Normally build ships but found this at a second hand store, still in its plastic for $20!! Couldn’t pass it up. Definitely the biggest plane I have ever built. So far all the parts are in good shape, not much flash at all. Kinda light on some details but gives me a chance to work on some fabrication skills!
21 yrs USMC. 7-1/2 yrs sea time. No combat tours.
The woman is writing to her fiance serving in the trenches of France. Telling the story of her friend who is a "canary" in a munitions plant that turns yellow and grows sick because of the chemicals she is working with (a common thin in WWI). He fiance then goes "over the top" and a the Germans launch mustard gas shells (yellow gas) to which he finds his gas mask holed. He dies in. yellow clound.
Probably one of the best books about World War II I have ever read. Battles are great, but HOW did the troops get the equipment to do the things they did….that is the story. From the 18th largest military in the world to the world’s leading superpower in 5 yrs….amazing.
I was Combat Cargo Officer aboard her from 2002-2004. Hardest damn working ship I ever was on (7-1/2 yrs sea time in 21 years...I know what I talk about!!). I know plenty of you out there were stowed in her berthings with the 31st MEU and JTF 555.
Remember back I. The day getting the old ticket stubs? Still have them all!
It is so desolate that it is beautiful. Horizon to horizon...nothing interrupts that wide open sky.
I have a m1 carbine (Inland) that I have owned for over 30 yrs. That rifle is amazing and I love it.....but....I recently saw a Spanish FR-8 for sale in a local gun dealer and fell in love with it. Such a beautiful rifle.
My dilemma. I want the FR-8 but can't swing the cash to buy it. I can trade the M1 for it and they would pony up some cash on top (the FR-8 is $600 and the M1 is worth $1200).
What do you all think?
