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Post by Jcon on Jan 18, 2024 0:24:05 GMT -5
Just finished Jeff Shaara's book on Teddy Roosevelt. Excellent read on a fascinating man who did so much for our nation! I highly recommend it to you! Have you read anything good lately?  |
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Post by Jcon on Jan 18, 2024 11:54:48 GMT -5
I love good history books as well. Just finished General Robert E. Lee's letters a week ago... his life through letters he had written to many!
The next is about the founding fathers of Seattle... a fun read indeed!
Another good one is about the Allied Occupation after WWII:
This is a book that was really hard to put down and talks about some areas you don't hear much about:
The last one here is also very riveting about the ladies who became code breakers! I highly recommend it as well!
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Post by topside on Jan 20, 2024 11:39:55 GMT -5
History, biographies, some autobiographies, and tech are what I've read the most since childhood.
I've always wanted to know Why and How, as well as Who.
Those look like intriguing books !
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Post by Jcon on Jan 20, 2024 21:27:13 GMT -5
Thanks my friend!!!
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Post by tubbs on Jan 31, 2024 11:03:29 GMT -5
haha! i shouldn't say this, but i don't think i ever read a single page all the way thru in my life. always skimmed thru. even my car magazines, i'd skim thru them looking for certain things. not much of a history buff either, don't care to find out the meaning of this or that. not knocking books or reading, just don't do it.
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Post by charizard on Feb 10, 2024 21:23:57 GMT -5
Mostly second world war & Vietnam My Father was a Sargent in a Combat Engineer Battalion in WW2 and was at D-Day & the Battle of the bulge. His 2 brothers were in the pacific, One USMC & the other US Army. My cousin Roy was in Vietnam.
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Post by Jcon on Feb 10, 2024 23:48:59 GMT -5
Mostly second world war & Vietnam My Father was a Sargent in a Combat Engineer Battalion in WW2 and was at D-Day & the Battle of the bulge. His 2 brothers were in the pacific, One USMC & the other US Army. My cousin Roy was in Vietnam. Awesome service from your family!!! Thank you to each!!! |
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Post by charizard on Feb 11, 2024 14:36:40 GMT -5
Thank you, I still have a silver panzer badge that my father gave me, taken off a German soldier.
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Post by Jcon on Feb 11, 2024 15:14:19 GMT -5
Thank you, I still have a silver panzer badge that my father gave me, taken off a German soldier. That's awesome! What a treasure!!! I have a WWI German bayonet!!! |
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Post by charizard on Feb 12, 2024 21:58:27 GMT -5
Very nice, Bayonets were one of the more common bring backs, along with medals & badges and belt buckles.
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 14, 2024 20:43:25 GMT -5
Just saw this post. I too am a WW2 history buff. Especially WW2 aircraft. I’ve built many 1/72 scale as a kid. And I still have some of those unbuilt in the basement. Some more than 50 years old lol.
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Post by Jcon on Feb 14, 2024 21:03:52 GMT -5
Just saw this post. I too am a WW2 history buff. Especially WW2 aircraft. I’ve built many 1/72 scale as a kid. And I still have some of those unbuilt in the basement. Some more than 50 years old lol. Way cool Ed!!! |
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Post by crizila on Feb 19, 2024 8:31:11 GMT -5
Just finished reading "Monuments Men". Much more Indepth than the movie. How so few men were so important in saving the worlds history. Excellent read.
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Post by Jcon on Feb 19, 2024 13:31:13 GMT -5
Just finished reading "Monuments Men". Much more Indepth than the movie. How so few men were so important in saving the worlds history. Excellent read. I agree, that's an excellent read! |
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