Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, May 21, 1944. The West Loch Disaster.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Sunday, May 21, 1944. The West Loch Disaster.

The West Loch Disaster, caused by a mortar round detonating on LST-353 in Pearl Harbor, resulted in 163 men being killed and six LST's sinking.

LST 480 today. Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell.

Negative assemblers T/5 William Robertson, 19121160, Sig C, of Los Angeles, Ca., and T/5 Robert Christensen, 17069147, Sig C, of Ogden, Iowa, preparing developed negatives for printing.

The U453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea by the Royal Navy.

Last prior edition:

Saturday, May 20, 1944. Dismantling a V-2

1940s, 1944, Communism, Italy, Operation Diadem, Polish Resistance, World War Two

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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