Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.
A Mig-21 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming.
The Mig 21 was one of the greatest of the Cold War fighters.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
The Aerodrome: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.
The Aerodrome: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. National Museum of Milita...:
Thursday, October 26, 1944. End of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Damaged Japanese cruiser Kumano bombed by planes of Task Force 38 on 26 October 1944,
The Battle of Leyte Gulf ended as a complete Japanese defeat, effectively ending the Imperial Japanese Navy as a cohesive force. On this day the Japanese lost the cruisers Abukuma, Kinu and Noshiro, destroyers Hayashimo, Nowaki and Uranami and submarine I-26.
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria's youngest child, died at age 87.
Gertrude Tompkins Silver and the P-51D she was flying disappeared in a delivery flight from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ.
She was 33 years old and had jointed the WASPs after a boyfriend died fighting in the RAF. She was the only WASP pilot to be classified as missing during the Second World War.
Sarah Sundin notes in her blog:
German 20th Mountain Army begins scorched-earth retreat in Finnmark region of northern Norway; 43,000 will be evicted & evacuated, their homes destroyed.
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Wednesday, October 25, 1944. The biggest day of the biggest naval battle in history.
Today in World War II History—October 26, 1939 & 1944
Today in World War II History—October 26, 1939 & 1944: 80 Years Ago—Oct. 26, 1944: The Battle of Leyte Gulf concludes with a decisive US victory, despite heavy Japanese kamikaze attacks.
Sunday, October 24, 1924. A glimpse of Natrona County.
Things wrong with this post by . . .
Dr. John Barrasso, our Senator:
Thousands of illegal aliens have registered to vote in our elections. Kamala Harris' administration has completely ignored this election security crisis. Proud to join @SenatorHagerty, @RepAndyBiggsAZ, and Wyoming to demand answers for American voters.
1. It's not true, at least not in any actually significant sense.
2. There is not "Kamala Harris" "administration". She's the VP, a position that has, frankly, about 0 power.
I imagine he knows all of this, and probably doesn't believe much of what he's stating like this.
Politics is a terrible business.
"First do no harm" (Primum non nocere). Hippocrates.
“No one can prove that at times a lie is necessary”. St. Thomas Aquinas.
Friday, October 25, 2024
A complete betrayal of the people of Wyoming.
Wyoming Joins Idaho, Alaska in Support of Utah’s Federal Public Lands Claim
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that the State of Wyoming has filed an amicus brief in support of Utah on their federal public lands claims pending before the US Supreme Court. Wyoming joined with the states of Idaho and Alaska, as well as the Arizona Legislature in the Amicus.
The Governor issued the following statement:
“Federal ownership of unappropriated land negatively impacts Western states’ ability to regulate local land uses. I consistently preach that the best land management policies are developed by those who live close to the lands. As we have seen with the Rock Springs and Buffalo Resource Management Plans, the whims of the current Administration can have immense impacts on the states where those lands are located.
The well-established legal principle of multiple-use of public lands is sacred to Wyoming citizens, and that concept is something we have lost in this era of Washington, DC constantly curtailing their uses. Wyoming believes it is essential for the states to be recognized as the primary authority when it comes to unappropriated lands within our borders. The Federal government’s indefinite retention of millions of acres of land is a critical question that impacts all Western states, which is why Wyoming has filed this amicus.”
The brief may be found here.
Utah is going to lose, and deserves to. There's no excuse whatsoever for Wyoming joining with Utah in this effort.
Cont:
Wyoming politicians signing on to this land grabbing effort:
Governor Mark Gordon.
Congressman Harriet Hageman.
Senators
Bo Biteman (R-Ranchester), Brian Boner (R-Douglas),
Tim French (R-Powell), Larry Hicks (R-Baggs), Bob Ide (R-Casper), John Kolb (R-Rock Springs), Dan Laursen (R-Powell), Troy McKeown (R-Gillette), Tim Salazar (R-Riverton), Cheri Steinmetz (R-Lingle).
Representatives
Bill Allemand (R-Midwest), John Bear (R-Gillette), Jeremy Haroldson (R-Wheatland), Scott Heiner (R-Green River), Ben Hornok (R-Cheyenne), Christopher Knapp (R-Gillette), Chip Neiman (R-Hulett), Pepper Ottman (R-Riverton), Sarah Penn (R-Lander), Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody), Daniel Singh (R-Cheyenne), Allen Slagle (R-Newcastle), Scott Smith (R-Lingle), Tomi Strock (R-Douglas), Jeanette Ward (R-Casper), John Winter (R-Thermopolis).
World War Two U.S. Airborne Displays, National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.
Airborne display at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming. Unfortunately, I just had my cell phone, so a lot of these photographs are not great.
This last series of uniform photographs demonstrates the actual colors (color batches varied) of the M1942 paratrooper uniform. The uniform itself was already on the way towards being phased out in favor of he M1943 patterns of uniforms, but it was still the one issued during Operation Overlord.
