Recent content by JWS34

There were many gunsmiths that converted percussion pistols to cartridge use. It would involve removing the area that holds the percussion cap and machining it to allow the seating of the metallic cartridge. Also a hinged loading gate would be placed on the frame. I dont believe much would be...

I just saw that Charles Durning has passed.

I was very young at the time, but I would like to take another look at Crime story with Dennis Farina.

My interest stated as a child with an interest in the Second World War. My maternal grand-parents were both WW2 veterans. Grandpa served in the Solomons, Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa as a crew member on APA transports and LSTs. My Grandma served as a WAC in Cleveland at Crile Army Hospital...

On Sunday I watched A Very Long Engagement and was somewhat surprised by it. Sunday evening I started from the Earth to the Moon. It has been a few years but enjoy it alot.

All Quiet on the Western Front

I went and took a look at my parkas. All three are from the Philadelphia Quartermaster's Depot and produced in early 1947. I think the M-1947 name is a collector's title. All three are nomenclatured as "Parka, Overcoat Type". I also believe that this was a USMC specific item. I looked in...

Hi, It appears to be a M1947 Parka. These were used heavily in the the first winter of the Korean War. Many photos of the Chosin Resevoir show Marines wearing these. I have three and they are less common than the M1951 fishtail. There should be a web belt around the waist. It would be the...

Hi, It appears to be a M1947 Parka. These were used heavily in the the first winter of the Korean War. Many photos of the Chosin Resevoir show Marines wearing these. I have three and they are less common than the M1951 fishtail. There should be a web belt around the waist. It would be the...

Watched Buster Keaton on TCM last night. My eight year old son, Sean, howled at at Seven Chances and One Week and then asked me to order more.

From Here To Eternity

Waterloo Bridge with Mae Clark (1931)

The USAF Museum has been a favorite summer trip since I was a child. We went to the National Armory at Springfield Mass. last year and found it to be very much worth the time. I would like to mention Patriot's Point near Charleston South Carolina. The have The USS Yorktown (Essex Class...

I watched Zelary, a Czech film set in WW2 period. A young lady with connections to the resistance in Prague is forced to marry a lumber mill worker in a mountain village when her network is compromised and she is endangered by arrest. I have enjoyed the 3-4 Czech films that I have seen.

The old Tonight Show theme brings me back to struggling to stay awake to see the monologue before being shuffled off to bed. The opening and closing of All In the Family and The Waltons theme are all highly nostalgic for me.