Mike, A great post --thank you!! We have a file on Ed Hill in our Dover office archive which contains a 2002 interview with him, copies of FCC correspondence...
The lathe sounds fantastic! We need more research on tompions (plugs)/muzzle covers used in these rifles. We have photos of the 16-inch at Miles sporting...
Folks, I am planning on being at Battery 519 Wednesday and Thursday. Of course, if anyone wants to be there another day, just ask the park for access. IT looks...
Gentlemen, If you are looking for an experienced Lathe operator and engineer, well I think you already know. But to add to this fact I am planning, for now,...
Well, we're trying! We are definitely making progress, regardless of the forces against us, like budgetary issues!! As far as finding the bunker, it won't be...
Gentlemen and especially John, I must apologize for the faux pax. I assure you it will not happen again. I surely did not intend to make that gentlemen...
You two keep it up you're both going to see the inside of a Turkish prison! -- Jason Garver http://www.wisdomwingsandwar.com To: Fortmilesha@yahoogroups.com ...
Randy: Can I get you something? Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me! Randy: I'm sorry, I don't understand. First...
*WE* accept you, Jason, heck, we even accept Art and on occasion Joe K, for crying out loud! After all who else REALLY matters? These days, we're getting...
You guys are a mess. Who needs to watch Airplane when we've got this bunch to act it out for us?? OK... Back on track: I contacted Donovan's today about our...
George, These documents would be most intersting to read....do you have them in electronic format? If no one has done so I'll put this on my list for when I go...
Well, we do have some small stuff in the work room and in the out building. No biggie if they don't get it this time. We need to come up with a plan for that...
I believe that they do, but if your estimate of 200 gallons is correct, we might want to see if someone like DSWA will come out with a truck and collect it on...
Yep, there is a drain valve in the bottom of the sump of that beast. I hope I'm wrong about the 200 gallons! Still, it should be clean insulating oil, about as...
Transformers w/ oil coolant? If so it should be handled by the DEDEP to abate in a proper manner. Just be careful with any HAZMATs. No grab-ass stuff about...
This unit is PCB free, it was built after these were banned. As such, no HAZMATs to worry about. And I would NEVER play grab ass. That's my story, and I'm...
Know what Naval Jelly is? It removes rust from even old (I mean really old) asses like mine. USN Seabee, just admiring you guys and the work at Ft. Miles ...
5th columnists were active and organized during WWII. Americans of German & Italian blood worked in unskilled factory line jobs to build or prep for...
George, THANK YOU! Great reading. Will need to trace this down at NARA. Interesting where he indicated that they captured a U-boat in the area and discovered a...
This is a story that has circulated forever and is not true. The ONLY sub to ever be captured was the U-505, off the Cape Verde Islands. It is now at the...
Joe, Appreciate the information. I'm no expert on U-Boats and the sense I got from the information that Mr. Hill stated in his interview was he was re-calling...
The Brits were beating our pants off between '39 and 12/41, re intelligence information. We chose to ignore most of it because we are such arrogant twits....
Hello all, I posted some photos that I took today of us putting the railroad section together for the 8" gun. They're in the photos section of the group...
