War
The War in Cuba Board Game
Official entry.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 22, 2020 -
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Category: Games, War, Nineteenth Century
Your Biological Safety Mask
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 17, 2020 -
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Category: Health, War, Children
Blaze, the Dog That Flew First Class
In the year 1945, a dog named Blaze, while being shipped on Army Transport planes, bumped off several traveling soldiers, causing a national controversy.
Read about it here.
A funnier account was composed by James Thurber, viewable after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 30, 2020 -
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Category: Government, Scandals and Controversies, War, Air Travel and Airlines, Dogs, 1940s
Pattern for Survival
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 11, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Dreams and Nightmares, PSA’s, War, Weapons, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
Beware of Female Spies
During World War I, the U.S. Navy created a sign to warn its personnel of the threat posed by "inquisitive women".By World War II, the sign was considered an odd curiosity, but it inspired a number of news photos of women reading the sign with interest.
source: Temple University Library
Shreveport Times - Mar 26, 1939
The Missoulian - Apr 2, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 02, 2019 -
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Category: War, Armed Forces, Spies and Intelligence Services
Prices Unlimited
Greedy, unpatriotic girls receive a visit from the Ghost of Meat Rationing Present.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 30, 2019 -
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Category: Food, PSA’s, Public Humiliation, War, 1940s
One-Arm Sutton
We previously learned about Douglas Bader, the Legless Ace. Now we can contemplate the career of One-Arm Sutton.Article here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 21, 2019 -
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Category: War, Twentieth Century, Dismemberment
Nicholas Zoueff, Boy War Hero
News article source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2019 -
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Category: War, Children, Asia, Russia, Twentieth Century
Bob Harter’s “The Atom”
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 17, 2019 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Politics, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, PSA’s, War, Weapons, 1960s
Douglas Bader, the Legless Ace
The Wikipedia page.
Bader joined the RAF in 1928, and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired against his will on medical grounds.[3]
After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Douglas Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his "Big Wing" experiments.
In August 1941, Bader baled out over German-occupied France and was captured. Soon afterward, he met and was befriended by Adolf Galland, a prominent German fighter ace.[4] Despite his disability, Bader made a number of escape attempts and was eventually sent to the prisoner of war camp at Colditz Castle. He remained there until April 1945 when the camp was liberated by the First United States Army.
He even featured in a comic. (Use link for readable copy of image below.)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 16, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents, War, Air Travel and Airlines, 1940s, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical
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