Thanks, Larry.

"FILM REEL NUMBER 3.351" Is that as in microfilm? For records keeping?

I looked up SF1C Smithson and couldn't find anything. I wonder what became of him and the recommendation for the award.

Funny! I hadn't noticed, but he does!

Hello all, I just wanted to add some pictures I took recently to this topic. I just recently took the ferry from the Motobu port (on Okinawa) to Ie Sh...

I hadn't either. I had heard of it, but not remebered anything about it. I love the music and the 40's-announcer-guy voice.

Pretty funny. I wonder if my parents in law's wiener dog could do that!

Happy Birthday from the Pacific Rim!

I've fired a .22 version of the M1 Garand and it was very fun to shoot. It looked outwardly like an M1, but it had a tube magazine for the rounds. All...

There's the old Moose we love!

Very nice!

I was recently reading an article in the December 2012 issue of America in WWII magazine about Charles Shulz of Peanuts fame. He said that he had a Lu...

It's strange, I guess, but my grandfathers and their brothers that were in the war all came back (not that the Germans weren't trying in the cases of ...

I would imagine that after (up to) several years of C-rats, it was just another meal. One gets sick of MREs, but some are better than others. Hunger a...

I see they have their inflatable belts on. I hope they didn't have to get in the water - it looks pretty darn cold! I know that as safety conscience a...