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Lighting it up
Here we see a U.S. Army Anti-aircraft gun battery at, Fort Shafter, Hawaii in 1925 practicing with their then-standard 3-inch M1918 guns (76.2 mm L/40), which was actually based on the old M898 3″/23...
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Warship Wednesday Dec. 28, 2017: Mexico’s mighty (lonely) battleship
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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Welcome to Bizerte
Artist unknown. From Library of Congress. LC-USW33-054104-ZC. Click to big up Night raid on the Allied-occupied French North African port of Bizerte, Tunisia. “LCIs put up a screen of anti-aircraft...
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Warship Wednesday January 11, 2017: Yugoslavia’s second brief battleship
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Franz Schmidt
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, photographers...
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Warship Wednesday January 18, 2017: Vasili and the Cuban Cony
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Just Jeepin’ around Geilenkirchen
Click to big up 1920×1080 A jeep manned by Sergeant A Schofield and Trooper O Jeavons of 1 SAS near Geilenkirchen in Germany Nov 1944. The jeep is armed with three Vickers ‘K’ guns (2 double and 1...
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Farewell Big E, you will live on
The Enterprise – CVN 65 – was the eighth Navy ship to carry that name. She was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, her keel laid 4 Feb 1958 – exactly 59 years ago this month– at...
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Warship Wednesday Feb.8, 2017: Victoria’s very busy Vulture
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If it ain’t raining, we ain’t training
Also translated as “If it’s not snowing, we ain’t going.” 1-10th Special Forces Group Soldiers maneuver through shooting range at Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany, Nov. 08, 2016., Photo: U.S....
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The immense engine of Generosity
On 18 February 1800, some 217 years ago today, the French Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line Généreux (Generosity) carrying the flag of Rear Adm. Jean-Baptiste Perrée and commanded by Capt....
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Warship Wednesday Feb.22, 2017: The Kaiser’s Cormorants
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of James Consor
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The background may change, but the stare remains the same
Found this haunting image of a Marine with the “2,000-yard stare” currently in storage at the National Museum of the Marine Corps awaiting display. (If anyone recognizes the artist, please let me...
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Only the Brits would do serious research in hiding a destroyer under an umbrella
Apparently, you could use thirty-one 14-foot umbrellas to break up a ship silhouette. This photograph shows a Royal Navy ship using experimental camouflage. The photograph comes from the records of the...
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Warship Wednesday Mar. 8, 2017: The old Spanish maiden of Annapolis (and...
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Bioluminescence via LHD
170305-N-LI768-160 ARABIAN SEA (March 3, 2017) The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) transits the Arabian Sea. The ship is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of...
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Warship Wednesday Mar. 15, 2017: Taxi from Devil’s Island
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of The Met
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Warship Wednesday Mar. 22, 2017: The Cowboy Monitor
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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