tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4614544450922186009..comments2024-03-29T04:38:28.940-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Coming Soon, The American Heritage MuseumOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9249867701796438882019-02-25T04:57:43.608-08:002019-02-25T04:57:43.608-08:00Wow, thanks Tom! So this has been in the works for...Wow, thanks Tom! So this has been in the works for a while, I knew about Mr. Littlefield, I knew that the Collings Foundation had picked up some of the collection.<br /><br />Good back story, thanks!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77645671490773504252019-02-24T21:55:37.660-08:002019-02-24T21:55:37.660-08:00Hey, Sarge - just found this old post from Kevin t...Hey, Sarge - just found this old post from Kevin that is a tidbit about the genesis of the American Heritage Museum - thought you'd be interested - <br /><br />http://weaponsman.com/?p=12147<br /><br />Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27511787668397206062019-02-23T21:13:48.044-08:002019-02-23T21:13:48.044-08:00Pictures would be awesome!
Thanks Tom!Pictures would be awesome!<br /><br />Thanks Tom!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33017493454034021502019-02-23T19:19:57.360-08:002019-02-23T19:19:57.360-08:00There is something in the air about tanks today - ...There is something in the air about tanks today - I was at an NRA dinner tonight and talking to a fellow that owns a local indoor shooting range. Out of the blue he mentions something about a tank museum in Danville, VA, about an hour and a half north of Raleigh. I kind of heard that Twilight Zone theme when he mentioned that, since I had not heard of the museum. He said it is really nice, even has a WWI French tank and a gazillion other things like machine guns in a 330,000 sq. ft. building - here is a general list of their exhibits - https://www.aaftankmuseum.com/exhibits I am so there as soon as I can get up that way on a Saturday! If you want, Sarge, I can send you pictures.Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26824144143649193372019-02-23T19:07:08.069-08:002019-02-23T19:07:08.069-08:00Aye.Aye.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85278353476304814152019-02-23T19:06:56.653-08:002019-02-23T19:06:56.653-08:00So far, so good.So far, so good.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40694291494046740562019-02-23T19:05:56.021-08:002019-02-23T19:05:56.021-08:00Why yes, yes he is!Why yes, yes he is!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49889874801184900412019-02-23T18:30:24.800-08:002019-02-23T18:30:24.800-08:00Vaya con Dios, Peter Tork.Vaya con Dios, Peter Tork.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6898400713567612502019-02-23T18:29:54.348-08:002019-02-23T18:29:54.348-08:00Well, both the Japanese and the Israelis have full...Well, both the Japanese and the Israelis have fully bought into the F-35. Both militaries are extremely skeptical of sales claims and put their prospective stuff through massive testing. So, yeah, looks like the F-35 isn't a polished turd after all. Which is good. Now if the Israelis share some of their software patches with us, that would be totally cool.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55186880712679889212019-02-23T17:59:50.068-08:002019-02-23T17:59:50.068-08:00“first one to get rounds on target usually prevail...“first one to get rounds on target usually prevails”<br /><br />The Chieftain had a funny line about that, something to the effect of “yes, because when you shoot first, you’re calm and collected - meanwhile the other guy is experiencing a ‘significant emotional event.’”a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88719614580901492542019-02-23T17:53:31.218-08:002019-02-23T17:53:31.218-08:00Yup, no excuse at all.
Let me know!Yup, no excuse at all.<br /><br />Let me know!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33303631053985347422019-02-23T17:51:33.800-08:002019-02-23T17:51:33.800-08:00My brother and his family live in Hudson, which is...My brother and his family live in Hudson, which is literally the town next door to Stow. So there’s really no excuse not to visit the museum the next time I go to see them. a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32783954824665455912019-02-23T12:49:42.406-08:002019-02-23T12:49:42.406-08:00A lot of those old ships were built really well. 1...A lot of those old ships were built really well. 1945 to 2016? Damned fine career!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35737670276585609262019-02-23T12:48:21.723-08:002019-02-23T12:48:21.723-08:00Getting rounds on target first is pretty danged im...Getting rounds on target first is pretty danged important. Even if you don't kill the target, you have probably rattled the crew. I didn't know that about the Cologne Panther crew, seeing something new causes you to hesitate. Having the right intel is critical as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28839864641635360342019-02-23T12:45:23.124-08:002019-02-23T12:45:23.124-08:00Lots and lots of museums out there, I need to get ...Lots and lots of museums out there, I need to get back down South Carolina way, the food alone in the area is worth a visit!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26404488799105074742019-02-23T12:44:08.272-08:002019-02-23T12:44:08.272-08:00It's exactly those sorts of reports which make...It's exactly those sorts of reports which makes me optimistic. If half of the reports can be believed, the thing is damned near a mini-death star, without the weaknesses.