Archive for August, 2009
The Marines can answer anything!
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar . One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill. The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 [...]
B-17 bomber visit sparks memories for WWII
Sunday, August 16th, 2009B-17s over Berlin B-17 bomber visit sparks memories for WWII vet Howard Claflin, 88 Posted by Brian Albrecht / Plain Dealer Reporter August 15, 2009 20:21PM Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer “There are no ordinary lives,” said Ken Burns of those who served in a global cataclysm so momentous that the filmmaker simply entitled [...]