfields would be cratered within hours of a…...
Firefighters stand in silence to remember 9/11
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (134+ words) Firefighters across Avon Fire & Rescue Service marked a one-minute silence on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Firefighters from Chew Magna observed a minute’s silence to remember all those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, 25 years ago. They fell silent at 1.46pm, the…...
DeLand historian searches for a permanent home for storied WWII tugboat ‘Tiger’
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (989+ words) More than 80 years since the end of World War II, one small but mighty tugboat has a story that has come full circle, beginning in DeLand and returning for its final chapter. The U.S. Army ST-479 “Tiger” now sits on the…...
Mattapoisett to Honor 20 Revolutionary War Patriots at Hammond Cemetery Ceremony
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (303+ words) National recognition is coming to the Hammond Cemetery on River Road in Mattapoisett. The cemetery will be designated a Revolutionary War Burial Site at a ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 19. Raymond Hanks, an organizer who chairs Mattapoisett's Cemetery Advisory…...
Navy jet may have parked at San Antonio drive-in theater
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (988+ words) I am authoring a book for the SS Midway Museum Library in San Diego (California), dedicated to preserving the history of our aircraft collection. A key segment of the book focuses on our aircraft exhibit collection, one of which is…...