Archive for the ‘ Nostalgia ’ Category
As a child in the sixties I used to ask my pretty mom how old she was. I don’t know why an six-year-old would need to know that but for some reason I wanted to know. Mom would always reply with a smile on her face that she was twenty-six. By the time I was [ READ MORE ]
As a kid I had a board game called Broadside. Broadside was a naval game based on the War of 1812. It was published in 1962 by Milton Bradley. It was part of a series that included a game on the American Civil War called Battle Cry and a WW1 flying game called Dogfight. Each [ READ MORE ]
Have you ever heard of the Wilhelm Scream? If not, you will after viewing this compilation. As a side note, look for the scenes from the 1954 movie “Them.” Back in the day, as a boy the big treat was to stay up late on Friday night and watch the Late Show with my dad [ READ MORE ]
News from 1943 Headlines Milwaukee Journal In this installment I’ll cover… Warbonds Ration Guide In looking at these two subjects I am very much aware of looking at a time that my generation has no clue of. I was born in 1953 and the only thing I remember my parents ever mentioning was the rationing-something [ READ MORE ]
News from 1943 Headlines Milwaukee Journal in part one…. 1. The Lord’s Supper 2. Easter Candy and Flowers 3. Doolittle Raid My son’s father-in-law and my friend lent me a newspaper dated April 22nd 1943. He knew of my interest in history and thought I’d like to see it. What is more, it’s a newspaper [ READ MORE ]
As a kid, I and my friends who were interested in World War 2 were enthralled and excited when the movie The Battle of Britain came out. I recall going to public library in order to read up on the time period when Britain stood virtually alone against the Nazis. The out numbered but never [ READ MORE ]
This is personal trivia but here goes anyway. Way back in the days before INET or Facebook games, before Xbox and PlayStation and before pc games I had a M4 Sherman tank model that we used in tabletop war-gaming (1970′s). The models were hand-painted or air-brushed and we used pictures of the real thing from WW2 to detail the [ READ MORE ]
I was briefly in the US Army in the early seventies. It was a time when the draft was still in force and the US was pulling out of Vietnam. I had asthma and should not have been enlisted. After five months or so the Army figured that out and gave me an honorable discharge [ READ MORE ]
Saturday light side! I grew up loving “westerns” and from time to time like to re-visit memorable scenes. Below are three from relatively recent westerns meaning post 1975. The first features Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone. Personally, I think Kilmer stole the show in that movie. This is the scene where he faces off [ READ MORE ]
With baseball season about to start I happened to think of one my favorite scenes from Band of Brothers. It’s the baseball scene where the men of Easy Company learn of the end of the war. The narrator is their former Lieutenant Winters who briefly describes what happened to his surviving men after the war. [ READ MORE ]
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