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Marine Recruiting Posters

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Okay.  With episode 2 of The Pacific set to air this evening (March 21, 2010) in the US, I thought I’d post a few Marine recruiting posters I found on my inter-web travels.  Of the seven, I like the art deco style of the flight poster best.  There is something about the color and lines [...]

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Marine Sid Phillips dot com

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Bumping around the web this morning, I came across Marine Sid Phillips dot com. It looks like a Phillips family production meant to capitalize on the airing of HBO’s The Pacific. And why not? He has a book called “You’ll be SOR-RE” which is sold via his web site and Amazon for [...]

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USCGC Taney

Monday, January 11, 2010

A few weekends back, I found myself down at the harbor in Baltimore, heading for a day at the National Aquarium. I’ve written about the USS Torsk in a previous entry, but never knew much about the other boat moored behind a footbridge bridge. With the wind whipping around, and the other two [...]

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With the Marines at Tarawa

Friday, February 13, 2009

I’m not sure why, but I got to thinking about the short film, With the Marines at Tarawa. Scanning some search engine hits, I came across a NY Times review of the film from March 1944. It’s rather matter of fact…
[The movie] opens with scenes of the sea soldiers in their camouflaged suits [...]

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A Veteran Passes: Stanley Butryn

Monday, January 12, 2009

I received a request to post some informational about a veteran who recently died, which I’m glad to do here. His name is Stanley Butryn, a naval aviator for 20 years. Piloting a Hellcat from the USS Franklin, he scored 4.5 kills and also participated in the recovery of downed pilots, among them [...]

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More on the Grumman Avenger

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Reader David S posted this as a comment earlier. It provides additional detail on the aircraft:
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This is a nice photo; I’m glad the Smithsonian is paying appropriate homage to this fine warbird.
The photo in the photo shows TBF/TBM Avengers in flight between May 1942 and Feb 1943, according to the National Insignia on the [...]

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Grumman Avenger

Friday, October 3, 2008

It’s funny how subjects for writing sometimes find you. I tell my students this from time to time, but they never really believe me. Here’s how it worked for this post.
The other day I inadvertently deleted a folder on my desktop that contained a few pictures, about 100 or so, and in the [...]

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The Pacific War, #14

Sunday, October 7, 2007

So what do you do when you have no time for anything but work but feel like a post is due? Link to Dale Dye. That’s what you do. His weekly update is as interesting as ever.
I’m particularly impressed with our plans to demonstrate Platoon Sergeant Basilone’s heroics in the fighting on 23-25 October [...]

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Eugene Sledge

Monday, October 1, 2007

For you folks surfing in looking for Eugene Sledge info, check this review of his book, With the Old Breed-At Peleliu and Okinawa. It’s a shameless plug to a review by a pretty talented writer at the DB. Enjoy.
Additionally, I took this photo at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in VA [...]

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The Pacific War, #13

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Saturday, 29 September 2007
If this were a literature course and we were studying the old Freytag pyramid, I’d say this latest entry constitutes some significant rising action. We’ve had a little exposition and are moving steadily toward the climax (though I think we have a ways to go), falling action, and denouement of the [...]

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