Inside the engine room of the USS Silversides as the big diesels were running. *WARNING* Turn your computer speakers down before you watch this. It was LOUD in there as you might imagine.

Starting the engines on the WW2 Submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) as a part of the Memorial Day celebration in Muskegon, MI 2012. The big American diesel engines still run like they’re brand new!

USS Silversides (SS 236) Memorial Day ceremony on Muskegon, MI

On board the LST-393 in Muskegon, MI - http://www.lst393.org/

The sFH 18 - 10,5cm (105mm) German Heavy Field Howitzer

Luckily my friend owns an inert 88 shell and brought it along! Schweeeet!

The famous German 88. Supposedly this one was captured in North Africa by the American Army.

Here’s a portion of what I did this weekend. Visited a Flak 36 (The famous 88) and a sFH 18 - German 10,5cm(105mm) Heavy field howitzer. 

reparations:

demons:

A US Navy destroyer’s view of Overlord

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is no where close to being ETO or Overlord. This a photo taken by commonwealth forces; Crete -1941 of Fallschirmjäger dropping near Suda Bay.

I mean c’mon, the picture is taken from land, during the day time, and extremely close to where they are dropping. Way off.

Reparations nailed this one. I’m saddened to see this one be listed mistakenly as Overlord. Unternehmen Merkur - The German Airborne Invasion of the island of Crete. Especially considering the Para-drops of Overlord were done at night and farther inland than any ship could see. Much less this photo was obviously not taken from the ship..

Video I shot of the Flak 36 firing at the Virginia Beach “Warbirds Over The Beach” Airshow. May 2011. You’ll notice the barrel has no recoil. This is because they are just firing powder charges, not an actual 88 shell. Still very loud (the video doesn’t do it justice) and awesome!