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Monthly Archives: April 2011

War Memorial Featuring M5 “Jeb Stuart” Tank

Saturday, April 30, 2011

It isn’t often that you see a war memorial complete with a tank in the middle of a neighborhood.  Originally constructed in 1921, a group of WW I veterans created the memorial to honor war dead and managed to place a Howitzer cannon there.  More on this later.
But there is such a place in Brunswick, MD, USA. [...]

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More Iconic Images (West Virginia BB-48)

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Reader David Wells posted this in the comments of the Iconic Images post. I decided to promote that comment here, and post the image as well. Thanks for commenting, David.
“The shot of the West Virginia (BB-48) anchored in Sagami Wan with Mt. Fuji in the background sums up the Pacific war in one [...]

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Russian War Paintings

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Browsing around the internet this afternoon, I came across a rather stirring set of paintings based on the Russian perspective in WWII. I haven’t looked at a collection like this in some time that is at once beautiful, awful, heroic, tragic, bright, dark all in one. The set is certainly worth a look, [...]

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A Story about the Navy

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Every once and a while, I hear a story from a rather unexpected source. In this case, the story came from a person who works as an occupational therapist in a nursing care facility. She has the chance to work with many older adults, and more than a few who spent time in [...]

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