THE LOAN EXECUTION

            Sometimes a picture can influence history.  Such was the case for a photo taken on Feb. 1, 1968.  It was the second day of the Tet Offensive in Saigon. Just the day before, a Viet Cong sapper squad had attacked the U.S. Embassy and now there were guerrilla attacks Read more…

H.H. HOLMES AND HIS CASTLE

            Henry Mudgett was born to a middle-class family in New Hampshire.  His childhood was uneventful and yet he would grow up to be one of America’s first serial killers.  He graduated from medical school, but never became a practicing doctor.  During school, he stole some cadavers and used them Read more…

THE APOLLO 1 FIRE

            17 astronauts have died in the space program.  The first three perished in an accident on Jan. 27, 1967.  Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were training for the first Apollo mission.  It was scheduled for Feb. 21.  “Gus” Grissom was the team leader.  He was one of Read more…

ROYAL NAVY TERMS

                Several phrases we use today originated in the Royal Navy in the days of wooden warships. “chock-a-block”  –  this refers to the blocks used on pulleys to raise cargo onto the ship.  When the two blocks got next to each other, the pulley would jam and could not be Read more…

THE PUEBLO INCIDENT

            On Jan. 23, 1968, the U.S. surveillance ship USS Pueblo was on routine duty 16 miles off the coast of North Korea.  The ship’s job was to monitor North Korea for intelligence information as part of Operation Clickbeetle.  Suddenly, North Korean warships approached with evil intent.  Capt. Lloyd Blucher Read more…