Military History and Reenacting

Navajo Code Talker Willard V. Oliver passes on

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:09 GMT

For the second time this week, flags on the Navajo Nation are being flown at half-mast to honor the passing of a soldier.

Navajo Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver, 88, of Lukachukai, Ariz., died Wednesday.

http://navajotimes.com/news/2009/1009/101509oliver.php

American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) Audio Clips With Slide Show

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:37:26 GMT

Photos taken by, and slide show created by Stephen H. Smith (Viet Nam 1968-70)

As with other Flash-based players such as YouTube, click the play arrow to start.

http://www.wa8lmf.net/VietNam/FlashSlideShow/index.htm

Civil War spanish moss saddle blanket. An inspiring story.

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:31:25 GMT

She spins Spanish moss into beautiful blankets.

http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article968162.ece

Civil War Reenactors

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:44 GMT

I heard this comment of Bill Maher's on the radio the other day.

"So what we have is one perfectly good party for hedge fund managers, credit card companies, banks, defense contractors, big agriculture, and the pharmaceutical lobby. That's the Democrats. And they sit across the aisle from a small group of religious lunatics, flat-earthers, and Civil War re-enactors, who mostly communicate by AM radio and call themselves the Republicans, and who actually worry that Obama...

MGWLHA

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:34:32 GMT

1886lebel,

What is this about a WWI event in Kansas? What is the Midwest Great War Living History Association?

TexasEd

Convoy

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:04:11 GMT

Gents,
The Military Vehicle Preservation Association's 2009 convoy honoring the 1919 military transcontinental use of Highway 30 - The Lincoln Highway is just around the corner!
They will be driving from Mt. Airy, MD to Chambersburg on June 13th, from there to Bedford, PA the next day and plan to reach Greensburg, PA by JUne 15th. So far most of the vehicles seem to be WWII to 1970s era types with a sprinkling of older machines.
Their website gives dates and locations...

Cinco de Mayo

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:01:56 GMT

Happy Cinco de Mayo all,
The holiday, first celebrated in the Mexican state of Puebla and the U.S. state of Texas commemorates the May 5th, 1862 victory of a mixed 4,000 man Mexican force over a 6,000 man invading army of French Regulars. It is not Mexican Independance day, which is the 16th of September 1822 Independance from Spain. The victory was celebrated early on in Texas because the vitorious General, Ignacio Zaragoza, the son of a Presidial Soldier was born near Goliad, Texas....

Collector's Interest and Value of WWII USGI Field Equipment?

feeds@yuku.com (AlleyOop007) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:25:13 GMT

I was at the old home place this weekend and ran across some of my old scouting equipment. Scattered among the canteens, cups and covers were a 3 position entrenching tool and a small mattock/pick axe. All are marked U.S. with makers' names and dates. I bought these back in the 1950s when "Army Surplus" stores had some great items from WWII.

They've all been well used but still serviceable. The digging tools have very little of their original olive drab finishes...

Remember the Maine!

feeds@yuku.com (hauptspritzer) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:03:16 GMT

on this date 111 years ago the USS Maine exploded killing 265 of her crew, escalating the US into a war with Spain.

Mississippi takes Grant

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:05:29 GMT

From the Washington Times of Janauary 29th.
Celcil Fayard Jr., leader of Son's of Confederate Veterans in Mississippi is not thrilled that a local university is getting one of the biggest collections of U.S. Grant papers in the U.S.
The University of Mississippi is now home to 90 file cabinets containing hundreds of thousands of documents and memoribilia including the Grant family bible. The items are owned by the nonprofit Ulysses S. Grant Association.
TexasEd

Union Soldier's Remains Found at Antietam

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:01:29 GMT

The soldier was just a teenager.

Somewhere in New York state, he had signed up to fight for the Union. The band was playing on the day he marched away from home, headed South to to kill those rebels. Everyone said it would be a short war. He'd be home in no time. All of that ended on Sept. 17, 1862 at Antietam when he and his comrades were crossing...

Shooting Military History

feeds@yuku.com (wapari) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:49:28 GMT

Owning and also having the distinct pleasure of shooting quite a few WWI and WWII small arms and light machine guns at our local Outer Banks Gun Club range, at on time or another there is always that special day. Our president of the club and an 80+ year old WWII vet and senior officer, had a Civil War 1862 Maynard rifle (with 50 cal hand loads ofcourse) and he let a few of us shoot it! Definitely worth the price of admission.....$25 per year!

'Glory' for Civil War unit, city's Carney

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:53:35 GMT

BOSTON - The famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, an African-American combat unit in the Civil War, has been immortalized in the movie "Glory" and in a bas-relief monument across the street from the Statehouse. Now the unit, which was mustered out of service after the Civil War, has returned to military service, 145 years after a daring assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina put it in the history books forever.

Gov. Deval Patrick and Maj. Gen....

New Finnish Group

feeds@yuku.com (jmatchlock) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:48:27 GMT

Here is a New Finnish Group on the west coast -more Finnish group are fourming = http://www.2jager.com/index.htm Check them out. Jay

New Organization

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:45:52 GMT

Gents,
Just for fun, if someone started a new organization of reenactors of obscure historical incidents, let's call it AOMH (the Association of Obscure Military Living History) what would be the theme of some of their events? Just to start it off...

1900 Relief of Peking
1859 "Pig War"
Can youall think of anymore?

Did CCBR sell out?

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:11:00 GMT

Gents,
I have heard that the (CCBF) Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation sold out to the local stone quarry. They allegedly withdrew their support of a coalition against rezoning of about 630 acres of agricultural land which allowed local Pols to rezone the area and allow the strip mining. Some say they did it for eight acres to add to their parking lot for reenactments. Any other info, comments on this issue out there?

C.S. in Attic

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:36 GMT

2008 is the tenth anniversary of the publishing of Tony Horowitz's seminal work of American Civil War history "Confederates in the Attic." A book Preservation Magazine calls "A profound investigation not just of the American past but also of the American present."
What began as Hotowitz's exploration of his lifelong fascination with the Civil War and the phenomenon of Civil War Remembrance through reenacting and through reenactor's eyes ended up being...

China admits taking, burying US POW

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:04:59 GMT

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer Fri Jun 20, 3:59 AM ET

WASHINGTON - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became...

Annoyed!

feeds@yuku.com (zimzim65) — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:44:16 GMT

My reenactment group was to get a deal by ordering 5 repro muskets. I'm one of the 4 who sent $ and am looking forward to the good price we were to get. Someone backed out and now we might not get the good price. I guess there are bigger problems in life.

WHY-DO- FINNISH

feeds@yuku.com (jmatchlock) — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:01:42 GMT

In a nutshell, Finland fought three wars during the 1939 to 1945 time period.

The first was when Russia attacked in November 1939 and lasted until March 1940 when a ceasfire was declared. Finland had fought the Soviet Union to a standstill. A negoiated agreement allowed the Soviets to take about 10% of Finland territory. These battles...