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24 April 1944 Visting the Los Negros Battlefield Horror CREW’S LOG OF THE U.S.S CHIKASKIA - FLEET OILER AO-54 Barely 340 Men, Surviving Kamikaze, Torpedoes, and Raging Seas While Delivering Oil and Gas to the American Fleet During WWII #USNavy #WWII #Pacific

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Re Great Basin National Park Depth of federal worker firings unknown in Nevada, but impact already being felt nevadacurrent.com/2025/02/21/d...

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Visited the Dutch Marines (2MCG & SATG) who are doing their winter training above the Arctic Circle in the North of Norway. Due to the increased Russian threat, the presence of the Netherlands Marine Corps and other NATO allies in this area has become increasingly important. youtu.be/LOmuieoBfUc?...

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The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was the largest all-metal flying boat to ever have been built. In the 1950s, the U.S. Navy considered buying the three existing aircraft and converting them to nuclear power but the plan was abandoned. #FunFactFriday

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Feb 21, 1950 The US Atomic Energy Commission announced yesterday that it would soon build a reactor which could lead to the development of atomic engines for planes. * The Convair NB-36H was an experimental aircraft that carried a nuclear reactor. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair...

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#OTD in 1945, USS Saratoga (CV-3) was set ablaze after six Japanese planes scored five hits on the carrier within three minutes. 123 sailors were lost and another 192 wounded. 40 of the carrier's aircraft were destroyed. The crew got the fires under control and saved the ship.

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This is an amazing story. Most of the amazing has to do with his grandfather.

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"The Battalion Artist" was published. So proud to know The Nat Bellantoni Collection is now on display at the Hoover Library and Archives, Stanford University, as originally planned (after bit of a delay due to COVID). www.hoover.org/events/batta...

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Anyone else show up to work this morning and find a scene like this? This is our Fire Camera on Star Peak in Northern Nevada. Don't worry, we'll get the snow cleared off before Spring! #FieldWorkFriday.

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William Eddy worked on creating the CIA and also US–Middle Eastern relations. Writing from his home base of Beirut in the late 1940s, Eddy included in his CIA assessment of the region a warning about religious fundamentalism that could grow with continued US support of the partition idea.

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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When Nancy Bellantoni and I began work on "The Battalion Artist," we sorted through all the papers, photos, and memorabilia her father brought back from WWII in the South Pacific. We still don't know why he had this hand drawn map of the tunnel system on Iwo Jima. www.hoover.org/events/batta...

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Eggs are going to be worth their weight in Fentanyl.

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#WWII Great Escape prisoners of war remembered 80 years on in moving ceremony. Of the 76 who escaped, all but three were recaptured in the days that followed. Fifty of the men were then summarily executed upon orders of Adolf Hitler. #TCMparty www.forcesnews.com/heritage/wwi...

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On this anniversary of the landing on Iwo Jima, and in the spirit of #BlackHistoryMonth… www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/...

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#WWII Callahan was a navigator assigned to the 732nd Bomb Squadron , 453rd Bomb Group. He was killed in action on Apr 8, 1944, at age 22, after the B-24H he was aboard was shot down. Callahan was under James Stewart's command. Named the operations officer of the 453rd BG on Mar 31, 1944. #TCMparty

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#WWII The Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China. The former Emperor of China, Puyi, was installed as its Chief Executive. Few nations in the world recognized Puyi outside of the Axis powers and Soviet Union, which had a non-aggression treaty with Japan through 1945

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They were active just before and during the Russian annexation of Crimea. Russia, which had been denying any involvement in Ukraine prior to the annexation, used these little green men to give it plausible deniability on the international stage. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_...

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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French Navy Hosts Commander US US Pacific Fleet. Participating large-deck ships included the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the French carrier FS Charles de Gaulle, and Japan’s Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184). www.pacom.mil/Media/News/N...

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"I agree with trying to root out fraud, waste and inefficiency and redundancy in government but it must be done lawfully. It's the rule of law not the law of the ruler that must prevail."

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1945 #WWII The United States accepted weak promises from a dictator on behalf of an ally, Poland, that had fought from the first day of World War Two to the last, on all European fronts, without surrender or national collaboration. By extension, the United States was throwing up its hands.

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Denmark MP Rasmus Jarlov: "[US] has taken no casualties in Ukraine ... paid 4% of US defence budget for one year and that was too much for them ... they will surrender to Russia. We can not trust such spineless people ... If Russia invaded Poland tomorrow, they would make excuses and do nothing."

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The Finnish leader, drawing from his country's own historical experience with Russia, warned against repeating past mistakes. He highlighted how Finland, during #WWII, “maintained independence” but after a Soviet invasion “lost sovereignty" www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/fi...

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The Office of Strategic Services: America's First Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov/legacy/museu...

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The government in Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, has ruled the island since retreating there after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong's communist forces. Taiwan has never declared independence, a move China has threatened war over. www.newsweek.com/china-warns-...

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Jefferson Smith stands gawking in the Lincoln Memorial, listening to a small boy read from a tablet the question with which this film faces everyone who sees it: "Whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." #TCMparty content.time.com/time/subscri...

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In the US in the 1870s, before milk was regulated, it was common for milk to contain substances intended to mask spoilage. Milk is an excellent medium for microbial growth, and when it is stored at ambient temperature, bacteria and other pathogens soon proliferate. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteur...

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It doesn’t look like OSTI is updating technical reports. It has been stuck at 2 since the beginning on the month.

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To honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the National Museum of the Pacific War is hosting a three-day commemorative event from February 21–23, 2025. Eighty years later, the sacrifice and bravery of those who fought at Iwo Jima continue to inspire. cbsaustin.com/news/local/t...

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