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    The Story of the Legendary General George S. Patton

    Read some unfiltered history.................................
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    The Story of the Legendary General George S. Patton

    That's called discipline, some folks in the military think they are exempt of orders and SOPs.
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    The Story of the Legendary General George S. Patton

    Pure warrior, something sorely lacking in today's Army. You don't make general unless you play politics. Have a one star as a good friend, he is a warrior and I watched him rise through the ranks. Never got another star for that reason, didn't play the political games.
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    1911 vs. 1911A1: What’s the Difference?

    My favorite automatic. Nice article, enlightening! Colt put out a vintage model about ten years ago or so, I think it has some additional safety features and it has the lanyard loop on the bottom of the grip, very cool. Colt only made a limited number of them I believe. The swamp or forest...
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    Operation Gunn: WWII’s Great Escape by Air

    What a terrific story! Especially so as my father was a gunner on a B24. A good American and after the war successful business man. RIP old man!
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    F-100 Super Sabre: A Supersonic Coffin?

    Was in RVN in 67 and saw many of these aircraft and A1Es' providing CAS for us. Didn't know they where so dangerous to fly but they did save a lot of troops lives. We where happy to see them when it was needed. There where a lot of F4s' also doing the CAS thing for us.
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    D&L Sports .45 ACP GSP Ammunition Review

    Good article. So where can you buy it? Did a search and came up with nada even at D&L Sports site. SO? WHERE?
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    The Armory Life Interviews MACV-SOG’s Major John L. Plaster

    Nice article. Have read one of Plaster's books on SOG and a few others that had volunteered for SOG. The best books I have read are by a former SOG fella' named Nick Brokhousen. We Few and Whispers in the Tall Grass are the titles. These two books are excellent with no punches pulled, by that...
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    America’s Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier

    Being a Naval Aviator off of a US Carrier has to be the best job in the world.
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    Battle of Peleliu — Revisiting a Meat-Grinder of the Pacific War

    My all time favorite uncle was in the 1st Marine Div. He was wounded on Guadalcanal but returned to duty. He never talked much about any of the islands after Guadalcanal that he landed and fought on. I still have the Japanese rifle and bayonet he brought back from Guadalcanal, even has a few...
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    The M14 "In Country"

    The best, American Iron is what it is.
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    A-6 Intruder: The Iron Tadpole

    Great A/C. Did no-com lase missions with them, very exciting is an understatement. Also did CSAR for a Navy Air Group and they called punching out blowing glass. So on our ready room door we posted a sign for them. "You blow glass we will come get your ass". They loved it! Naval Aviators we...
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    Russian Anti-Tank Rifles: Suicidal or Unstoppable Weapon?

    Excellent article. Enjoyed the information as I have never read anything about these weapons before.
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    B-25 Mitchell — Birth of a Gunship

    Ditto, tired of the PC crowd and their absolute ignorance of our history.
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    B-25 Mitchell — Birth of a Gunship

    My Father was a gunner on a B24. Started out as a belly gunner cause he was short. Then they put him in the nose gunner position. He was on many of the big raids like the Schweinfurt ball bearing raids. When the German 262s came out he downed two of them. He said the pilots must have been...
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