Re: Olongapo You would be amazed if you saw Olongapo today. It is totally rebuilt and there are no Americans there. I remember it very well...
Why do Generals make such stupid mistakes. This was the title of a chapter in the book written by "Stuffy" Dowding, who established and then comm...
"WannaBees I guess every war has them and they can be mighty convincing, there is a lot of information out there. But as a rule there is so...
H-46 altitude When I was stationed with HC-3, NAS Imperial Beach, California. we would take Navy Seals up to 14,000 feet, so they could jump out....
Phrog The nickname certainly dates back to the very early days when the H-46 had a nasty habit of shedding the tail at Station 410 as Joe Reed wl...
Col.John 'J.C.' "ACE" Astle USMCR Retired served with HMM-164 in country, 1969, with HMM-261 in 1970 with Carib 1-70, served with p...
A Casualty on the Home Front. A reminder rhat not all the 'Walking Dead" wore uniform.
Who were you with Several years ago now, I was covering a parade supporting our troops in Iraq . I am a photojournalist for a local Daily newspa...
WW1 Poets SUICIDE in the TRENCHES by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly thr...
Jan's Poem Jan: Your poem got many comments at the reading and the concensus was that it held it's own against the best of the WW1 poets, li...
Jan's Poem Today, I am taking part in a reading of poetry written about War. Ineviatably this subject leads to the poets of WW1, such as Wilfred...
v-22 Osprey I visited the American Helicopter Museum at West Chester Airfield, a while back and was delighted at the whole museum, which has bee...
I want to go home I saw this when i was looking at a site that feattured songs from World War I. "Le plus c'a change le plus c'est la meme c...
Nam Songs You'll wonder where the yellow went When the a-bomb hits the orient Nuke 'em, Nuke 'em, Nuke 'em. HO Chi Mihn Sucks
George Curtis It is coming up to 3 years since we lost George. I was thinking about what I might do to preserve his memory and it occured to me ...
Green Phrog I agree that the old phrog just doesn't look right in gray. it should be green. But the problem is getting the green paint and worki...
It is two years now since George died and I agree with Budster, there are some people one never forgets and the hole they leave in your life never fil...
To J.D. JD: I'd like to add my thanks to all the others. Much of the smooth operation of Poposmoke can be laid at your door. It is t...
H-46 picture I have a number of H-46 pics, mostly HMM-165 or HMM-261. They are professional quality. If you have time I will make up a thumbnai...
Buttonhook I saw the Subject 'Buttonhook' and was surprised to see the extract from the article I wrote in 2000 for a "Zine" in England. I had ...
Giedsinski There are 2 pictures of Hank on the HMM-165 web site, on page 5 of the photo section. Photo #1 was taken during a medal parade at MM...
Annapolis Grads The Annapolis grads I can remember were "Hank" Giedzinski(s) and "jim" Kersey. There may have been others. SF John
Debts Stu: Let's do that, I guess 2 years isn't long. I really thought I could do it, I set myself a goal of walking 100 yards unaided....