Donster

Copy and paste your post into a new Word or notepad doc and save before you post it. That way if the forum or your PC or connection burps, you won't loose your work. Especially with a very long post.

Morning. 60F, calm and clear skies. Getting more muggy with a high of 80F.

Budweiser Ad - June 1944 1940: The remaining troops of the Norwegian Army (6th Division) surrender, after Norway surrenders unconditionally. 1940: Italy declares war on Britain and France, effective from the 11th June 1940. *Elaine Riley 1940: President Roosevelt condemns Germany and Italy and promises material aid to both Britain and France 1941: British advance breaks through Vichy opposition in Syria. Elaine Riley 1942: Prague radio announces the extermination of Lidice, a village of about 2,000. All the men were shot and women sent to concentration camps. All buildings are razed to the ground as a reprisal for Heydrich killing. 1942: Another German offensive in the East begins as two German armies of 33 division, five of them Panzer, attack from Kharkov on the Volchansk Front, a massive assault that will roll on until the 26th,scattering the Russian forces ahead of them. Elaine Riley 1942: Panzer Army Afrika finally captures Bir Hacheim, a strongpoint fiercely defended by Foreign Legionnaire's of the Free French Forces. The British Eighth Army is pushed towards the Egyptian border. 1943: A co-ordinated air offensive is begun, with the US 8th Air Force, flying precision bombing missions by day and RAF Bomber Command, flying area saturation missions by night, against major German cities. Elaine Riley & Tim Holt in RKO Pictures "Rider From Tuscon" - 1950 1944: German counterattacks against Allied invasion forces are unsuccessful for lack of armoured reserves in the area. Troops of the 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' massacre the inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Glane in France. 1945: The Australian 9th Division makes two landings in Brunei Bay, Borneo. Elaine Riley *Elaine Riley was born on January 15, 1923 in East Liverpool, Ohio. The brunette actress was signed by RKO Radio in 1942, where her first assignments included the studio's Leon Errol two-reel comedies. She went on to play minor roles in RKO's feature film product, showing up as hat check girls, waitresses, and chorus dancers. Larger parts came her way in the studio's Tim Holt Westerns, in which she was usually cast as a damsel in distress. After leaving RKO, Elaine Riley freelanced at Paramount, Monogram, and other studios until around 1956.

The latest headlines... Sniper: Ghost Warrior Tactics Trailer - Screens King Arthur: The Saxons Expansion Pack Released DogFighter Coming to Steam June 14th Heroes In The Sky Closed Beta Goes Live Tomorrow Review: GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 Motherboard Review: A New 30" Contender: HP ZR30w LCD Monitor Review: Das Keyboard Model S Professional Safari 5 Released - Apple Plugs Four Dozen Holes Spam Masquerading as Twitter E-mails Lead to Phishing, Malware Just Announced Hardware for 9 June 2010 "Head on over to COMBATSIM.COM to read all these latest news entries!"

Humpity Hump Day. 61F and very humid. Another half an inch of rain yesterday. High reaching 81F. Hot and humid beginning Friday (90F) through the weekend is the forecast.

