Monday, March 31, 2014
T38 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
The T38 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
was produced as an alternative to the T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
in case the heavy 105mm howitzer couldn't be carried on the M3
half-track chassis.
T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
The T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage was an expedient design that mounted a standard 105mm howitzer on the chassis of an M3 half-track.
T3 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
The T3 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
was an early attempt to produce self-propelled artillery by mounting
an howitzer on the chassis of the M1 Combat Car (later the M1 Light
Tank).
Friday, March 28, 2014
USS Chicago (CA-29)
USS Chicago (CA-29)
was a Northampton class heavy cruiser that had a somewhat unlucky war,
being badly damaged by Japanese torpedoes twice during the fighting
off Guadalcanal, returning from repairs after the first attack on time
to be sunk by the second.
USS Louisville (CA-28)
USS Louisville (CA-28)
was a Northampton class heavy cruiser that fought at Guadalcanal, in
the Aleutians, the invasion of the Marshall Islands, the Pelau Islands,
the battle of Leyte Gulf and the invasion of Okinawa.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
463rd Bombardment Group
The 463rd Bombardment Group
was a B-17 unit that served with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy,
taking part in the strategic bombing campaign as well as supporting the
ground troops in Italy and the south of France.
462nd Bombardment Group
The 462nd Bombardment Group
was a very heavy bombardment group group that took part in the early
B-29 campaign operating from bases in India and China before moving to
Tinian to join the direct assault on Japan.
461st Bombardment Group
The 461st Bombardment Group was
a B-24 group that served with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, taking
part in the strategic bombing campaign and supporting the fighting in
the south of France and southern Italy.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Sir Humphrey Neville of Brancepeth (c.1439-1469)
Sir Humphrey Neville of Brancepeth (c.1439-1469)
was member of the Lancastrian branch of the Neville family, and was
one of the northern noblemen who refused to accept the Yorkist victory
after the battle of Towton and continued to resist Edward IV until he
was captured and executed in 1469.
Richard Neville, fifth earl of Salisbury (1400-1460)
Richard Neville, fifth earl of Salisbury (1400-1460),
was an important northern landowner who became a key support of
Richard, duke of York, early in the Wars in the Roses, but who was
killing after the battle of Wakefield and was overshadowed by his more
famous son, Warwick the Kingmaker.
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