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Remembrance and Veterans Day
Odds are you know one. Shake their hand. Tell them thank you and mean it. If you can, help. This includes calling your lawmakers and asking for full funding for veterans care and benefits. Then repeat...
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That’s gonna leave a mark…
Ney’s charge At Waterloo, the Little Emperor gave his last push to defeat his arch nemesis, the Duke of Wellington. With most of his marshals failing to heed his call once he returned from Elba exile,...
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Warship Wednesday Nov 12, 2014: The Centennial State’s Dreadnought
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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RIP Sir Thomas Macpherson
In the British Army, the Military Cross is rather hard to get. Its the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and men after the VC and the DSO. Comparatively, its the same as the U.S. the...
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The Guns of El Lobo Solo, Triggers and Guards optional
Over the 85-year period of his life, Manuel T. Gonzaullas’s experiences ranged from being a major in the Mexican Army to a T-agent for the Secretary of the Treasury. However its was his service in the...
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The Plunket Shot
The 95th Rifles, (Now part of the Greenjackets/Rifles Brigade) were the elite sharpshooters of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. In the days when the King’s soldiers were lucky to hit a...
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Charge of Flowerdew’s Squadron
Click to bigup Charge of Flowerdew’s Squadron, Painted by Sir Alfred James Munnings. Currently in the Beaverbrook Collection of War Art. Canvas was formerly at the Imperial War Museum in London; but it...
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No really, this was a thing
The Danes didn’t really stand much of a chance on April 8/9 1940 when the Germans thundered over their borders and seized the country. Nothing but flatland with few natural defensive barriers and a...
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The martial art of William A Lewis
William A. Lewis served his country in the United States Navy in World War Two as a young man in his twenties. Born in Mo Town, he had attended the University of Michigan just before the war and...
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Warship Wednesday Nov 26, Marilyn’s Tin Can(s)
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Sand Creek at 150
As a kid growing up, I was a sucker for war films, action shows, sci-fi stuff, and Old Western movies. After the days of Sergio Leoni and Sam Peckinpaw, westerns became much more true to historical...
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“See you later, pal”
Broken neck? Check. TBI? Check. 400 pieces of shrapnel and rocks imbedded in your fleshy bits? Check. Died twice on the casevac back to base? Check. Still kicking and refusing to give in? Oh you know...
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Did you know the NORAD Santa Tracker started by accident with a misprint?
Saw this really neat article over at NPR today on how the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) started their now famous Santa Tracker program by complete accident. Col. Harry Shoup’s secret...
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Happy birthday Del Berg! Salute!
Turning 99 today is one Delmer Berg. Among many accomplishments in life, Mr. Berg was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, an all-volunteer group that went to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 24, 2014, Remembering that Cold Winter in the Valley
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Well used Lewis gun
Click to bigup 61-65-A MACHINE GUN CAL 30, US, LEWIS Accession: 61-65-A Machine Gun, Cal 30, US, Lewis, Relic (note cooling jacket, magazine pan and butt-stock gone) Machine gun is from the USS Peary...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 31, 2014 the Mystery of the St Anne, Flying Dutchman...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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The Christmas Truce 2014
On the occasion of the centennial of the first Christmas Truce, the event where British and German soldiers of the King and Kaiser put down their arms and joined in football games and general merry...
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Iceland on the scene
When I was about 11, I devoured Tom Clancey’s Red Storm Rising. As I had previously red Sir John Hackett’s August 1984 , I was familiar with what to expect. If you haven’t read RSR, a good bit of it...
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Tanks and pups
Private Bruce Rutherford and Puppies, Okinawa, 1 June 1945. (Click to big up) The caption on this photograph reads “Housing Problem-On hand to greet their master when he returned from the front lines...
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