Weekend Science: How To Cook For A Whole Army
Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 14:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
I am something of a historical repository for my family. So I have some cool stuff, like one of my mother's 'ration' books (coupons still attached) from World War 2 and a wax record my grandfather made for her at a USO(1) before he left to occupy Japan. I also have some things that are not my own family but are instead historical artifacts, like some from Gen. Matthew Ridgway, who led the first Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne, during the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and later saved the UN in Korea by taking over the 8th Army and eventually replacing Gen. MacArthur as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Then I have my own stuff, things like my Army Field Manuals, from my uneventful time in the military. read more