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Congress and the POTUS recognise the Borinqueneers
The 65th Infantry Regiment has a long and unsung history. Founded originally in 1901 as the “Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry,” based at Camp Las Casas, the unit engaged a German support...
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100 Years ago today
Graffiti of Gavrilo Princip in Belgrade, Serbia. Text in Serbian reads: “Our ghosts will wander through Vienna, stroll around the palaces and scare the masters“ Scary to think that two pistol...
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The long flying, hard landing, RAE Larynx
Behold! The 276-foot, 1100-ton British S-class destroyer HMS Stronghold. Built by Scott’s, laid down March 1918, launched 6 May 1919, and completed 2 July 1919, she was used as a test-bed for an...
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US PUNITIVE EXPEDITION, 1916, uniforms
Click to big up 1st Lieutenant, 7th Cavalry Regiment This figure wears a typical uniform for US officers during the border fighting. The M1911 “olive drab” Montana-peaked hat has officers’ black and...
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The bloated Barling
Here we see the flying monotonicity known as the Barling Bomber, which flew from 1923-27. Offically designated as the Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 (Night Bombardment – Long Distance) this prototype war...
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Inside New York City’s Most Secret Basement
Built in 1913, 10-stories below New York’s Grand Central Terminal, lies perhaps the most strategically important room in the United States for during the World Wars. The video is a pretty neat way to...
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The art of Ernst Udet
Ernst Udet (1896 – 1941), second most successful fighter pilot of the first World War with 62 confirmed victories, was requested by Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen for the Jasta 11 in March 1918, he...
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Letter to an Unknown Soldier, seeking submissions
Letter to an Unknown Soldier is creating a digital memorial for WWI by asking people to submit letters to the unknown soldier at Paddington Station. Deadline is August 4. Why? In a year jammed-full of...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 6: Of an General, an Admiral, a Cadet, Mother’s Day and...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 13, 2014 A Sad Story of Fish, Genius, Sightseeing and...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Warship Wednesday August 20: The Impressive Italian 17-inch Heroes
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. - Christopher Eger Warship...
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I’ve been working on the railroad…all the live-long tag.
The German army had an almost perverse love of railroads. During the lead-up to WWI, it was said that the German General Staff spent every waking moment working out the shortest route to move mobilized...
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Going loud with a 1902 Mountain Gun
Ian, my homie over at Forgotten Weapons, a man who probably has forgotten more about obscure guns than anyone has ever known, does it up with a Model 1902 Krupp-made 50mm Mountain Gun made for the...
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Mauser M71 Bolt-action Rifles: ‘Moustache wax not included’
If you have ever picked up a bolt-action rifle made in the past century or so, odds are, at least a few of its features owe a hat tip to a gun that dates back to an age when men were men and mustaches...
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Warship Wednesday Sept 3: Four Italian sisters in Argentine service
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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The exiled White Russian officers, an 80 year odyssey
When the Tsar of Holy Russia was kicked from the throne by his own act of abdication in March 1917, he set in motion a chain of events that led to a short-lived democratic government swept away by the...
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Warship Wednesday Sept 10. 2014, Australia’s Most Silent Sub
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Warship Wednesday September 24, 2014, the Kaiser’s Far Eastern leviathans
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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For King and Country
“In Proud Remembrance of the Forty Nine Thousand and Seventy Six of All Ranks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Who Gave Their Lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918″ Royal Artillery...
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The marital art of Ken Riley
Born 1919 in Waverly, Missouri, Kenneth ‘Ken’ Riley is known primary as a ‘cowboy artist.’ This is because some of his best known works were Crow Fair, Split Horn Bonnet, and Legends of the Mandan. As...
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