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44330018831838292302019-02-23T11:47:57.107-08:002019-02-23T11:47:57.107-08:00As to speed of rounds on target, the same that hol...As to speed of rounds on target, the same that holds for 'social use' of the pistol is true for tanks - first one to get rounds on target usually prevails, with the emphasis on getting rounds on target. ('You can't miss fast enough to win') Sometimes it requires a bit of subterfuge to accomplish that feat. In reading more about the "duel at the cathedral" in Cologne I commented about the other day, I found out that the Panther crew had the Pershing in their sights first, but hesitated to fire since they had not seen one before and it resembled one of their Panzers. That hesitation allowed the Pershing's Mr. Smoyer to fire first. Hesitation is bad when it comes to killing, to summarize a John Wayne vignette from, maybe, True Grit?<br /><br />Finally, I remember reading Bill Mauldin as a kid (dad had a book of Willie and Joe cartoons from Stars and Stripes during WWII called Up Front - I'll have to see if I still have it somewhere) and never forgot the cartoon shown in the link to the Weaponsman blog (RIP Kevin, gone way too soon), which is a nice post about tank turrets.<br /><br />http://weaponsman.com/?p=19716<br /><br />or you can go here to see some more of Willie and Joe, with a couple relating to tanks on pages 10 and 15<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=s4a1jAstmLoC&pg=PA2&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=falseTom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15717902407654728072019-02-23T11:43:21.656-08:002019-02-23T11:43:21.656-08:00Rev.Paul-The folks at Battleship Cove were very su...Rev.Paul-The folks at Battleship Cove were very supportive of the Navy.<br />The water end piston in Main Control's fire and bilge pump aboard the William R. Rush (DD-714) is from the the J.P. Kennedy when she was in Battleship Cove. This happened between summer of '76 and summer of '78. <br />The part was listed in the Navy Supply System as "Obsolete without replacement," and if the Battleship Cove folks had not helped us, we would have been up the well known fecal waterway sans a means of propulsion.<br />We transferred the Rush to the ROK Navy in '78 and she stayed on active duty with the ROK Navy until 1999. <br />After that she became a museum ship for the ROK Navy until she was scrapped in 2016.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_R._Rush_(DD-714)#ROKS_Kang_Won_(DD-922)<br />A good career for a ship that was commissioned in September of 1945.<br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43860562998299849902019-02-23T11:23:11.440-08:002019-02-23T11:23:11.440-08:00Yes, yes, that's it!Yes, yes, that's it!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67854197890998937052019-02-23T11:19:50.492-08:002019-02-23T11:19:50.492-08:00Sarge is a hunter, not a gatherer.
One of the m...Sarge is a hunter, not a gatherer. <br /><br />One of the many reasons I truly love Mrs. Andrew is that she is also a hunter, stalking her prey when we go shopping and once she bags her prey, we're out of there.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67793526126800801482019-02-23T11:13:17.929-08:002019-02-23T11:13:17.929-08:00I need to get down to Patriots' Point as well ...I need to get down to Patriots' Point as well - only about 4 hours from my house - and there is a great BBQ place just on the city side of the bridge called Lewis BBQ (the restaurant is called that, not the bridge) which has brisket that is quite acceptable to this Texan.<br /><br />And since we are on the subject of SC museums, there are two in the Columbia area -<br />there is the SC Military Museum in Columbia. I've heard it is nice, and it's on my list of places to visit next time I'm there.<br /><br />https://www.scmilitarymuseum.com/<br /><br />There is also a great little museum in Camden, SC, just a little east of Columbia, that has an outstanding gun collection on display. Ross Beard had one of about every M1 Carbine type made, including some given to him by Marshall "Carbine" Williams (Beard was Marsh's biographer), and also displaying a couple of guns once owned by Melvin Purvis, who was from Florence. I have been to this one and want to go back!<br /><br />https://www.classicallycarolina.com/what-do/museums/camden-archives-museum<br />Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64689429771490361942019-02-23T11:09:55.967-08:002019-02-23T11:09:55.967-08:00You should! I've been on the "Joey P,&quo...You should! I've been on the "Joey P," a lovely ship she is.<br /><br />Keep me posted on the reunion, I'd very much like to meet you in person. I mean seeing as how you'll be coming all the way from Alaska!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67235115572641108612019-02-23T11:08:37.319-08:002019-02-23T11:08:37.319-08:00Hahaha! "Alleged sense of humor," I so g...Hahaha! "Alleged sense of humor," I so get that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36789120892575090492019-02-23T11:08:00.399-08:002019-02-23T11:08:00.399-08:00One of these days I will get down to New Orleans, ...One of these days I will get down to New Orleans, if only to make my buddy Murph happy. (There's also the battlefield, I can always make time for those.)<br /><br />The stabilizer on the Sherman's gun (which wasn't that bad) was special. As you say speed and the ability to put rounds on target are critical. Not to mention mechanical reliability, the Sherman was all that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38930243637367526602019-02-23T11:07:13.818-08:002019-02-23T11:07:13.818-08:00I know this was simulated combat, and the real thi...I know this was simulated combat, and the real thing can be just a tad more complicated and unpredictable, but it was an interesting take on the F-35 - https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/youre-dead-f-35-crushing-enemy-fighter-jets-air-war-simulations-45182Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.com