Cadillac Ad - June 1944 1940: German forces advancing South from the Somme capture Rouen on the Seine. The British 51st Highland Division and part of the French 10th Army withdraw towards St-Valery-en-Caux, hoping to be evacuated to England. 1941: Fire Service Council established in Britain, with 1,400 local brigades being merged in to 32 regional ones. *Lynn Merrick 1941: British advance 40 miles into southern Syria and the Lebanon capturing Tyre in the process. 1941: Italian casualties for May announced as 1,948 killed, 5,204 wounded and 27,292 missing. Lynn Merrick 1942: Heydrich lies in state in Berlin. Himmler calls him, ‘a noble, honest and decent human being’. 1942: The Japanese high command announces that "The Midway Occupation operations have been temporarily postponed." Lynn Merrick 1943: Tito is wounded during a German air attack. 1944: U.S. forces advancing from Utah Beach capture St. Mere-Eglise and cut the crucial road and rail links on the Cherbourg peninsula. Rommel puts all German forces in Normandy onto the defensive. Lynn Merrick 1944: The RAF fly from French airfields for first time since 1940. 1944: The U.S. Fifth Army is now 50 miles Northwest of Rome. Lynn Merrick 1944: The Russians launch a heavy assault on the Finnish forces in the Karelian Isthmus to the North of Leningrad, in an attempt to force them out of war. 1945: Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki announces Japan will fight to the very end rather than accept unconditional surrender. Lynn Merrick 1945: The Japanese on Okinawa's Oroku peninsula are reported as trapped. 1945: Tokyo radio says that 4.93m Japanese have been displaced by the bombing in the last three months. Lynn Merrick *Lynn Merrick, born Marilyn Llewelling on November 19, 1919 was an actress from Fort Worth, Texas, and a B-Western heroine of the 1940s. In 1940, Merrick was one of thirteen women selected by the Motion Picture Publicists Association as a "Baby Star" ("Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars" 1941) (as Marilyn Merrick), a selection process which was meant to highlight the most promising new film stars. This event where eight directors and eighteen former Wampas (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) stars act as judges in choosing 1941's crop of future stars. The chosen lucky thirteen were formally introduced at a coming-out party, known as the Frolic, an event covered by the media much like today's Academy Award ceremonies. She was "Marilyn Merrick" during her earliest film work, but that was changed to "Lynn Merrick". Her first film work as "Marilyn Merrick" was in "'Til We Meet Again" (1940) and the last in "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" (1940). Perhaps she became Lynn at the time - or soon after - she connected with Republic Pictures. Merrick made the bulk of her films during the 1940's, starring in 22 feature films for Republic Pictures. Sixteen of those films were Don Barry westerns. Her first Barry film was "Two Gun Sheriff" (1941), and her last was "Fugitive from Sonora " (1943). She later worked for Columbia Pictures, where she starred in several films alongside actors Richard Dix, Chester Morris, and Warner Baxter, starting with the film "Dangerous Blondes" (1943) and ending in the film "I Love Trouble" (1948). By 1947 she, for all practical purposes, had retired from acting. Her final film was actually in 1954, titled "Escape from Terror" starring and directed by Jackie Coogan. She had no known roles between 1947 and 1954, and none following 1954. During her career spanning 1940 to 1947, she starred in 45 films. She was married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to actor Conrad Nagel, and her second was to producer Robert Goelet Jr. She had no children. She died on March 25th, 2007, at her home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trivia: Is dubbed "Zoom Girl" by the sailors in the torpedo shop at San Diego Naval Air Station during WWII. First husband, Conrad Nagel was well over 20 years older than she when the couple married. Her second husband, Robert Goelet Jr. was a year younger. Both marriages ended in divorce. She had no children. Attempted suicide with pills in March of 1950 but the incident, triggered by domestic troubles, appeared more of a cry for help. When she and fortune heir Robert Goelet Jr. married in 1949, his countess mother, Donna Fernanda di Villa Rosa, the Princess Riabouchinsky of Florence, disinherited him. Following her acting career, Merrick would go on to work in the fashion industry and serve as an executive field director for the Barbizon School of Modeling from 1967 to 1974. In later years she worked in sales at department stores in both California and Florida.

The latest headlines... ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead Preorders Men of War: Vietnam Becomes Official Review: Thermaltake Armor A90 Mid-Tower Case Just Announced Hardware for 8 June 2010 "Not much time for news today cuz I'z gotz a hot date with a hot babe! So you can just go ahead and head on over to read today's news stories hosted by COMBATSIM.COM!"

Jack Harrison died at age 97 As a camp gardener, Harrison helped dispose of the dirt excavated from three escape tunnels. He was 98th on the list of some 200 inmates designated to make the escape on March 24, 1944, but only 76 got away before guards detected the breakout and raised the alarm. The breakout was celebrated in the 1963 film "The Great Escape."

When I was growing up (yeah, I'm still working on that) it wasn't rednecks, it was Bohemies. A lot of immigrants from Bohemia (a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech lands) settled around Eastern Iowa.

