Monthly Archives: August 2017

Denver

Posted on August 8, 2017 by James| Comments Off on Denver

Posted in Critters, Humor

Settling May Occur

Posted on August 7, 2017 by James| Comments Off on Settling May Occur

Posted in Critters, Humor

American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Posted on August 6, 2017 by James| Comments Off on American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The Enola Gay dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945.

On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout

 

Posted in On This Day

Sleep

Posted on August 5, 2017 by James| Comments Off on Sleep

Posted in Critters, Humor

What has been seen

Posted on August 4, 2017 by James| Comments Off on What has been seen

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Get Your Head Out of Your Apps!

Posted on August 2, 2017 by James| Comments Off on Get Your Head Out of Your Apps!

Posted in Gadgets, Humor

Once in a lifetime footage…

Posted on August 1, 2017 by James| Comments Off on Once in a lifetime footage…

Here’s footage you’ll see only once in a lifetime. Just imagine being there to witness it! Tough times, tough people!

The sailor was 23 year old Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate (Gunner) 2nd Class enlistee from Altus, Oklahoma who served in VT-15 squadron assigned to the carrier USS Essex. Loyce was a remarkable young man. Click HERE for his story.
 
 
Here’s a sea burial you may not have read about: Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class, USNR, was a gunner on a TBM Avenger. On November 5, 1944, Deen’s squadron participated in a raid on Manila where his plane was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Japanese cruiser. Deen was killed.

 
 
The Avenger’s pilot, Lt. Robert Cosgrove, managed to return to his carrier, the USS Essex. Both Deen and the plane had been shot up so badly that it was decided to leave him in the plane.
 
It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.
 
 For the video of the funeral  click  http://loyceedeen.webstarts.com/uploads/GoingHome.mp4

Posted in Because I Can, Patriotic, Planes Trains and Automobiles

We can only blame ourselves

Posted on August 1, 2017 by James| Comments Off on We can only blame ourselves

Posted in Humor