Warship Wednesday December 10, 2014: The Japanese Saratoga
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...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday: Give us the Mort, Part IV
As you are probably aware, I am a huge pulp art and military art fan. One of the best there ever was in the business is the famous Mort Kunstler. In the past I’ve posted several of the Master’s works...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Paul Rizhenko
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
View ArticleThe beautiful Wildcat
First flown in 1937, the Grumman F4F Wildcat was arguably one of the best carrier-borne fighter aircraft of its day, only marginally outclassed by the faster and more nimble Japanese Mitsubishi A6M...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday Dec. 24, 2014, Remembering that Cold Winter in the Valley
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...
View ArticleMerry Christmas…
“A Christmas Truce – British and Germans Fraternise, December 1914 Soldiers of the rival armies exchanged sweets, cigars and cigarettes, and sang carols and sung in unison” An ink drawing from the...
View ArticleSanta Cat (After Christmas honorable mention)
Nope, this isnt photoshopped. “Santa Cat,” an F-14B Tomcat flown by the U.S. Navy’s VF-103 “Jolly Rogers” off of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). The B-series F-14 made the venerable 1970s era air...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Ken Smith
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday Dec. 31, 2014 the Mystery of the St Anne, Flying Dutchman...
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...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of William Barnes Wollen
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Anton Otto Fischer
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them....
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Joseph Hirsch
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors and the like that produce them. Combat...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday January 21, 2015: A Teutonic Heavy in two World Wars
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...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday January 28, 2015: The Lucky Okie
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...
View Article18th & 19th Century Württemberg Uniform Plates by Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger
There are 36 plates of these illustrations ranging from officers to artillery, infantry, trumpeters and cavalry of the Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens (Uniforms of the troops of...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Frank William Brangwyn
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
View ArticleGifts for the Evil-Doers!
Saw this great series of propaganda posters done (unofficially?) for the Ukrainian military to try and draw more volunteers. There’s a half dozen or so over at imgur but here are a few that I thought...
View ArticleWarship Wednesday January 28, 2015 the Tsar’s Panther
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...
View ArticleThere’s a harrier carrier in there somewhere…
File photo of USS Iwo Jima operating in fog in the Atlantic Ocean (click to bigup) Official caption: Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 15, 2006) The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) shown operating in...
View ArticleCombat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Moses Ezekiel
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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