Archive for January, 2011

Monday already?  Really?  Well, at least we’ve got the 90th Infantry Division – Picture of the Week.

Friday again?  Hells yes!  Before you all hit the road, how about a wrap-up of this week in history? Michael Swickard over an nmpolitics offered perspective on being an American. What happens to a veteran’s remains when they are unclaimed at the time of death?  Well, New York City has stepped forward to provide full [...]

This kind of weather has the History Junkie thinking of the Battle of the Bulge.  The cold.  The snow. Hell, HJ even woke up this weekend to thick dense fog. Following the D-Day landing at Normandy, Adolf Hitler witnessed his German forces being systematically pushed toward the homeland.  In December, he struck back, with the [...]

Letters From War Wednesday again, and this time, we’ll feature the words of World War II airman, Donald Parker.  At the time of this note, May 1945, Lt. Parker was stationed at Davis-Monthan Field – Tuscon, Arizona, training as a navigator on the newly released, B-29 Superfortress. “Well, I’m down here in the fair city [...]

Positive feedback is beginning to pour in for EVERYTOWN, USA.  These Five Star peer reviews are courtesy of Amazon.com.  Many thanks to our ardent supporters. “Everytown, U.S.A.: From Main Street to the Front Lines” is more than a one-off book; for historian-author Mike McCoy this book is but a first step in a ‘mission’, both [...]

Yes, it’s Monday again, and time for our 90th Infantry Division – Pic of the Week.  As usual, the History Junkie has more questions than answers and was hoping that there are some WW II or 90th ID heavyweights out there that can help.  I’m always looking to learn. 1. What is hanging across the [...]

What happened this week in history?  Anything interesting?  Hells yes! The History Junkie loves historical artifacts.  But I must confess that I hadn’t heard of this hidden treasure trove, The Military Museum of North Florida.  I’m definitely stopping in the next time I’m in the Sunshine state. Sad to see that the original model for [...]

Although I know it is inevitable, it always pains me when another veteran, that I’ve come to know personally, passes away.  Calvin Hawk died this last Sunday, and will be buried today.  He was 87. I first met Hawk nine years ago, in January 2002, when  I visited him at his home to learn about [...]

How many of us have been to Disney World?  Better yet, how many remember that super annoying ride, and accompanying song, “It’s a Small World After All”?  Ugh, the History Junkie’s head is beginning to hurt again, just like in Orlando. But for Albion, Indiana brothers, Carl and Max McGuire, it did turn out to [...]

Our good friend, Chris Guska, over at the 90th Division Association Website also moonlights with the 90th Infantry Division Preservation Group. In BOOTPRINTS, infantryman Hobert Winebrenner, talks of personalizing certain weaponry, while readying for a jeep recon patrol, just after the Breakout from the Cotentin Peninsula. “At that point, we held a surplus of BARs. [...]