Redneck Fence... Redneck Hands-free Cell Phone Car Kit... Redneck Satellite Mounting Bracket... Redneck Luxury Conversion Van... Redneck Gang Bang...

:rofl:

Morning. Heavy rains predicted today. 65F with a high reaching 70F.

Bendix Aviation Ad - June 1944 1940: The British aircraft carrier Glorious is sunk by the German heavy battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, Southwest of Narvik. 1940: The evacuation of British and French troops (24,000 men) from Narvik and Harstad is completed. A Norwegian delegation negotiates with the Germans for a peace treaty. *Linda Stirling 1941: RAF launch biggest bombing raid yet on Germany with 360 aircraft. 1941: British, Commonwealth and Free French forces invade Syria and the Lebanon ('Operation Explorer') with air and naval support. The British offer Syria independence in an effort to stimulate Syrian revolt against their Vichy rulers. Vichy France protests vigorously at these British proposals. Linda Stirling 1942: Fifteen Poles, including 12 women are publicly hanged in Poznan. The bodies left hanging for 48 hours as a warning. 1944: The U.S. Fifth Army continues its drive North in Italy, taking Civita Castellana. Linda Stirling 1945: SHAEF reveal the details of the German plans to exterminate all Jews in Europe by the summer 1946. Linda Stirling *Born Louise Schultz on October 11, 1921 in Long Beach, California, Linda Stirling was a popular action star of serials in the 1940s. She studied music, dance, and drama as a child and received a scholarship to a Hollywood acting school. But she arrived in Hollywood to discover the school had closed, and she took a job as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre in Hollywood. She modeled in fashion advertisements and one ad led to a screen test. She was cast as a model in "The Powers Girl" (1943), but more importantly, she was again spotted in an advertisement, this time by executives of Republic Studios, who were looking for a beautiful but athletic woman to star in their upcoming serial, "The Tiger Woman" (1944). Despite having no experience in the kind of stunts and athletics that would be required, Stirling was able to convince not only the executives but ace stuntman Yakima Canutt of her capability. She won the role and a contract from Republic, and played hard-riding and -fighting heroines in numerous serials, Westerns, and low-budget adventure films over the next three or four years. She married a screenwriter for Republic, Sloan Nibley in 1946 and shortly thereafter retired from movies. She made a few guest appearances on television in the 1950s, such as "The Adventures of Kit Carson" (1954-1955), "The Man Behind the Badge" (1955), "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1956) and "The Real McCoys" (1959). After he career as an actress ended, and her children had grown, Stirling enrolled at UCLA, eventually earning a BFA, an MA, and finally a PhD in English literature at the age of 50. With her degree in hand, Stirling began a new career as a teacher of college English and Drama in the 1960s at Glendale College in Glendale, California between 1967 and 1990. In her later life, Stirling sought to distance herself in the classroom from her Hollywood past, but still remained active on the film convention circuit until the last years of her life. She also appeared in a 1990 documentary on Republic Pictures, the studio where she did the bulk of her work; her husband, Sloan Nibley, who wrote many of her films, died the same year. She was widowed in 1990 and died of cancer in Studio City, Los Angeles, California on July 20, 1997. TRIVIA: Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) Mother of Christopher Nibley and Timothy Nibley. Cousin of actor Harris Yulin and Gwen Welles.

The latest headlines... Crysis 2 E3 2010 Teaser Trailer F.E.A.R. 3 E3 2010 Trailer Strike Delays Bad Company 2 Patch New Hyper Reality Visor Gameplay Video for Blacklight: Tango Down Released Men of War: Assault Squad - 20 New Screens Red Faction®: Armageddon Announced Gold - ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi Unleashed On D-Day New Infantry Fighting Vehicles Revealed for Combat Mission Shock Force: NATO Review: MSI X58 PRO-E Motherboard Review: Thrustmaster Ferrari F430 Force Feedback Wheel Microsoft Preps Patch to Fix 34 Security Holes in Windows, Office, and IE Just Announced Hardware for 7 June 2010 "A fresh week means fresh news at COMBATSIM.COM!"

