PATTON SLAPS TWO SOLDIERS

                On August 3, 1943, Gen. George Patton visited a field hospital on the island of Sicily.  He was coming off the capture of the city of Palermo and was moving on Messina.  “Old Blood and Guts” toured the hospital, stopping at beds to chat with the wounded soldiers.  He Read more…

A. E. F. Tanks

America was so ill-prepared for WWI that we had to borrow tanks from the French.  Those tanks were pretty good.  They were Renault FT light tanks.  These revolutionary tanks had traversable turrets and the engine in the rear.  It had either a 37 mm. cannon (male) or an 8 mm. Read more…