Pages

▼
Saturday, May 14, 2016

They Still Make Those Rifle Slings

›
We will reprise the story of the Rifle Strap on Memorial Day.  In the meantime, the news is that rifle slings like that are still availabl...

The Photo Log, With an Additional Note on OSS CBI Photobook 15 - Southwest China, 1945- Reconnaissance, Part 5, Foldout of Terrain

›
The panoramic view of the valley, preserved as a  Foldout on Photobook Page 15 ,  has EJZ notations similar to those found in the Photo Log...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

OSS CBI Photobook 16 - Team JACKAL, Black Ducks, Transition to Kaifeng, Part 2, The Dollar

›
In Part 1 , we began the study of Page 16, and noted the transition from the first base camp, somewhere near Kunming, the terminus of the ...
1 comment:

Bridge Demolition Class from "Time Runs Out in CBI"

›
"DEMOLITIONS CLASS ON A BRIDGE.  Men of the Chinese 14th Division show members of an officer candidate class how to destroy a bridge...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

OSS Jump Instructors Near Kunming, in David W. Hogan, Jr.'s Special Ops Book; Albert Wedemeyer

›
U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II  is an online book, in which Chapter 5  deals with Special Operations in CBI Theater. ...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Chinese Commandos in Training - Detail from OSS CBI Photobook 16 - Team JACKAL, Black Ducks, Transition to Kaifeng, Part 1

›
The OSS website "Primer" section has a short introductory page to Detachment 202 .  This photo, from that page, shows Chinese ...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

OSS CBI Photobook 16 - Team JACKAL, Black Ducks, Transition to Kaifeng, Part 1

›
Scan of top half of Page 16 Still on guard for bad guys in that cave!  What's that patch on Dad's left shoulder? ...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

OSS CBI Photobook 15 - Southwest China, 1945- Reconnaissance, Part 5, Foldout of Terrain

›
Previous posts concerning this page include: Part 1 , Part 2, "Is This Frenchie?" , Part 3, "The Rifle Strap" , ...