I'd love to visit Montana someday.

Morning. Cool and clear. 58F with a high temp of 75F with a chance of showers later in the day.

Camel Cigarettes Ad - June 1944 1940: Allied troops fall back on Bresles front, 60 miles north of Paris. 1940: French bomb Berlin. 1940: King Haakon VII and the Norwegian government leave Tromsö for England. *Kerry Vaughn 1941: The first of five heavy night raids by the RAF begins on Brest as Prinz Eugen shelters there. 1942: General Erich von Manstein hurls his troops in the grand assault on the besieged port of Sevastopol in a two-pronged assault. The Soviets resist fanatically in excellent fortifications. The Germans gain ground but take heavy casualties, and have to bring in reinforcements to take the city. However, the continuous German attacks wear down the defenders ammunition supplies, which must be brought in by sea through a tight German blockade maintained by the Luftwaffe, E-boats, and Italian midget submarines. 1942: All Jews over six are forced to wear the 'Star of David' in Occupied France. 1942: The Japanese make landings on Attu and Kiska Islands in the Aleutian Islands. 1942: The US carrier Yorktown, having been damaged on the 4th June, is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine whilst enroute to Pearl Harbor for repairs. Kerry Vaughn 1944: British troops liberate Bayeux, five miles inland from the Normandy coast. All beachheads are reported as established. 1944: The British 2nd Division is now only 55 miles from Imphal. 1944: Mokmer airfield on Biak is captured by U.S. troops. Kerry Vaughn and husband Tony Fontane in a scene from "The Tony Fontane Story" 1944: The Americans take Civitavecchia on the western coast of Italy. 1945: King Haakon VII returns to Norway, on the fifth anniversary of his leaving the country. 1945: The first allied cargo ship for three years enters Wewak Harbour, in New Guinea. Kerry Vaughn *Kerry Vaughn was born on January 27, 1929 in Houston, Texas. Early in 1944 when producer Walter Wanger is looking for "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" for his upcoming "Salome Where She Danced", she is chosen as one of the seven Salome Girls. In January 1945, Kerry Vaughn is among seven starlets selected as the "best bets" for screen stardom in 1945. The others are Karen Randle, Daun Kennedy, Kathleen O'Malley, Barbara Bates, Poni Adams, and Joan Trent. On May 2nd, 1950 she marries 24-year-old singer Tony Fontane. She co-stars with Joan Shawlee in the film "Prehistoric Women" (1950). Kerry would appear in 13 films during her career, but 11 appearances were uncredited. In 1951 Kerry accompanies her husband on tour with with "Showboat" in Australia and Europe. On their return to the US, the Fontanes settle in Canoga Park, California. In January 1952, her daughter, Kerry Char'ae, is born in Los Angeles. On September 3, 1957 her husband is involved in a nearly fatal automobile accident in the San Fernando Valley where he's initially declared dead, but he miraculously recovers. Both she and Tony commit their lives and their careers to Christ and become gospel singers. Later in 1963, the Fontanes produce the autobiographic The Tony Fontane Story, featuring Tony, Kerry, and daughter Char'ae Fontane. Kerry becomes the widow of Fontane, who dies on June 30, 1974 at age 48 in Los Angeles of prostate cancer. Kerry Vaughn Fontane, dies at age 69 in Nashville, Tennessee, of cancer on November 20, 1996. Kerry's daughter, Char "Kaci" Fontane would go on to guest appearances on several popular TV shows during the 1970s, including "Love, American Style", "Barnaby Jones", and "The Love Boat". One of her most memorable performances was as a prostitute in the 1978 ABC television miniseries, "Pearl". She had a small role in the 1989 action film "The Punisher", which starred Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett, Jr. She also appeared Broadway in several productions, including "Grease". Char Fontane died at age 55 on April 1, 2007, in Marietta, Georgia from breast cancer.

Word of the Day: Flatulence Sorry...it just sorta came to me.

To those who survived and to those who died...

