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Nerding out on 1775 firepower
We’ve been digging into the ballistics and history around the battles of Lexington and Concord, which are now 250 years in the rearview. Of interest, we found that a .69 caliber spherical musket ball...
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Revolutionary War Company Madness
The 700 British regulars under Lt. Col (later MG) Francis Smith that sortied out of Boston to Lexington and Concord some 250 years ago this month did so in a bewildering array of units. Smith’s force...
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Banners of Liberty
The battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17th, 1775, painted by J. Trumbull circa 1840; on stone by A. Hoffy. The print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker...
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Warship Wednesday, April 23, 2025: The Seas are Alive…with the sound of...
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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National Coast Guard Museum, Construction Update
The future museum’s physical footprint is taking shape. Elevator shafts are now in place, and electrical and utility work is actively underway. These milestones represent real progress toward opening...
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Just in case things get rowdy
50 years ago today. Official period caption, 1st Marine Brigade aboard the carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) on 28 April 1975. Operation Frequent Wind. “Sgt. M.C. Murdock, assigned as a side gunner in one...
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Smokin pic
It happened 60 years ago today. Official period caption: “The shadow of a U.S. Navy photograph reconnaissance jet passes near a burning Communist Vietnamese PT boat after it was blasted by U.S....
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The Everlasting Jiggs
It happened 95 years ago today. Rockwell Field, near Coronado, California, 29 April 1930. Hollywood actresses Winnie Lightner, 31, and Irene Delroy, 29, clown for the camera as Lt. (later Maj. Gen.)...
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Warship Wednesday, April 30, 2025: Pride of Puget Sound
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Warship Wednesday, May 14, 2025: Apogee
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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