Samyann's Blog, page 69
March 27, 2013
Interesting…
About 15 percent of the wounded died in the Civil War; about 8 percent in World War I; about 4 percent in World War II; about 2 percent in the Korean War.
Did you know…
The chance of surviving a wound in Civil War days was 7 to 1; in the Korean War, 50 to 1.
Here’s something interesting…
At one time or another, the Northern armies numbered 2,100,000 soldiers. The Southern armies were considerably smaller. The total dead on both sides was about 500,000. How sad. Americans killing each other…….
March 26, 2013
Did you know…
That during WWII, while completing the required 30 missions, as a pilot your chance of being killed was over 71%?
March 25, 2013
The first black war correspondent?
Thomas Morris Chester in the American Civil War. In 1864 the Philadelphia Press hired him, the son of an ex-slave, to report on black troops on the Virginia front.
March 24, 2013
Pearl Harbor deaths…primary cause?
Anti-aircraft fire. Falling rounds from 50 calibers used as anti-aircraft fire came crashing back down to earth with enough force to kill, or wound those below. Many sailors simply started firing up at the sky, hoping to hit something. Some did, but most of the rounds became hazardous to those below.
March 23, 2013
The whole 9 yards?
The term “The whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific.When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.” Really.
Balls to the Wall – Meaning?
To move real fast. Got it. But the origin? World War Two fighter pilot slang. The engine throttles were topped by little balls. The throttle was advanced by being pushed forward. If the throttles were at maximum power, the balls were to the wall (the instrument panel).
March 22, 2013
Really?
In 1945, an outhouse was built for the exclusive use of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill at the Potsdam conference. Its first occupant was Stalin who emerged and asked in Russian, “Who is Kilroy?”
March 21, 2013
Bet you didn’t know that….
Nine-year old Woodrow Wilson saw the captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis, as Davis was brought through Augusta, Georgia on the way to Fort Monroe.
