The central events of the Battle of Midway happened seventy years ago today. A useful timeline: 7:52am (2:52pm EST): Enterprise and Hornet complete launching of torpedo and dive bomber strike packages 9:00am (4pm EST): Yorktown launches strike package 9:20 (4:20 EST): Hornet torpedo bombers sight...
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From the 1942 International Woodworkers of America District 9 Yearbook: "Because the government has rationed the crown caps used on beer bottles and soft drinks, the Seattle Brewing and Malting.
This story on dogs in the military reminded me of the odd memorial at the University of Tennessee for the dogs killed in the battle to liberate Guam in 1944.
I'm not sure a RIP is exactly in order here, but let it be known that John Demjanjuk, one of the last (possible?) links to Nazism and the Holocaust is no more.
For those who believe that science is apolitical, allow me to present Exhibit A: rare photographs from Hiroshima. I'm not saying the relationship between politics and science is inherently good.
Excellent article on the development of Japanese carrier aviation in the months before Pearl Harbor: The picture that emerges is of an enemy carrier force whose capabilities in late 1941.
Although I don't identify as a historian of technology per se, I have presented at the Society for the History of Technology before. And the technologies I deal with in my work are seemingly mundane--clean sheets, showers, fly-proof screens for meat. Not surprisingly then, I...
Loomis has been badgering me for a while to watch The Battle of San Pietro, and in a moment of weakness I finally succumbed. It's truly fantastic; some thoughts: Mark.
Today is Victory Day, a Rhode Island state holiday. The only state to celebrate the day, it commemorates the victory over Japan in World War II. It is a state.
For the last five days I've been embroiled in the brutal, thankless process of moving self and family from the Queen City of the West to the Horse Capitol of the World. In the interest of sparing you from a full understanding of the terrible...
Just wanted to alert people to this excellent collection of anti-venereal disease propaganda from World War II over at Sociological Images. Lisa Wade's larger point is to explore the virgin/whore.
Mark Hamill on Sam Fuller: The image of Lee Marvin threatening to shoot Mark Hamill as the latter tries to assemble a bangalore torpedo on Omaha Beach is one of.