bronze...didn't think that would be strong enough. I wonder how many men died forgetting to put in the wet mop?
Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
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Fair enough! I'll call that a correct answer! But the answer I was looking for had more of a 'ring' to it...
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Sirhr
Yes... church bells from all over the South. Went to the Tredegar Ironworks for casting into bronze cannons...
Bronze was the best cannon material. But iron was also very good. But I am reading an amazing book right now called "Ironmaker to the Confederacy" about Tredegar. And the details about the difference between pig iron and gun iron.... amazing!
Economics and the realities of the South are a very hot topic right now. And it's a coincidence that as I research some of the cannons I am restoring... and the environments in which they are built... are giving some amazing insight into Southern economics.
Myth and memory argues that the South was doomed from the start, based on their industrial capacity. This *may* not be correct. There was plenty of capacity, but the states were so insular and self-focused... that a surplus of cloth in North Carolina... never helped out Virginia. A huge surplus of corn and animal forage... never helped out iron forges in Tennessee. Which would have fed the Tredegar and other ironworks in GA and NC, etc. The CSA states were so focused on their own needs and their own insular, selfish hoarding economies... that they never shared with the "Nation" of the South.
There is, IMHO, now a good interpretation that the CSA had everything they needed, industrially, to be... just fine. But they were all so 'States rights' focused that they never supported the entire CSA nation. And, as a result, each state ended the war with their own various 'surpluses' and hoardes of material... but were never able/willing to relinquish it to their neighbor states... to win as a nation.
The Army of Northern Virginia was threadbare and barefoot.... when the North Carolina warehouses had a massive surplus of uniforms and shoes. When Tredegar sent agents to buy corn and forage (to keep their ironworkers and animals fed) down to Georgia where there was a surplus... the Georgia Governor had them arrested for "exporting war material."
States rights... went too far. IMHO (and this is a recent thought)... the over-aggressive statism of the South... failed to support the entity as a whole and, probably, cost the South victory. While the Union was inward-focused... and cooperating. All the Southern states were so focused on their own individualtiy... that they not only were against the Union... they were against all the other CSA states, too!
The documentation on this is pretty, well, damning. And this is from a Northerner!
Cheers,
Sirhr
Occured near Bly, Oregon, off of Highway 140. Several monuments near there, including at the site, telling of the incident. Bly is a small town between Klamath Falls, and Lakeview OR. Lovely part of the country.
I grew up on the Southern Oregon coast and spent a fair about of time in Southern Oregon. It is desolate, beautiful country. At least the Rouge River-Siskiyou National Forrest area. One of the reasons I know about the question I posted regarding which US Army General was killed during the Indian Wars. It happened in Southern Oregon south of Klammath Falls with the Modocs.
I remember hearing the stories of the balloon bombs. If I remember correctly (I was a little kid then) there is a lodge near Agness, OR that has one of the rings from one of the incendiary balloon bombs.
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By the way, that General killed during the Indian Wars, I think was Canby. There is a town near the Lava Beds, in Northern CA named after him.
I can throw one out. Try not to google, I'm sure you'll have some good answers.
Who was the highest ranking officer ever ON ACTIVE DUTY?
Who was the highest ranking officer ever ON ACTIVE DUTY?
US or world? Because I don't think it gets higher than "Emperor" (Napoleon or Romans).
In the US it would have to be one of the 5 stars.
In the US it would have to be one of the 5 stars.
Yep. It was General Edward Canby. He was ambushed and killed at peace talks with the Modocs by "Captain Jack". We toured Captain Jacks Stronghold and the lava fields where some battles occurred. Nasty terrain. I saw how the severely outnumbered Indians were able to use the terrain, draws, caves, and tunnels to flank and outmaneuver the Cav. 53 Modoc warriors inflicted 35 KIA's and a number of wounded without any losses on 225 Cavalry troopers who also had 100 or so Oregon Militia members supporting them. The Modoc's were able to hold off the Army for a few months this way.
Eventually the Modocs agreed to peace talks and due to infighting among the tribe Captain Jack agreed with the plan to assassinate General Canby. They believed that if you removed the leader of the Army forces the remaining soldiers would leave and go back home. They just didn't understand Western military culture. General Canby was killed along with a reverend (I don't remember his name) and the Modocs fled back to the stronghold area. A few months later a 1000 man army was sent in to crush the remaining Modocs. Captain Jack surrendered. As a side note, Captain Jack was tried by military tribunal for war crimes and hanged. He is the only Indian to have been convicted by military tribunal for War Crimes and hung as a war criminal.
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It may be a trick question. If US, then no officer could ever outrank Washington in terms of physical rank and seniority...
Pershing was given superiority over the five star generals, in essence he was a six star "General of the Armies."
You got it, it was Black Jack Pershing! He was a 6 star during active duty making him "general of the armies"
Washington actually didn't carry that high rank during the revolution, his rank is more "honorary" technically. He still is and always will be the highest ranking general in the US, dead or alive.
MacArthur was a five star and during WW2 that meant he was CIC Pacific Theatre and Roosevelt was CIC European Theatre.
I understand that 4 star is now the highest anyone can be with the current structure. But I'm sure they said that before.
All of our questions have come from all eras, but the only one I am good at is RVN.
This has been a most enlightening thread because I now know about all kinds of shit that went Boom or something from many years ago to present.
Have we discussed the Kaiten?
This has been a most enlightening thread because I now know about all kinds of shit that went Boom or something from many years ago to present.
Have we discussed the Kaiten?
Were those not the "kamikaze sub's" (manned torpedo's) that the Japanese used in WWII?
Manned torpedo is correct.
I don't know about one in Pearl Harbor, I think that may be a mini sub.
I don't know about one in Pearl Harbor, I think that may be a mini sub.
