So very funny. Was watching first few plays of Pro Bowl and they broke for commercial. At first it was like, what is THAT? If you haven't seen the Vol...

Interesting. I didn't know that any of the 540th men were taken POW. I guess you would have to, but I never would have thought about a duty roster in ...

Ed and Anita, Thank you so much for what you do. I wish more people in the US knew that this sort of thing went on (I didn't know about it until I j...

That was pretty interesting to see all the old posts. I forget how much is buried in the thousands of posts here. 500 to 1000! That's pretty good in j...

Very interesting. Its amazing all that you can learn from letters. What is important to the avereage guy is often times more interesting than the clin...

Just finished watching it (hadn't gotten much done at work today obviously!) It is very well done. Was it just a short or was it a part of some other ...

My job seems safe, at least for the time being. We have a new anti-virus software that checks web content as it is being downloaded. Things that are l...

Verne F. Bragg I think that it is a full name. Normally the abbreviation for fort is "ft". It is true that when someone is scratching an inscr...

Thanks Marion, that could certainly be a black hole of interesting WWII info that I may get sucked into here at work! I best be careful not to go to c...

Cool! and I just hit 1000 posts! Obviously a red letter week for the Forum! Congrats, Mar!

Looks like both places were used for a long time. Shepard has been in constant use since 1941. Here is a picture from 1951: Chanute Air F...

Page 30, Note 2: If bridge is long and current is strong, upstream anchors ( one per hinge raft and float assembly ) are used instead of the upstream ...

Great job, it looks awesome!

I bet the guys on the ground never liked the fly-boys so much!

A fantastic set of photos! The first one is awesome ... A friend of mine found right under my nose, a medal like one in the picture. We were digging...