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Sorry, not a fan, this new look is way too busy.

Here is the recovery of one of the victims of the Suncheon Tunnel Massacre in Korea. https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Press-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3816978/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-hall-r/

July 11th's guest speaker is a Tuskegee airman. If anyone wants to attend, this might be the session you want to attend- even if just on youtube. These folks are getting fewer and fewer and are national treasures. My son and I met the representatives of the Philly Chapter of the Tuskegee...

Cheers for the kind words fellas. It's been a slow process but I have repaired about half of them. It's kind of one of those weird things where you start wondering "Am I getting too old to handle these figures?". It just seems like over the last couple years I have had more and more drops and...

Here's a young pilot who was shot down with the 8TH USAAF. It's interesting in that one of his relatives was on vacation at the crash site and locals had information and wreckage of his plane. This relative took that information to the DoD and they opened the investigation which ultimately led...

Just had a shelf collapse in one of my glass display cases- all of my FL Ren Landsknecht Cav figures bit the dust. One of them is ok but the other three are banged up- to include the two mounted standard bearers and the REN003 figure.....GRRRRRRRRRRRR I hate it when that happens. I was trying to...

I started reading this book titled "The Lord of the Rings" by a man named JRRRRRRRRRR Tolkien. Sounds like he might have been a languages professor. Pretty cracking good read so far- has these little dudes called Hobbits which they are like mini humans with big furry feet who run around and...

Hey fellas Here's a fun and interesting niche on WW2 history! My VFW Post blasted this on their social media account this morning- really interesting- we always grimace at the rough treatment on horses in warfare- here is the very rare story where we, as humans, did for them! Last Month...

Cheers Paddy to you and your father! Thank you and your father for being folks worth serving for. It was my privilege. Im 100% certain a commissioned figure of me would be the ugliest mug on a toy soldier in the history of toy soldiers- and that goes back a VERY LONG ways!!! {sm4}{sm4}...

It is a great set Jason- just be a little careful when opening and closing the doors- I got mine several years back and they can be a little fickle and one of the lower prongs on the barn door broke so it leans a little- which is ok since my barn is used for a WW2 display. Look forward to seeing...

US Tankers and Armor seem to be par the course for all manufacturer's in 2024- which is a great thing. The Sun King is quite a rich looking figure.

While a tad salty, those Tercio Standard bearers are REALLY stunning!!! Just when I think Im out, they start pulling me back in again!!! {sm4} Great batch of releases as always.

Approaching Memorial Day weekend, always a hallowed time to remember those who served before us and made the ultimate sacrifice. With all the anticipation and discussion about M10 Tank Destroyers, here is a WW2 0-2 who was an M10 Platoon leader who was MIA in June 44. Tanker Accounted for...

My cousin got elevated to State CSM of the Nevada Army National Guard last week: DVIDS - News - Nevada Army Guard welcomes new state command sergeant major (dvidshub.net) Super proud of him, loves the country like anyone's business. Loved wearing his 1st CAV cavalry hat when he was with them...

Sad to hear but he did live a long and prosperous life. Thanks for all the great movie memories.

I saw it on normal cable- I think it was Showtime.

Land of Mine - Wikipedia Anyone see this? Wow! It's a Danish film and really engrossing. It tells the tale of German POWs who were made to clear the Danish beaches of landmines before they were allowed to go home- this movie shows a platoon of young adolescents and teens who were captured...

I saw that- I have to admit, I missed the part of the animated Battle of the Rohirrim at the end which is scheduled to be released in December- that sounds EPIC!!!

Ha ha- well,,,,,having run a version of Currahee mountain when I was with the 506th on some random Friday morning PT run, my favorite is I believe the 2nd episode where Sobel is yelling at the guys and they are all puking and then they start calling a Blood on the Risers cadence- just fantastic...

It's pretty amazing the Band of Brothers series and stories seem to still have so much life and momentum to them. I figured it would have died out a few years after the show but apparently not. Still a fan of Donald Burgett's Trilogy of the 506 but that's just me.