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Wednesday, October 25, 1944. The biggest day of the biggest naval battle in history.
The USS St. Lo, the first U.S. ship to be sunk by a kamikaze during World War Two, moments after being hit.
The heaviest fighting in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese effort to draw the U.S. Navy off of support for the invasion of Leyte and to destroy it, occurred. The Battle off Samar occurred as part of it.
The first mass use of kamikazes occured as part of the Japanese effort. The escort carrier USS St. Lo was sunk by kamikazes, the first of 47 ships to be lost to such attacks during the war.
The U.S. escort carrier USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighters during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. Japanese shells are splashing near the USS White Plains (CVE-66) in the background. A rare example of an aircraft carrier launching aircraft while a surface vessel shells another one.
The Imperial Japanese Navy lost the aircraft carriers Chitose, Chiyoda and Zuikaku, battleships Fusō and Yamashiro, cruisers Chikuma, Chōkai and Suzuya and the destroyers Akizuki, Asagumo, Michishio, Wakaba and Yamagumo.
Lowering the flag on Zuikaku as she sinks. She was the last of the aircraft carriers that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor still afloat. Half the crew would survive.
The Americans lost the escort carriers USS Gambier Bay and USS St. Lo and destroyers USS Hoel and USS Johnston.
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The Japanese battleship Yamato and a heavy cruiser at Samar.
The scale of the battle, and the intense fighting it involved, can hardly be imagined today.
The Red Army took the port town of Kirkenes, Norway.
Soviet forces completed clearing the Transylvania region of Romania.
8in howitzer being laid into place in France, October 25, 1944.
The Italian government of Ivanoe Bonomi was recognized.
Dog faces, October 25, 1944.
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Tuesday, October 24, 1944. Leyte Gulf, day two.
Labels: "Wacht am Rhein", 1940s, 1944, Adolf Hitler, Australian Navy, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of the Bulge, China Burma India Theater, Imperial Japanese Navy, Kamikaze, Philippines, U.S. Navy, World War Two
Today in World War II History—October 25, 1939 & 1944
Today in World War II History—October 25, 1939 & 1944: 85 Years Ago—Oct. 25, 1939: First main kamikaze attacks occur in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. On the ground at Leyte, Japanese take attack US ground troops.
Monday, October 25, 1824. Davy Crockett announces for office.
Davy Crockett announced his intention to run for the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennesee.
He lost the election.
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Monday, October 4, 1824. The first Mexican Constitution.
Tuesday, October 25, 1774. Edenton Tea Party
Fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina, met and agreed to uphold the non-importation resolves passed in August 1774 by the North Carolina Provincial Congress in what is known as the Edenton Tea Party.
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Friday, October 14, 1774. The Declaration of Resolves.
Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Back in the Saddle
Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Back in the Saddle: The day finally came for me to get literally back in the saddle. I have hardly ridden a horse this summer. New responsibilities have played...
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Small Arms and Light Crew Served Weapons Collection, National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.
This is a sample of the collection. The collection is much larger than this.
Tuesday, October 24, 1944. Leyte Gulf, day two.
It was a major day of naval maneuvering off of Leyte Gulf.
The USS Princeton was hit by kamikazes and so badly damaged that it had to be scuttled. The Japanese destroyer Wakaba was sunk by aircraft from the USS Franklin. The Musashi was sunk in the Sibuyan Sea by U.S. aircraft. T he USS Shark was sunk by Japanese warships. The USS Darter ran aground in the Palawan Strait and was scuttled.
The Japanese prison ship Arisan Maru was sunk in the South China Sea by an American submarine. Only nine of the 1,781 Allied and civilian prisoners of war survived the sinking.
The 1st Cavalry Division landed on Samar.
Martial law was lifted in Hawaii.
The Soviets prevailed in the Riga Offensive.
The British entered Lamia, Greece.
The China Burma India Theatre was divided into the India-Burma Theater and the China Theater.
Hitler announces his intent to launch an offensive in the Ardennes.
Blood plasma refrigeration unit above was mounted on wheeled machine gun mount by enlisted men serving in France with the 1st Army since D-Day. S/Sgt. Homer N. Shrimplin, of Jelloway, Ohio, and Pvt. Frank Bozoyak, of Bordentown, N.J., are hitching the unit to their truck. 24 October, 1944.
Japanese-American infantrymen attend church services outside their billet in France. 24 October, 1944. 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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Monday, October 23, 1944. The Largest Naval Battle In History.
Labels: 1940s, 1944, Australian Navy, Battle of Leyte Gulf, boats and ships, France, German Kriegsmarine, Imperial Japanese Navy, U.S. Navy, Volkssturm, World War Two
Saturday, October 24, 1874. Domestic terrorists.
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October 24, 1874 political cartoon by Thomas Nast decrying the alliance between the White League and the Ku Klux Klan in the South.
Last edition:
Monday, September 28, 1874. The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon.
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