tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6169925259910844277..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Tangled up tentacles.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1985102659755639712013-12-07T15:11:00.343-05:002013-12-07T15:11:00.343-05:00http://signal.army.mil/OLD/history/1942_pvt_joseph...http://signal.army.mil/OLD/history/1942_pvt_joseph_lockart_pearl_harbor.html<br /><br />Less than three years later, radar controlled 90mm AAA guns with proximity fuses were deployed at Dover, England before D-Day to defend London. Those guns were positioned around Antwerp in October 1944 and disabled 90% of V-1 cruise missiles launched against Antwerp and Liege as well as provided anti-armor defense during the Battle of the Bulge:<br /><br />http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbulletin/2008/jan_feb_2008/Jan_Feb_2008_pages_42_45.pdf<br /><br />http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/historian/documents/antwerp.pdf<br /><br />I have heard that the personnel in those U.S. Army AAA units did not wear any shoulder patches on their fatigues, but were given 9th Army Air Force patches for dress uniform wear when they returned from Europe.<br />Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59328030711490469042013-12-07T14:37:23.263-05:002013-12-07T14:37:23.263-05:00I'm reminded of a line from "Better Off D...I'm reminded of a line from "Better Off Dead" regarding tentacles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57826213122333455952013-12-07T14:10:35.584-05:002013-12-07T14:10:35.584-05:00Hydra!
Actaully, this looks like the kind of thin...Hydra!<br /><br />Actaully, this looks like the kind of thing that was common in various propaganda/editorial cartoons of the past. Like this: http://library.thinkquest.org/12307/propagan.htmljabrwokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537636497352864636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89346316344192070342013-12-07T13:26:18.417-05:002013-12-07T13:26:18.417-05:00http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mIxSb9MXU_K...http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mIxSb9MXU_KiRUFn0hPNm9g.jpgDranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59759973810863426572013-12-07T12:57:05.814-05:002013-12-07T12:57:05.814-05:00We are the Cthulhu we've been waiting for.We are the Cthulhu we've been waiting for.Joelhttp://joelsgulch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29898993797901713532013-12-07T12:37:26.603-05:002013-12-07T12:37:26.603-05:00I saw that. I thought it was a tour laminate for &...I saw that. I thought it was a tour laminate for "the Darkness"oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.com