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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of C. LeRoy Baldridge
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like...
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Could the Paris and Mumbai models come to the US?
With last month’s terror attacks in Paris, in which a handful of determined extremists brought an iconic European capital to its knees, coupled with 2008’s similar attack in India, do we need to worry...
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NORAD celebrates 60 years tracking Santa
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey. New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Jesse Bucenec, standing, and Sr. Airman...
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Farewell, Boutwell
Another 378 is being sent to pasture with the looming retirement and decommissioning of USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719), who returned from her final patrol last week, a 41-day run around the Bearing Sea....
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Israel retires their last A-4s
Ed Heinemann’s “Tinker Toy Bomber”, the go-cart-like Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was a child of the 1950s and so good at what it did almost 3,000 of them were made. Although the U.S. military put these little...
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Of men and steel
“Today I held hell in my hands,” said a firearms buff who came across a battered 1911, pockmarked from its wartime service before it was recovered from a World War II battlefield. Some 71 years ago...
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Christmas 1941, Hong Kong
As it is already Christmas across the International Date Line, take this into perspective. 1941 12 19 Hong Kong, Counter-Attack at the Wongneichong Gap by Giuseppe Rava On this day in 1941, the Hong...
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Haunting images of a dying ship
Iconic shot of the Endurance lit by flares at night. Photo by Frank Hurley 1914-1917. Single use permission from the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Designed by Ole Aanderud...
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The last of HMs majestic Sea King HAR.5s
The Ace of Clubs, 771 Naval Air Squadron, who has celebrated over 40 years of saving lives from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, started service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm 24 May 1939 at...
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Warship Wednesday Dec.30, 2015: Subkiller of the Florida Keys
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 Corregidor lifeboat 1911 relic
aaa Image via National Firearms Museum In May 1942, the “Old Bird” Lapwing-class minesweeper minesweeper USS Quail (AM-15) was the last surviving American vessel as the Japanese invaded Philippines....
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If you think its cold where you are…
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Cody W. Torkelson Sentinels, assigned to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan....
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A marksman’s rifle donated for war, sent back in peace
Maj. Hession’s rifle served him well in competition for over 30 years, then was loaned to the British to help Londoners from learning German in WWII. (Photo: National Firearms Museum) Canadian-born...
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Ah, those hard serving Lithuanians
Here we see a young guards officer of the Tsar’s Russian Imperial Army, Staff captain of the Life-Guards Lithuanian Regiment Bogutskiy in June 1915 during some of the darkest days of the First World...
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Viva l’Italia!
And the first F-35 transatlantic crossing has gone to the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare). As reported by FlightGlobal, an Italian made, maintained and flown F-35A Lightning II (#AL-1) made...
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The real lone ranger
Forget Armie Hammer. Born a slave in Texas in 1838, Bass Reeves escaped during the Civil War and took refuge in the “Indian Territory” of present-day Oklahoma. After the Civil War, he moved to Arkansas...
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Happy Birthday, Chuck
Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, after service in WWII (where he finished the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter), Korea and...
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From the shadows and back again
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr. is set to receive the Medal of Honor at the end of the month. He recounts the mission in his own words, above, taking time and making a...
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That SVT-40…
Hero Radna Ayusheev, an ethnic Bashkir sniper of the 63rd Soviet Naval Infantry Brigade, is photographed during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. The Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive was a major military...
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The Last of the Lincolns: Delmer Berg Dies at age 100
(Image from the Modesto Bee) Among many accomplishments in life, Mr. Einsley Delmer Berg was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, an all-volunteer group that went to Spain during the Spanish Civil...
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