"Here, Betty Sue...hold my beer...ah always wanted to try this...shitfire, it's just a rental car anyway...who's a gonna find out?"

Oldsmobile Ad - June 1944 1940: Production of hundreds of household goods banned in Britain. All Germans and Austrians living in UK ordered to surrender their wireless sets. 1940: Air raids along many parts of East Coast of England. *Irene Manning - YANK Pin Up Girl 1940: U-46 sinks the British armed merchant cruiser Carinthia off the west coast of Ireland. 1940: German tanks in groups of 200 300 break through French line in two places on Somme front and Rommel's 7th Panzer Division advancing to the West of Amiens, penetrates 20 miles into French territory. During these breakthrough's the Germans suffer heavy losses at Amiens and Petonne. Irene Manning 1941: Hitler issues a directive for the implementation of the Kommissarbefehl (Commissar Order) which calls for the summary execution of all Soviet political commissars attached to the Red Army. This order is tacitly disobeyed by most German army and corps commanders who deem it contrary to German military custom and tradition. 1941: Act authorizing acquisition of idle foreign merchant ships by the US is approved. Irene Manning 1942: A German bomb, undiscovered for 13 months explodes. 19 people are killed, more than 50 injured and 300 families made homeless. 1942: German troops execute every male in the Czech village of Lidice (Bohemia) and then set fire to village in response to Heydrich's death. This event took place on June 6, 1944, and was reported in The New York Times the following day: (READ NY TIMES ARTICLE) Irene Manning 1944: Before dawn, the Allied Expeditionary Force of British, American, Canadian, Polish, and Free French troops begins Operation Overlord, the long-awaited invasion of France. After an intensive naval and aerial bombardment, the first wave of 5 divisions (156,115 men) are landed at designated beaches in Normandy named Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah. This is preceded by the British 6th Airborne Division which lands near Caen and some 12,000 paratroopers of the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions which are dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. These forces are supported by 1,213 warships, including 7 battleships and 23 cruisers, 1,600 auxiliary ships, and 4,126 landing craft, as well as massive British and American air support, which fly’s 14,674 sorties that day. Opposing them in their bunkers and on the beaches are 5 German infantry divisions with about 50,000 men and 100 tanks and assault guns. Despite some heavy casualties, especially by the American’s on Omaha Beach, the German defenders, stunned and surprised by the massive onslaught, are progressively overwhelmed, and most of the allied objectives are reached and secured by nightfall. There is very little opposition from the Luftwaffe or Kriegsmarine. 1944: The West Point Class of 1944, which includes John S.D. Eisenhower, son of the Allied commander in chief, graduates as the Allied landings are in progress in France. Young Eisenhower is immediately whisked to his father's headquarters in England, but his request to command a rifle platoon is turned down because of the risk that he might fall into enemy hands. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who was effectively functioning as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (a position that would not be formally created until after the war), visits his hometown of Hampton, Iowa on a well-publicized "sentimental journey" to see relatives and old friends. It is part of the deception effort to convince the Germans that the invasion of Europe would not take place while such an important officer was out of Washington. Irene Manning 1944: The Royal Navy loses the Destroyers Wrestler and Svenner, which was Norwegian. 1944: The French take Tivoli in Italy. Glenn Miller & Irene Manning - November 1944 1945: The Anniversary of D-Day, sees Eisenhower order a holiday for troops in Europe. Allied casualties from D-Day to VE-Day were 776,967 of which 141,590 killed. 