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Dragging Stern
Here we see this amazing shot, some 80 years ago this week, of the Ruler (Bogue) class Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Nabob (D 77) as she doggedly returns to base, very well trimmed aft, her stern low...
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Saipan Stomach Pills
Some 80 years ago, the 25 August 1944 issue of “Yank” magazine carried a wide shot of a “Tanker in the Marianas” on the cover, showing said helmeted armored vehicle crewman amidst a scene of urban...
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Très coloré!
Somewhere on what would soon be referred to as the Western Front, we see this impressive period Tournassoud autochrome Lumiere showing soldiers of 3e régiment de Zouaves (3e RZ), 37e division...
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Warship Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024: Inadvertent Records
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Ghostly Endurance
29 August 1915, 109 years ago today: Frank Hurley’s picture of the Endurance, stuck fast in the Antarctic ice, during the polar night, illuminated using about 20 flashes. “Half blinded after the...
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Taking a Look Back at My First Gun(s)
Growing up a little bit wild in the 1970s and ’80s, the question of just what was “my first gun” is sort of complicated. First off, none of this is legal advice – or advice of any kind – and this is...
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Putting the Housewife to Work on an Italian Street
30Some 80 years ago this month, an entertained nonna and a young girl keep Rifleman Brighthouse, of the 8th (Ardwick) Manchester Regiment, company as he darns a sock in Anghiari, Italy, 15 August...
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First Time Jitters
Official wartime caption: “Members of the IX Troop Carrier Command hold a last-minute briefing session before another glider mission in Holland. 2 September 1944.” U.S. Air Force Number 83086AC, NARA...
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No Warship Wednesday today. Paul Harrell just passed, which is a big bummer to millions in the gun community. Like a real gent in a time of lads, he filmed an “I’m Dead” video just for the occasion,...
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Vale, Admiral Greer– who held a Ranger tab
Fellow Mississippian James Earl Jones, who of course is probably best known for his sci-fi and Disney cartoon voiceover work, will always be remembered by me as the fictional VADM James “Jim” Greer...
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Warship Wednesday, 11 September 2024: You Have to Go Out…
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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Jumpin Jim
80 Years Ago Today: Brigadier General (Army of the United States, Captain in the Regular Army) James “Jumpin’ Jim” Gavin (USMA 1929), commander of the 82nd “All American” Airborne Division, checks his...
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Luckiest Air Force Pilot Retires After 180,840 Rounds of Brrrt
Capping a 37-year career, Lt. Colonel John “Karl” Marks retired last month and hung up the title of the A-10 Thunderbolt pilot with the most flight time. Kansas-born Marks entered the Air Force in...
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Warship Wednesday Sept. 25, 2024: Fearless Outpost
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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So long, Charlie Hustle
One of the greatest tragedies in American pro baseball history is the fact that Pete Rose isn’t in the Hall of Fame. Full stop. I mean he is still the MLB’s all-time leader in hits (4,256), games...
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The Java Frog
Here we see the Free Dutch Navy’s onderzeeboot Hr.Ms O 19 (N 54) as she enters Dundee, Scotland during WWII, circa October 1943 to June 1944. Note the oversized frog emblem on her conning tower,...
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Muleskinners Getting it Done
An unusual sight in North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene devastated areas are volunteer mule teams. With hundreds of miles of roads washed out and no guarantee of helicopter LZs in some places, folks...
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Life on one of the ‘Small Boys’
Following up on our Warship Wednesday this week, which covered the Great War-era Admiralty Strath-class “battle trawler” HMT William Barnett (3632) and its later life as the French Navy’s auxiliary...
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Warship Wednesday Oct. 16, 2024: Skill and Perseverance
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Warship Wednesday Oct. 23, 2024: A Tough Little Wolf
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday to look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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