OPERATION CHASTISE

            Even before WWII began, the British military analysts determined that destruction of German dams in the industrial Ruhr Valley would cripple industrial production.  When the war began, the mission was green lit.  Bernard Wallis, assistant chief designer for the Vickers company, was given the task of designing a bomb Read more…

HISTORY OF THE BIKINI

                Murals on the walls of archeological excavations show Roman women working out in two- piece outfits.  These outfits went out of style after the fall of the decadent Roman Empire.  It took more than 1,700 years for European females to get back to that look.  On July 5, 1946, Read more…

THE GEEZER WITH A GUN

                John Burns is the most famous sexagenarian that fought in the Civil War.  John was born on Sept. 5, 1793.  He fought in the War of 1812 (the Battle of Lundy’s Lane) and in the Mexican War.  He moved to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  When the Civil War broke out, he Read more…

THE STONEWALL UPRISING

                Post-WWII was not a good time to be gay in America.  The American Psychiatric Association had labeled homosexuality a “mental disorder”.  The FBI maintained a list of known homosexuals because it was felt they would be liable for extortion by communists.  Most gay men and women were “in the Read more…

THE BERLIN CANDY BOMBER

                Gail Halverson grew up on a farm.  But as he did chores, he would sometimes look up to see planes and vowed to one day be a pilot.  When WWII broke out, Halverson enlisted and joined the Army Air Corps.  He spent the war ferrying transport planes to England, Read more…