For The Grey Man.

He knows why.

Why? Because I Can, That's Why.

Five minutes of P-38 Lightning goodness:



Along with the P-51 and the F4U, the greatest American fighter of WWII.

Hattip: Theo.

They Came From "Shangri-La"...

...And 69 years ago today these 80 men flew into history.

A Company Of Heroes Is One Less.

Major Dick Winters, Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, passed away earlier today.

UPDATE 10JAN2011: From the Grey Man:

"A man who stood up and hooked up when it counted. May his final jump lead to all he richly deserves."

Indeed.

How I Spend My Saturdays.

Doing this. Well, as many Saturdays as I can. My grandfather worked at Higgins Industries during WWII. This is the least I can do to honor his efforts, and the efforts of thousands of other New Orleanians, building landing craft, PT boats, and lighters during the war.

This Was Their Finest Crop Circle.

Yep.



From here.

Sunday Mustang Porn.

One can never tire of watching the P-51 fly. So, here's a threesome:

Leadership: An Epic Example.

70 years ago yesterday, during the height of the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill gave his famous "so Many, So Few" speech. Watch the video at the link, and remember when we had epic leaders willing to confront epic trials. Not like today.

Ghosts.

Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov used images taken during WWII and melded them in Photoshop with images taken from the exact spot 65 years later. They very effectively bring events forward that we know only in through history, putting them into context we can understand. Haunting.