Category Archives: Desert Storm

A record of the main gun firing missions performed by the USS Wisconsin, as seen on her second 16-inch main gun turret. (Author’s collection) It seems the folks at USA Today are the only ones at the national level to … Continue reading →

I decided to let the usual slew of media panegyrics to the recently departed general go by before offering some historical ground truth on the man’s role in the Gulf War Syndrome/chemical exposure story. This is from the chapter entitled … Continue reading →

(Source: author’s collection) I’m a “Boomer”, which means I grew up reading a steady stream of books about World War II, “the Greatest Generation”, etc. With the passage of the years came a greater understanding that a lot of what … Continue reading →