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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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Reread this one from 20 years ago, very entertaining...

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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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Another freebie, had some interesting stories, and a few great ones...(published and printed in July 1974, so exactly 50 years old)...

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Right now reading this rather than working:

 

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I'm also reading through the text of the revised Black Cross Red Star 3 - release is getting closer!

 

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I/JG53_Kurtz
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My last purchasings:

 

Black Cross Red Star -- Air War Over the Eastern Front, Volum... - 9789188441683 - Foto 1 di 1

 

Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik in Action - Squadron/Signal Aircraft No. 155 - Foto 1 di 2

 

Both are legendary books that i was dreaming 20 years ago but that I never had the chance to buy out of laziness, Now the dream became true 😍

 

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cardboard_killer
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Been slowly reading IT for a couple weeks now. Can't seem to get into the groove with this one, but I'm close to finishing it now, so am holding out to read what happens.

 

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Just finished... a must read. For all of us.

Book Review: Former Pentagon insider says U.S. unwilling to release all its  UFO info | AP News

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cardboard_killer
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cardboard_killer
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Trying to decide what to read next. Just finished the above depressing fiction, and it makes me want to pick up some non-fiction, but I have so much in the queue. What should it be?

  • Kiera and the Sun
  • Absolution
  • East of Eden
  • North and South
  • Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 (I'd have to buy that, though, for $45).
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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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Finished this one, surprisingly good. Moves along much faster than the McCullough Rome books...

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Back now to classic sci-fi...

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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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Just finished this one, very good. Beautiful writing...

Next up is a bio of Omar Bradley.

 

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cardboard_killer
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I got this for my birthday, but put it on the back burner for now.

 

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I am currently reading something I've never read before, although I know the story as most of us probably do.

 

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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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Has been a while since I've read one of these...

 

 

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cardboard_killer
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Tired of the new, I am currently re-reading two books. One, the last of the Citino series on the German Army in WW2, but the other is one of my beloved books that I re-read ever five years or so.

 

 

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cardboard_killer
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Fiction and non-fiction:

 

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cardboard_killer
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cardboard_killer
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I hope you like it more than I did. If it hadn't been so recommended to me, I would never have finished it.

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I thought it is terrific...but I can understand why some people may not  like it or lukewarm to it.

I'm starting his followup novel to this  as soon as I finish The Sympathizer.

I lived in Westminster, CA for awhile care-giving for my late Father (Career US Army who did 2 tours in VietNam), met quite a few older and younger Vietnamese while in Westminster...I use to see some Vietnamese refugees at LAX when  transiting to UCLA in the mid 70's. the few I saw looked so forlorn.

In Westminster (aka 'Little Vietnam') Vietnamese are very prosperous now.

Didn't watch the The Sympathizer on TV.

I don't own a TV; by choice.

 

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[CPT]Pike*HarryM
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I/JG53_Kurtz
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I don't know if this is the right thread, but I recently started to read articles of the Eduard monthly publication dedicated to aircraft modelling and history. I must say that the quality of the articles, the topics and the aircraft art are impressive! I suggest everybody interested to have a look. Some examples:

 

https://info.eduard.com/en/01-2023-1/bailing-out-over-the-jungle

https://info.eduard.com/en/12-2024-1/november-16-1944-1

https://info.eduard.com/en/02-2025-1/the-mw-50-system-as-an-alternative-to-the-gm-1-1

 

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=LD=Bulldog*
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If you like scale modelling, Fonthill Media has published a new series dedicated to the hobby.

 

Jay

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Heliopause
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cardboard_killer
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It is a broad overview, and, IMO, lacks depth. It also seems to assume the reader knows more than I do about Greek and Balkan politics of the era. Still, there do not seem to be many English language books on the topic, so I recommend it.

 

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BMA_FlyingShark
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Guys,

 

Really proud to have gotten a copy of this.

Maybe it's all just fantasy but interesting theory nevertheless.

The book cost me a small fortune, shipping it to Europe another one and import taxes as well.

But here it is, first edition:

 

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Have a nice day,

 

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cardboard_killer
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von_Tom
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Chapter 1 Black Cross Red Star volume 6.  

 

Text blurred and redacted for obvious reasons.

 

von Tom

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cardboard_killer
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On 6/3/2025 at 10:48 PM, cardboard_killer said:

 Six Air Forces Over the Atlantic

I was very disappointed in this. The writing is like reading photo captions, and it lacks any depth..

 

Switched to fiction.

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After sitting on my bookshelf for many years, I finally got around to starting this recently:

 

Genda's Blade: Japan's Squadron of Aces: 343 Kokutai by Henry Saikaida |  Goodreads

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Bremspropeller
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Gotta start mine as well some time. 😅

 

Just read this (mostly) over a recent business trip, after having it sitting in a shelve for the better part of a decade:

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Nice one.

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Zooropa_Fly
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The fourth of Spikes seven WW2 memoires.

Hilarious in places.. makes you groan in others.

A priceless account of day to day life on the ground from Lance-Bombardier Milligan.

Well worth the read.

 

S! 

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