Military
History’s Greatest Shots Revealed
While the movie American Sniper and its depiction of former US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle are getting all the plaudits from film and television awards, we look back through history to see how snipers of times gone by fare against the modern day hero. Once considered a pariah of battle by friend and foe alike,…
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Mr. Jefferson’s Assault Rifle
High-capacity magazine? Check. Capable of firing 22 aimed shots in a minute? Check. A military weapon? Check. Manufactured during the American Revolutionary War? Check. The Girandoni was 22-shot, magazine-fed, nearly silent .46 caliber repeating rifle issued to elite Austrian troops from 1780-1815. Thomas Jefferson purchased two of these rifles, which he sent west with Lewis…
Read MoreMarines Returning To Iwo Jima On 70th Anniversary Of Famed World War II Battle
Hershel “Woody†Williams is returning after 70 years to Iwo Jima, where a flamethrower saved him from Japanese bayonets and where he earned the Medal of Honor. His grandchildren urged him for years to relive the war on-site at annual ceremonies to commemorate the Marine Corps‘ bloodiest battle — the conquering of an 8-square-mile Pacific…
Read MoreIn Honor Of Chris Kyle
His funeral procession as it passed through my hometown, February 12, 2013.
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