She looked an awful lot like Carollyn Devore (married Joe Ronnie Hooper), and was in some "army times" type magazine, back page pic, in a tiger suit. I'm still trying to find that pic.
This was about the same time Nancy Sinatra was over there, and same magazine , back page pic, was wearing the famous boots and a one star generals top, and it looked like nothing else. Still trying to find that pic too....
Challenge.....
An Iowa class battleship. This is the USS Missouri firing in Desert Storm. I need two of these.
Next question (easy, don't google): What is are "ladies from hell" (not your ex-wives)?
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Ladies From Hell was the nick name given to the Black Watch (Brithish unit of Scottish Infantry). I only know that becuase I have always wanted them to play at my funeral, and read up on them some time ago. Hell, if Paul McCartney can have them in his music video, I can have them at my funeral. They were also referenced by a character in the old movie "Gunga Din", which is what started my interest in the unit.
I guess i need to pose a question.
One of the earliest, if not THE earliest explorer of much of Southern and Western Texas. His family name was awarded (along with the actual...) for the heroism of an ancestor in a battle in Spain. Stranded on the beach he made his way to near El Paso, on foot, naked, and often the prisoner of the local tribes. 1527. Who was he?
I guess i need to pose a question.
One of the earliest, if not THE earliest explorer of much of Southern and Western Texas. His family name was awarded (along with the actual...) for the heroism of an ancestor in a battle in Spain. Stranded on the beach he made his way to near El Paso, on foot, naked, and often the prisoner of the local tribes. 1527. Who was he?
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Hells Angels was a WW1 fighter squadron... then it was a Howard Hughes movie based on the WW1 Fighter squadron. Then it was a bomber group in WW2....
And if I am not mistaken, there were several units in the Civil War that used that term.
It's not an uncommon moniker!
Cheers,
Sirhr
And if I am not mistaken, there were several units in the Civil War that used that term.
It's not an uncommon moniker!
Cheers,
Sirhr
"One of the earliest, if not THE earliest explorer of much of Southern and Western Texas. His family name was awarded (along with the actual...) for the heroism of an ancestor in a battle in Spain. Stranded on the beach he made his way to near El Paso, on foot, naked, and often the prisoner of the local tribes. 1527. Who was he?"
I'm going with Juan de Oñate y Salazar.
I'm going with Juan de Oñate y Salazar.
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I was going for the flying tigers squadron....I believe that movie "WINGS" got the first academy award.
Nope.
But since it is a tough one, Look up Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca (or Baca). Read his account of his enslaved travels and bare survival. Naked and afraid is NOTHING on this story. The Honorific/Name was given for an ancestor who had helped the King of Spain in an earlier incident, and was thus awarded the head of a cow ( a prize bull, I guess, mounted), and was allowed to append the name to his own. Kind of like adding MOH to ones name, I think, but the family could use it. Worthy read.
Bring it back, get it going again, start more discussion, ask more questions. This STILL IS a great thread.
My meager attempt at kick-starting with AED paddles:
'charge to 200'
"CLEAR"
Who first patented the ability to transmit pictures over radio's, and when? (and yes, this IS a Military based question)
My meager attempt at kick-starting with AED paddles:
'charge to 200'
"CLEAR"
Who first patented the ability to transmit pictures over radio's, and when? (and yes, this IS a Military based question)
Would that be Charlie Jenkins? Sent pictures from a Navy radio station in Maryland to Washington about 1925?
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Not trying to derail this thread but I thought I should put this out. Granite Falls, MN has a museum that is privately funded by the Fagen family. It is dedicated to preserving WW2 equipment and aircraft. My Father was a B25 pilot with the 41st Bomb Group so it meant a lot to me when I visited last week. If you are ever in the area it is worth the time to visit. http://www.fagenfighterswwiimuseum.org/
He may very well have been the first to DO it, but as to my readings so far, William Stephenson was the first to Patent it. To be perfectly clear though, that don't mean the books Ive been reading are 100% accurately factual. One author is one person's opinion/view.
But this has brought a glimmer of hope/life back into the thread, so keep it up.
This WW2 Hollywood bombshell not only worked with OSS but came up with an idea during the war (later patented) that made cell phones possible....
Who is....
Cheers,
Sirhr
Who is....
Cheers,
Sirhr
What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of communications signals among a spread of different frequencies. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted today.
Only a writer of Richard Rhodes’s caliber could do justice to this remarkable story. Unhappily married to a Nazi arms dealer, Lamarr fled to America at the start of World War II; she brought with her not only her theatrical talent but also a gift for technical innovation. An introduction to Antheil at a Hollywood dinner table culminated in a U.S. patent for a jam- proof radio guidance system for torpedoes—the unlikely duo’s gift to the U.S. war effort.
What other book brings together 1920s Paris, player pianos, Nazi weaponry, and digital wireless into one satisfying whole? In its juxtaposition of Hollywood glamour with the reality of a brutal war, Hedy’s Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. https://www.amazon.com/Hedys-Folly-...4388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332545531&sr=8-1
Only a writer of Richard Rhodes’s caliber could do justice to this remarkable story. Unhappily married to a Nazi arms dealer, Lamarr fled to America at the start of World War II; she brought with her not only her theatrical talent but also a gift for technical innovation. An introduction to Antheil at a Hollywood dinner table culminated in a U.S. patent for a jam- proof radio guidance system for torpedoes—the unlikely duo’s gift to the U.S. war effort.
What other book brings together 1920s Paris, player pianos, Nazi weaponry, and digital wireless into one satisfying whole? In its juxtaposition of Hollywood glamour with the reality of a brutal war, Hedy’s Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. https://www.amazon.com/Hedys-Folly-...4388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332545531&sr=8-1
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