Clik here to view.
History takes a hit…
It should come as no surprise that I’ve always loved living history stuff ever since I was a kid. In my 20s, I even owned a McClellan saddle– the most uncomfortable saddle I have ever used– and took...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warship Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022: Continuing the Legacy
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
80 Years Ago: Bering Sea Blues
That looks like a zero-gravity situation. Official caption: USS Bancroft (DD-598) in the Bering Sea under heavy weather, 1942. From the VADM Robert C. Giffen Photo Collection. Donor: ADM Shirley S....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Valmy at 230
Bataille de Valmy Le 20 septembre 1792, painted by Pierre Victor Robiquet in 1907 to commemorate event. (C) Paris – Musée de l’Armée, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image musée de l’Armée. Today is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The aging Tornado
On 14 August 1974, the prototype of the Panavia Aircraft GmbH consortium’s Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, as it was called then, made its first flight from Ingolstadt Manching Airport in West Germany....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Once upon a time: Marine AV-8A Harriers Testing Sea Control Ship Concept
We’ve covered the trials and deployment of a Marine Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier squadron, the Aces of VMA-231, on the Iwo Jima-class phib USS Guam (LPH-9) in 1976 on numerous occasions. Part of CNO...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warship Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022: Bats, Retiring from the Line
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toblerone Leichte Kavallerie
Switzerland, which has long cherished a rather unique military model, was one of the last in the world to retire its horse cavalry units, a tradition that dated back to 1647. The Swiss Parliament in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goums at 114: France’s Tough Moroccan Reliables
Back on 3 October 1908, under the terms of the Algeciras Conference that calmed the Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany, the French Republic stood up its first “goum” (roughly “troop” in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warship Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022: Hoagy, Shmoo, Winkle & the Forgotten Ocean
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halifax 57 Art
Below we see the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) arriving at Busan, South Korea last week as part of the RCN’s continuing Operation Neon— Canada’s contribution to...
View ArticleOne thing led to another, and an 87-year-old man now runs the only British...
“For more than 200 years, Wilkinson Sword made swords for the military but, in 2005, they decided to shut up shop. However, one former customer, Robert Pooley, who was 70 at the time, decided to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Pearl Harbor Avenger is back, baby
With all the news of scrapped or otherwise abandoned museum ships– particularly three submarines recently — it is nice to see a win for an old girl. The Balao-class fleet boat USS Bowfin (SS-287)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
105 Years Ago: Going Loud, a Grave Responsibility
Via the West Point Museum On the morning of 23 October 1917, the first American shell of World War One in Europe, was fired toward German lines by a First Division artillery unit. On Oct. 22, 1917,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Centurion Layout
Check out this great Cold War circa 1965 “layout” image of a Centurion Mk 5 main battle tank. While the whole thing seems very British, the picture is actually of a track from Bravo Squadron, 101...
View ArticleClik here to view.
70 Years Ago: The Big Stick arrives on Battleship Row
USS Iowa (BB-61) underway in Pearl Harbor with an escort of harbor tugs, while en route to the U.S. at the end of her Korean War combat tour. The photograph is dated 28 October 1952. Middle tug is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lindbergh’s Own, 1944 Edition
Here we see a group of Army Aviators clustered around “White 29,” Bell P-39Q-5-BE Airacobra/42-20349, of the “Musketeers” of the 110th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter), taken at Tadji Airfield, New...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warship Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022: The Loss of Trap Ship K
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fleet Gas Problem
This great shot shows a Pennsylvania-class dreadnought– either USS Pennsylvania (Battleship No. 38) or Arizona (BB-39), to the left and a Tennessee-class battlewagon be it USS California (BB-44) or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Absent-Minded Beggar
The artist Richard Caton Woodville produced this illustration of a wounded Boer War-era infantryman, his Wolseley Pith Helmet at his feet as he works his Magazine Lee Enfield Mk I (“Long Tom”) rifle,...
View Article