1945: Naha airbase on Okinawa is now being used to hit Japan. Irene Manning *Irene Manning was born Inez Harvuot on July 17, 1912 in Cincinnati, Ohio in a family of 5 siblings. Her family loved to go on outdoor picnics where the featured activity was group singing. This family environment helped Irene to develop a keen interest in singing at a very early age. Her sisters later complained that little Irene would sing in her sleep, keeping them awake. While performing with an all-girl USO show in England, Irene was asked to perform with bandleader Glenn Miller shortly before his death in 1944. Miller was involved in making swing records to be broadcast into Nazi Germany as part of the American Broadcasting System in Europe or ABSIE. Because she had been a light opera star prior to World War II and was fluent in singing in German, she was asked to sing some American pop tunes which had been translated into German vocals. Her sides were some of the last records made by Glenn Miller, prior to being lost on an ill-fated flight to Paris over the English Channel in December 1944. She is probably best remembered as diva "Fay Templeton" in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) opposite James Cagney. In this film, Irene has a scene in which she has to simultaneously act, sing the song, "Mary," and play the piano all in the same take. This coordination of multiple talents takes concentration and is very difficult to complete live. Few Hollywood talents have ever executed these skills as well as Irene Manning, who was also a master sight reading musician. Also briefly known as Hope Manning during her first films, as she broke into the Republic Studio system in 1936. Her first film placed her as the lead actress in a western, "The Old Corral," opposite Gene Autry. (A young actor, named Dick Weston, later to be known as Roy Rogers, also appeared as a bad guy in this film.) Irene once said in gest that "she had left light opera for a horse opera." Of note, "The Old Corral" was the only Gene Autry film that ever received a "three star rating," and it has been voted the most favorite Autry movie by the Gene Autry Fan Club, partly in response to Irene's sophistication and vocal talent. By the early 1940s, Irene was employed in the Warner Bros studio system as a contract actress and singer. She was featured in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), "The Big Shot" (1942) opposite Humphrey Bogart, "Spy Ship" (1942) with Craig Stevens, the "Desert Song" (1943) with Dennis Morgan, and "Shine On Harvest Moon" (1944), co-starring Jack Carson, in addition to offering added glamour in "The Doughgirls" (1944) with Ann Sheridan and Alexis Smith and "Escape in the Desert" (1945) featuring Philip Dorn. Her contract was picked up by MGM to place her singing skills as a threat to Jeanette MacDonald, who was giving MGM fits over Jeanette's difficult demands. In private Irene, claimed that she was a better singer. Singing comparisons between Irene Manning and Jeanette MacDonald clearly indicate that Irene's assessment of her skills is correct. The problem between Jeannette and MGM subsided, and Irene's contract was dropped without any appearances in a MGM film. In all, Irene Manning made a dozen films. Although her film career is short, many of her film appearances are notable. In the "Old Corral" she gets to kiss Gene Autry (a rare event). "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is listed as one of the top 100 films of all time. "The Big Shot" is the second rated gangster movie of all time. In "Spy Ship," Irene plays the role of a female villain who collaborates with the Japanese military, not exactly a popular role during World War II. Probably the best reason to see the film is Keye Luke's brief appearance as a Japanese cultural envoy, Hiru. Yes, you guessed it, Hiru also is a spy. Keye Luke is most famous for playing the part of Master Po in the American TV Series "Kung Fu" with David Carradine from 1972-1975. Irene Manning is not known to be related to the late opera singer Clifford Harvuot. The musical stage took priority in the second half of the 1940s with "The Day Before Spring" on Broadway and both "DuBarry Was a Lady" and "Serenade" in London. She remained in England and appeared on her own BBC TV show, "An American in England" until 1951, when she returned to the United States for TV and nightclub work. Eventually she retired to teach acting and voice. She died aged 91 from congestive heart failure at her home on May 28, 2004 in San Carlos, California. TRIVIA: Toured with her own four-woman USO unit, performing for the Air Force and various hospital throughout England. Toured with Bob Hope during WWII. Irene married five times and was survived by her five stepchildren from her fifth (and final) marriage to space engineer and Lockheed executive Maxwell Hunter II, who died in 2001.

Bad storms in the area last night. A possible tornado caused damage to several houses in Maquoketa. No injuries reported. Currently clear skies and 56F, high of 78F and less humid.

Thanks for checking the map Deacon. I know it's your birthday and all. Just was wondering.

Yo Deac! Are you anywhere near where THIS SHIPWRECK was found?

The wreckage, hidden under the sand for centuries, became fully exposed after a winter of brutal Nor'easters, making it the oldest shipwreck found off the coast of North Carolina. Great find!