Military History

A pair of interesting links, finded when I was looking for KDX (Japanese MAD, operative in 8/1944 in Mavis and perhaps Nell): http://enokie.ddo.jp/enokiepisode/E-ASW.htm A curious video, showing SS radar in Aichi E13A Jake:

Not very clear his use, but post it to no forget it: http://seesaawiki.jp/w/namacha2/d/%B4%CF%BA%DC%B5%A1%B4%D8%CB%A4/CIWS%A1%CA%C3%E6%B9%F1%A1%CB

July 3, 1950: first carrier air strikes of Korean War (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

A curious 1875 Brassey's article found casually about armoured and unarmoured warships. Only an historical curiosity: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Unarmoured_ships

Very detailed site, worth of a visit about this rare type, also details in some SAR operations in Vietnam: http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetrotortips.htm

Hi, The other day I was taking a look for no special reason at my old book "Kiev & Kuznetzov Russian Aircraft Carriers" by Barry Dean published in 1993 by Concord when I notice a strange radar in the bottom picture on page 28, it also appear on page 18 and on page 19 you can see its box plainly. Well for those who don’t have the book the radar (I think its a guidance radar of some sort as it have a small round dish) is in a box between the rear SA-N-3 Shtorm and the AK-276 dual 76mm gun, the box has a lead the opens to starboard and stands on two supports and when opened the radar inside pops up, the radar is only visible in a couple of pictures taken probably…

From Marine Corps Times Last survivor of first Iwo flag raising dies By Chris Williams - The Associated Press Posted : Monday Jun 25, 2007 18:43:18 EDT EDINA, Minn. — Charles W. Lindberg, the last survivor of the six Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 86. Lindberg died Sunday at Fairview Southdale hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, said John Pose, director of the Morris Nilsen Funderal Home in Richfield, which is handling Lindberg’s funeral. Lindberg spent decades explaining that it was his patrol, not the one captured in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal, that raised the first fl…

From Globe & Mail [excerpt]

From Last WWI veteran dies [excerpt]

Today, it's the Navy SEALs founder, a few days back a legend of the US Marine Corps Soon, they'll all be gone, including my uncle. Never forget what these men gave !! Brute Krulak : http://blog.usni.org/?p=627 and http://blog.usni.org/?p=580 Roy Boehm : http://blog.usni.org/?p=692 and http://www.sunnewspapers.net/articles/tsne...ubdate=1/3/2009

Lessons from the Battle of the Paracel Islands (The Diplomat)

This poem has pretty strong meaning in Canada, but I'm sure it has universal appeal as Remembrance Day (aka Veterans Day, Armistice Day, etc) approaches. It pleases me to know that my kids get plenty of exposure in school to its importance. In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you fr…

From Air Force Magazine, June 2012 issue [excerpt]

Local author exposes Cold War cover-up May 7, 2007 By David Angier Tom Needham / The News Herald Ed Offley holds his recently published book, Scorpion Down, which examines the sinking of the USS Scorpion in May 1968. Twenty-five years ago, Ed Offley stumbled into a story that ultimately could rewrite the way history views the Cold War. The USS Scorpion nuclear submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea in May 1968 with the loss of all 99 men on board. For decades, the sinking was considered to be one of the great unsolved naval mysteries of all time. On May 27, 1968, the Scorpion failed to arrive in port at Norfolk, Va., at its scheduled time. The Pentagon im…

Simple and fascinating: http://es.scribd.com/doc/119476487/Utility-Flight-Hb-1-Mar-1959

Lockheed's Senior Peg: The Forgotten Stealth Bomber (Foxtrot Alpha) Lots of line drawings.

Friends, When I'm not playing Harpoon, I play GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System). In fact, I write for Steve Jackson Games on a freelance basis. I am thinking of writing some articles about vehicles that adventurers might use. It is not difficult to find web sites that provide basic statistics for military vehicles such as range, weight, the weapons carried, etc. But that only tells you so much. And other factors are not so easily quantified. Here is my question... I'm looking for sources that can provide information on more qualitative aspects of vehicles, like their overall maneuverability (how easy are they to drive, keep stable, etc.)…

From Air Force Magazine, July 2012 issue [excerpt]

A very surprising work in progress by Henry L. deZeng IV: http://www.ww2.dk/lwairfields.html http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20General%20Introduction.pdf

Memorial to remember battleship Iowa explosion The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Apr 19, 2009 14:28:27 EDT NORFOLK, Va. — Hundreds are expected at Naval Station Norfolk to mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion onboard the battleship Iowa that killed 47 crewmen. Sunday, people whose lives were touched by that deadly day will remember the men who died more than 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. The names of the dead will be read aloud. At first, Navy investigators accused a crewman of causing the accident because he was depressed over a relationship with another crewman. He was later cleared and the cause was blamed on a combination of inexperienc…