The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion

Friday, December 8, 2023

They're Asking Dear Old Santa for a Hupmobile -- December 8, 2023

Casper Daily Tribune, 16-December-1923

A young couple asks Santa for a Hupmobile. The Hupp Motor Car Company built Hupmobiles in Detroit from 1908 to 1940. "John M Whisenhunt and Company is Casper's Hupmobile Santa Claus."

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Happy Hanukkah, 5784 -- December 7, 2023

Happy Hanukkah, everyone.

Pearl Harbor Day, 2023 -- December 7, 2023

USN - Official U.S. Navy photo NH 63132 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

82 years ago a sneak attack by forces of the Japanese Empire sank or damaged much of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the territory of Hawaii. The Japanese Empire came to regret doing this.

When the attack started, destroyer USS Downes (DD-375) was in drydock next to destroyer USS Cassin (DD-472). A Japanese bomb landed between the two destroyers, which started fires that eventually caused munitions to explode on both ships. The machinery and other equipment were salvaged and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard built two new ships, sharing the names and hull numbers of the Downes and the Cassin. Both new ships served in the Pacific throughout the war.