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A Very British Salute, 75 years on
British Lt. Jack Reynolds, aged 22, with LCPL George Parry in the background, gives the classic British two-finger salute to a reportedly grinning German Wehrmacht cameraman as he is captured near...
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Unprintable Phraseology
In the interest of, Happy Friday, here is this May 1945 U.S. Army Signal Corps image of an M4 Sherman tank crew from the Library of Congress. 111-SC-209070 Offical caption: “A tank sunk in 5 feet of...
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Out of ammunition, God Save the King
With Arnhem lost, the Britsh light infantry of 1 Airborne Division holding the increasingly pressured Oosterbeek perimeter some 75 years ago this week, was gratefully able to be evacuated. Opposed by...
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Retiring the Colours
“The Royal Fusiliers marching through the City of London in 1916” At the time, the Regimental Colour carried honours for “Namur, 1695,” “Martinique, 1809,” “Talavera,” “Busaco,” “Albuhera,” “Badajoz,”...
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Tough weekend
Spent lots of time on the range this weekend as I am T&E’ing several new guns such as Beretta’s 92X Compact and Diamondback’s DB9 Gen 4. I also took advantage of the great weather (70 degrees, a...
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Warship Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019: No Greater Honor
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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Here’s mud in your eye, 75 years ago today
An American combat engineer sergeant of the 5th Army with coffee and a donut from the Red Cross near Livergnano, Italy, 29 October 1944. Mark Clark’s understrength 5th Army was at the time facing the...
View ArticleThe Shok Valley sounds like a nice place to never go
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Williams was presented with the Medal of Honor at the White House on Wednesday. Williams earned the award for his actions in Shok Valley, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2008,...
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Chicago Typewriters off Morocco, 77 years ago today
Major General George Patton and Rear Admiral John Hall, US Navy (behind Patton – and, Yes, the Admiral has his helmet on backward) prepare to go ashore at Fedhala, Morocco during the North African...
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Busy Days
Find the journal entry of Marine Lloyd Fuller, covering Nov. 15 & 16 1942, below. Fuller enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941 and, assigned to Marine Fighting Squadron 121 (VMF 121), served as the...
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Warship Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019: We’ll fight them both
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale...
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Bloody Tarawa
As a note, this week is the 76th anniversary of the bloody and hard-fought Battle of Tarawa. Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith’s 2nd Mar Div– consisting of the 2nd, 8th, 10th, and 18th Marines– hit the Red...
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Deadwood Dressy
Here we see Captain Thomas Coverly Lebo, commander of K Company (troop), 10th Cavalry Regiment, wearing the period U.S. Army officer’s summer dress uniform complete with yellow horse-hair-plumed U.S....
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Happy Turkey Day from Da Nang to Bagram
Official caption: TURKEY TIME—Lance Corporal Walter R. Billetdeoux (Johnstown, PA) takes a healthy bite from a turkey leg on Thanksgiving Day in Vietnam. Sitting in a foxhole on the front lines, just...
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The more things change
Loading a torpedo in an early U.S. submarine, 1900s. Note monitor in the background: A submarine crewman guiding a torpedo through the loading hatch on USS Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3), Cavite...
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Did you Tsushima what I did there?
Offical caption from JMSDF: “25 NOV, ADM YAMAMURA Hiroshi, Chief of Maritime staff, invited officially ADM Nikolay Yevmenov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy. They discussed about the current...
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All Quiet in the Ardennes
American engineers emerge from the woods and move out of defensive positions after fighting in the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Note the M1 Garand, M1 Carbine and M9 Bazookas, along...
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Tilting Moo, 75 years ago today
USS Cowpens (CVL-25), “The Mighty Moo,” starboard side flight deck facing aft from the island. Photo was taken around the time Typhoon Cobra hit the Third Fleet on 18 December 1944. Named for the 1781...
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Just heading out for a little Dshk Gun or two
Near Con Thien, RVN, 3rd Recon Marines tote back some captured antiaircraft guns, namely dismounted Soviet DShK 1938 heavy machine guns, in 1969: “Antiaircraft Guns: Three Marines of 3d Reconnaissance...
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BSA Getting it Done
Lots of people don’t know, but the Boy Scouts of America is, for many kids, their introduction to gun culture and safety. My son and I participated when he was in the program and I volunteered as a...
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