Colonel Paul’s Corner – Women Pilots in World War II
Three countries used women pilots in WWII – England, the United States, and the Soviet Union. In the U.S. and England, they were primarily used to deliver... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Heavy Bombers of WWII
In 2015, I met Richard Bushong. He was a B-17 pilot volunteering as a docent at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Tucson. Richard was a slim and trim …... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Admiral Hyman G. Rickover vs The U.S. Navy
Each year the Navy would put Admiral Rickover’s name on the retirement list. Each year Admiral Rickover would call his friends in Congress and have his name removed... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Strategic Air Command – Gone But Not Forgotten
The emblem was a shield showing a mailed fist holding lightning bolts and the motto was “Peace is our Profession”. The legendary Strategic Air Command was older... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Concentration Camp
The “Concentration Camp” was not a Nazi invention. It was used by the British during the Boer War in South Africa. The British reasoned that if they took the... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Our Nuclear Navy
The U. S. Navy was established on 13 October, 1775, making it now 250 years old. The Navy’s oldest warship still in commission today is the USS Constitution nicknamed,... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – A Higher Call
Second Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot, had flown in combat since 1939 both in North Africa and after Germany’s defeat there, in the skies over... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – The Manhattan Project
In August 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt received a letter signed by Albert Einstein. The letter was not written by Einstein, rather by three of the world’s... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Some Never Came Home
I visited the Normandy American Cemetery in 2018. A fellow veteran and I stood a short distance away on Omaha Beach at sunrise, 6 June. One year before the big …... Read more.
Colonel Paul’s Corner – Titan II Our Biggest ICBM
In the 1970s the U.S. had 1054 land based Intercontinental Ballistic missiles. One thousand Minuteman and 54 Titan IIs. The Titan II was located in three... Read more.