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35 Years Ago: WWII Meets Cold War
A beautiful port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41, ex-CVB/CVA-41) “somewhere in the Philipine Sea” as she is underway with Carrier Air Wing 5 (CARAIRWING FIVE) embarked, early...
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Blue Ridge Smoke Break
77 Years Ago Today: Two riflemen from E Company, 1st Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, take a moment to roll their own cigarettes in Goesdorf (Luxembourg), 10 January 1945....
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8th & I Showing how it’s Done
Via Marine Barracks Washington, Marine Corps Ceremonial Marchers and Body Bearers standing tall: Marines of Marine Barracks Washington 8th & I weathered the snowstorm to honor a fallen brother on...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022: Royal Dutch Shelling
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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Remembering the 1st U.S. Navy Sea Battle Since the SpanAm War at 80
24 January 1942 0305 USS John D. Ford raid Balikpapan by DALE BYHRE (NHHC collection) A great read by John J. Domagalski at this month’s Naval History Magazine detailing the little-known raid by...
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Supersonic Navy!
The Vought F-8 Crusader, whose quartet of Colt Mk12 20mm cannons gave the supersonic air superiority fighter the nickname of “The Last of the Gunfighters,” certainly looked the part of Atomic-era...
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Big Joe, on the approach
In the following beautiful three-shot sequence, credited to PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn, who was likely aloft in a thumping helicopter, we see the U.S. Navy Belknap-class “destroyer leader” turned...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022: It’s Easy As 1-2-3
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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Navy says Wisconsin gets to Keep the Badger Shield, for now
The Wisconsin State Capitol building has a venerated relic on loan from the Navy, the Badger and Shield crest that was crafted from melted-down Spanish cannons seized in Cuba during the...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022: Ozzie Bird Boat
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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Last Sleep of the Brave
Lieutenants Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill (aged 26) and Teignmouth Melvill (aged 36) of the 1st Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, were killed attempting to defend their unit’s...
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Warthogs and Apache Snow
An Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II of the 124th Fighter Wing— which has been part of the Treasure Valley since 1946– prepares for takeoff on 9 January 2022 on Gowen Field on the outskirts...
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Walking the Beat, USS Charleston
Great visuals here. Ensign, Naval Strike Missiles, force protection detail, deck gun, South Pacific clime, submarine tender in the distance. Naval heritage carried over from generations past. APRA...
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WisKy Delivering in the ROK
80 years ago: The Iowa-class fast battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fires a three-gun salvo from her forward 16″/50 caliber gun turret, during bombardment duty on the “bombline” off Korea. The original...
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M14 Still Getting it Done in the Fleet
Looking like a recruiting poster aimed at gun nerds, the Navy recently published a series of photos showing the M14 (MK 14) still very much in use. Check out this supped-up and chopped-down model in...
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Across the Reef!
The Assault Amphibian / Trac’r Memorial Monument is getting closer to being a reality: Gators, We are proud to report Progress. As we move towards 3D computer and physical clay modeling, this is a...
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Bay Area Ranger, Ranger, and Ranger
Here we see the old ferry house across from Vallejo at Mare Island, California, about 1892. The Alert-class gunboat USS Ranger (PG-23) is in the right background, with the crew’s hammocks and washing...
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Black Bunny gets some Love!
If you ever built a scale model in the 1980s (raises hands), odds are you may have had (or at least pined for) one particular U.S. Navy F-4S Phantom II, that of The Evaluators of VX-4’s “Black...
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Slumming it in the colonies
What an idyllic nautical scene! This image, posted by the Forces Armées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, the French garrison in their of New Caledonia, is of the Floréal-class light surveillance frigate...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022: Banana Sub-Buster
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their...
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