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« Reply #480 on: December 08, 2025, 07:44:49 AM »
When I was stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, I was in building 55 barracks in Ford Island which was within easy walking distance from Battleship Row where the USS Arizona memorial/monument was. The Barracks used to be Pacific Fleet administrative offices in World War 2 and in the 1960's/1970's, they built more modern headquarters and then they turned Building 55 into barracks. I was in the Gold crew of the USS Robert E. Lee, SSBN-601, which actually was in Guam since she was a Polaris submarine nuclear  ballistic missile with a relatively short range of 2,000 miles, so they would transport our crew from Hawaii to Guam normally in a C-5 or C-141 transports since Guam is about 3500 miles from Hawaii. This photo is of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor before the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.

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« Reply #481 on: December 09, 2025, 08:09:27 AM »
During Christmas Time, the Rockefeller center usually has a huge Christmas tree placed in front of it.  :)

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« Reply #482 on: December 23, 2025, 07:40:37 AM »
Equitable building 1915.  :)

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« Reply #483 on: December 25, 2025, 06:35:52 AM »
Merry Christmas to you all or y'all.  :)

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« Reply #484 on: December 30, 2025, 08:42:21 AM »
The Transamerica tower was a big deal in the 1960's.  :)

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« Reply #485 on: January 03, 2026, 09:09:12 AM »
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« Reply #486 on: January 03, 2026, 09:51:37 AM »

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« Reply #487 on: January 05, 2026, 08:41:19 AM »
Just like the Japanese first attacked Pearl harbor in Hawaii first, if we have a war with China, they will first attack the Guam Naval base since it is relatively close to China.  >:(

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« Reply #488 on: January 08, 2026, 08:43:10 AM »
When I was a kid in the 1960's, one of my favorite TV shows was Gunsmoke which was supposedly in Dodge City, Kansas, and I was saddened when in 1975, CBS network canceled the show, but in 2024 I visited the town, and the Boot Hill is still there and it brought back many memories of the TV show which was on TV from 1955 until 1975. If you want to see true Old West history, go to Dodge City.  :)

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« Reply #489 on: January 09, 2026, 09:23:36 AM »
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« Reply #490 on: January 09, 2026, 04:46:06 PM »
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Holy crap, talk about cookie cutter houses!   :o

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« Reply #491 on: January 11, 2026, 08:28:11 AM »
A German built World War 2 bunker in the Netherlands. :P

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« Reply #492 on: January 12, 2026, 08:02:12 AM »
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« Reply #493 on: January 13, 2026, 06:11:58 AM »
Back in 1993, there was a great Western movie by Kurt Russel about a real legendary town, Tombstone.  :)

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« Reply #494 on: January 20, 2026, 09:23:47 AM »
My Mother's older sister was born in Bastrop, Texas over 100 years ago and this is what it looks like now.  :)