David
Mon July 25, 2005 12:07pm
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Chaumont Marker
The World War I Chaumont Marker is a bronze plaque located at the entrance to Damremont Barracks, Chaumont, France. It signifies the location of the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces of World War I commanded by General John J. Pershing. Its inscription in French and English reads as follows:
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
OF THE
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
IN EUROPE DURING THE WORLD WAR
OCCUPIED THE BUILDING
OF THE CASERNE DAMREMONT
FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1917 TO JULY 11, 1919
AND FROM HERE
DIRECTED THE ACTIVITIES OF MORE THAN
TWO MILLION AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
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David
Mon July 25, 2005 12:11pm
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Montfaucon American Monum
The World War I Montfaucon American Monument is located seven miles south of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial and twenty miles northwest of Verdun. It consists of a massive granite Doric column, surmounted by a statue symbolic of Liberty, which towers more than two hundred feet above the war ruins of the former village. It commemorates the American victory during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during the period September 26, 1918 to November 11, 1918, when the American First Army forced the enemy to conduct a general retreat on this front.
On the walls of the foyer are an engraved map of the operations with a narrative and a special tribute to the American troops who served here. The observation platform on top of the memorial is reached by two hundred and thirty-four steps and affords magnificent views of this battlefield.
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David
Mon July 25, 2005 12:15pm
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Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monu
The World War II Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument is located on a cliff eight miles west of Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, which overlooks Omaha Beach. It was erected by the French to honor elements of the American Second Ranger Battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder. During the American assault of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, these elements scaled the 100-foot cliff and seized the German artillery pieces that could have fired on the American landing troops at Omaha Beach. At a high cost of life, they successfully defended against determined German counterattacks.
The monument consists of a simple granite pylon positioned atop a German concrete bunker with tablets at its base inscribed in French and English. The monument was formally transferred to the American Battle Monuments Commission for perpetual care and maintenance on January 11, 1979. This battle-scarred area on the left flank of Omaha Beach remains much as the Rangers left it.
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David
Mon July 25, 2005 12:16pm
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Saipan American Memorial
The World War II Saipan American Memorial is located near the beach overlooking Tanapag Harbor on the Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands. It is a part of the American Memorial Park commemorating the Americans and Chamorras who died during the liberation of the Mariana Islands during World War II. Specifically, the memorial honors the 24,000 American Marines and Soldiers who died recapturing the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam during the period June 15, 1944 to August 11, 1944.
The memorial consists of a twelve-foot rectangular obelisk of rose granite in a landscaped area of local flora and a twenty-foot tower to the north enclosing a carillon. Inscribed on the monument is the following:
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO ITS SONS
WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE MARIANAS.
1941-1945
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David
Mon July 25, 2005 12:18pm
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Sommepy American Monument
The World War I Sommepy American Monument stands on Blank Mont Ridge, three miles northwest of Sommepy-Tahure (Marne), France. The site is eleven miles north of Suippes and one hundred and twenty-four miles east of Paris. It can be reached via Chalons-sur-Marne or Reims.
The monument is surrounded by vestiges of World War I trenches, dugouts and gun emplacements. It is essentially a tower of golden-yellow limestone with an observation tower on top affording an excellent view of the battlefields. Weather permitting, it is open daily. Inside the entrance to the monument is an inscription describing American operations in the vicinity. The monument's site was captured by American troops. It commemorates the achievements of the 70,000 Americans who served in this region during the summer and fall of 1918.
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Matzos
Wed August 3, 2005 2:41am
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RAF personnel at Normandy
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:50pm
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Far West
Chartered by the Government for the campaign of 1876, the Far West performed important service in transporting troops, supplies, and dispatches. With Reno's wounded on board, the boat steamed from the mouth of the Bighorn to Bismark, 710 miles, in 54 hours?a record unsurpassed in steamboating on the Upper Missouri.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 3:10pm
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Chief Joseph of the Nez P
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perc
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 3:11pm
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Chief Looking Glass, one
Chief Looking Glass, one of Chief Joseph's most able lieutenants. Killed during the Nez Perc? war.
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Matzos
Wed August 3, 2005 10:28pm
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TSR 2
The British Aircraft Corporation's TSR-2 was an ill-fated cold war project in the early 1960s to create what would, at that time, have been one of the most advanced aircraft in the world, with supercruise ability, and similar thrust and Mach 2+ performance to the Rockwell B-1A and significantly higher performance than the current Boeing IDS B-1B
Project cancellation
The American team behind the General Dynamics F-111 project had been pressing their case and newspaper reports had suggested that the RAF were considering it. In response to suggestions of cancellation, BAC employee's had held a protest march. The new Labour (and suposedly pro-worker) government, which had come into power in 1964, issued strong denials. In the budget speech of April 6, 1965, the cancellation in favour of the F-111 was announced. A week later the Chancellor defended the decision in a debate in the House of Commons, saying that the F-111 would prove to be cheaper.
The TSR-2 tooling and partially completed aircraft were scrapped. The two finished aircraft survived, though with substantial internal damage inflicted, and can be seen in the RAF Museum at Cosford, and the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. A number of unfinished airframes were hastily scrapped, with very few parts retained intact. The only airframe to ever fly, XR219, was taken to Shoeburyness and used for as a target to test the vulnerability of a modern airframe and systems to gunfire. The haste with which the project was scrapped has been the source of much argument and bitterness since - some feel it was done with vindictiveness to score political points, though others have suggested that it was simply to prevent the very high technology secrets falling into the wrong hands, as the cancellation came at a period of particular paranoia during the cold war. Instead of the TSR-2, the RAF decided it would buy the swing-wing American General Dynamics F-111 - however, the F-111 itself suffered such enormous cost escalation (exceeding that of the TSR-2 projection ) that the RAF eventually cancelled their order, procuring instead the F-4 Phantom II and the Blackburn Buccaneer, some of which were transferred from the Royal Navy. Ironically, this was the very same aircraft that the RAF chose to deride in order to get the TSR-2 the go-ahead. Fortunately, the Buccaneer proved very capable and was still in service into the early 1990s. The TSR-2 nonetheless remains a lingering 'what if?' of British aviation, as painful in Britain as the Avro Arrow in Canada
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David
Fri August 5, 2005 10:25am
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Little Raven
Little Raven (H?sa, 'Young Crow'). An Arapaho chief.
He was first signer, for the Southern Arapaho, of the treaty of Fort Wise, Colo., Feb. 18, 1861. At a later period he took part with the allied Arapaho and Cheyenne in the war along the Kansas border, but joined in the treaty of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in 1867, by which these tribes agreed to go on a reservation, after which treaty all his effort was consistently directed toward keeping his people at peace with the Government and leading then to civilization.
Through his influence the body of the Arapaho remained at peace with the whites when
their allies, the Cheyenne and Kiowa, went on the warpath in 1874-75.
Little Raven died at Cantonment, Okla., in the winter of 1889, after having maintained for 20 years a reputation as the leader of the progressive element. He was succeeded by Nawat, 'Left-hand'.
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David
Sun August 7, 2005 3:36am
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Nez Perce man
Nez Perce man
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David
Sun August 7, 2005 3:36am
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Nez Perce warrior
Nez Perce warrior
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David
Sun August 7, 2005 3:37am
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Nez Perce matron
Nez Perce matron
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David
Sun August 7, 2005 3:37am
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Nez Perce girl
Nez Perce girl
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