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Ping! Happy 90th Birthday, Garand Patent
On 27 December 1932, the U.S. Patent Office granted Case File No. 1,892,141, for a “Semi-Automatic Rifle” to one John C. Garand, aged 44 of Massachusetts. The rest is history. The 75-page patent...
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Warship Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022: Spyron
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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The longest-serving GPMG
Spotted in Ukraine near Chernihiv on Christmas Day: the ever-lasting Pulemyot Maxima PM1910. Note the timber has been cut out to accommodate the carriage and the 250-round belt at the ready in the can...
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80 Years Ago: Essex, Arriving
In perhaps the most welcomed addition to any fleet, ever, some 80 years ago today on New Year’s Eve 1942, the U.S. Navy changed the status of USS Essex (CV-9) to “in commission.” The brand-new USS...
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Who’s That Sleeping in My Bed? (Singapore Edition)
80 Years Ago Today: The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Myōkō-class heavy cruiser Ashigara pictured under refit in the King George VI (KG6) graving dock (drydock) at the occupied Royal Navy Base at Seletar,...
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Oh what a night!
Here’s hoping your New Year’s is off to a better start! Official caption: “New Years’ morning, 1945, found this Douglas C-47 cargo carrier of the 14th AF on a China Road after a moonlit landing.”...
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Historic WWII PT Boat for Sale
If you are around the New Orleans area and have some spare pocket change… PT-8 underway, date and location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 100908 The aluminum hull PT-8 cruising...
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Help: Q on Mounting of .50 cal on submarine
Dear followers, I received the following email from Richard Pekelney, one of the crew restoring USS Pampanito (SS-383), a WW II submarine museum and memorial in San Francisco. Pampanito in more modern...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023: The Grounded Shrine
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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The Butgenback Shuffle
Jan. 13, 1945: a Big Red One Soldier, from the 16th Infantry Regiment, in a protective snowsuit (aka Spok suit) advances toward enemy positions in the Butgenback sector of Belgium during the Battle of...
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Desert Rat Wake Up Call
80 years ago this week. Official caption: “A Daimler armored car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the start of the Battle for Tripoli, 18 January 1943.” The car is likely of the famed 11th...
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Wolverines and Thunderbolts
If you think you are cold, how about this shot from 78 years ago today? 20 January 1945, with an M-10 Wolverine tank destroyer of Co. C, 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in the frame, track commander...
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Make way for Yorktown!
80 years ago today: The brand-new Essex-class fleet carrier USS Yorktown (CV 10), was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, on 21 January 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections...
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Clowns and Mills Bombs
78 years ago today, 23 January 1945: PVT Marcel St-Laurent of “D” Company, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, clowns for the camera at Cuyk, Netherlands. Details of the fuze on the bottom of the No. 36 Mills...
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One door closes, another opens
U.S. Marines participate in the deactivation ceremony for 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2023. The battalion is deactivating in accordance with...
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I’ve always had an interest in Norwegian military affairs, and for a long time, one of my best friends was a former Cold War-era Norwegian Army vet who had a love of vintage German small arms– because...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023: A Hectic 133 Days
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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Light a candle for the Dorchester Chaplains today
USAT Dorchester during 1942. Note her 4-inch deck gun forward. NHHC Catalog #: SC-290583 Some 80 years ago today, 3 February 1943, the 5,200-ton Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines passenger...
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Pre-Priest Photoshoot
Official caption: (early 1942) The M-7 is the Army’s newest tank destroyer and is really a “killer.” Being tested for desert warfare at Iron Mountains, California. It carries both a 105mm Howitzer and...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023: The Only ‘T’ in the P-class
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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