Posts by Rusty Bloxom
Twenty years ago this week my ship, PONCE, received urgent orders
Twenty years ago this week my ship, PONCE, received urgent orders from Washington to cut short our inport Thanksgiving visit at Toulon and make all be...
Twenty years ago this week my ship, PONCE, received urgent orders from Washington to cut short our inport Thanksgiving visit at Toulon and make all be...
Seventy years ago the US 82nd And 101st Airborne Divisions were
Seventy years ago the US 82nd And 101st Airborne Divisions were still attached to the British 2nd Army in Holland, facing the Germans in the area know...
Seventy years ago the US 82nd And 101st Airborne Divisions were still attached to the British 2nd Army in Holland, facing the Germans in the area know...
On this day one century ago the officers, the chiefs, and the
On this day one century ago the officers, the chiefs, and the bluejackets of the USS TEXAS, Battleship Number 35, heard and heeded the order, “Man t...
On this day one century ago the officers, the chiefs, and the bluejackets of the USS TEXAS, Battleship Number 35, heard and heeded the order, “Man t...
Early in the morning on 26 July 1943, the Eighth Air Force’s
Early in the morning on 26 July 1943, the Eighth Air Force’s 95th Bomb Group put 22 B17Fs into the sky over their base at Horham in East Anglia. 1s...
Early in the morning on 26 July 1943, the Eighth Air Force’s 95th Bomb Group put 22 B17Fs into the sky over their base at Horham in East Anglia. 1s...
By the time I was done as a PACE Instructor I had made 9 transits
By the time I was done as a PACE Instructor I had made 9 transits through The Ditch. It was so routine for East Coast ships that they never bothered ...
By the time I was done as a PACE Instructor I had made 9 transits through The Ditch. It was so routine for East Coast ships that they never bothered ...
The phrase National Treasure is wildly overused and I avoid it,
The phrase National Treasure is wildly overused and I avoid it, but former Marine Infantryman and Raider Ed Bearss, the Historian Emeritus of the NPS,...
The phrase National Treasure is wildly overused and I avoid it, but former Marine Infantryman and Raider Ed Bearss, the Historian Emeritus of the NPS,...
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