My kind of Army

| November 22, 2003

In this morning’s episode of “Combat!“, a private makes a rather boneheaded mistake, something he knew in advance he shouldn’t have done, and as a result another private is wounded in a skirmish with the Germans. Afterwards, the private apologizes: Littlejohn: “I’m sorry, Sarge.” Sgt. Saunders: “Shut up.” No “Army of One” touchy-feely silliness there. […]

Patton was right

| November 20, 2003

My collection of historic US military rifles is one step closer to completion — I’ve finally managed to acquire something I’ve been after for a while: This, for the few unenlightened folks who might be reading, is the historic M1 Garand rifle, called by General George Patton “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” I wouldn’t […]