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| U.S. Army officers posing with captured German steins during the first World War. Courtesy of periodpaper/ebay.com |
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| The men of the 300th Combat Engineers kicking back a few bottles. Courtesy of www.300thcombatengineersinwwii.com/camp.html |
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| U.S. Air Force fighter pilots enjoy a break from the Korean War, in early 1953. Courtesy of egrandcirque.tumblr.com |
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| Sailors on board the USS Collenton drinking—what appears to be—Ballantine, during the Vietnam conflict. Courtesy of mrfa.org |
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| SPC Sung Kim (R) and his friend SPC Contreras (L) sampling $1 Heinekens and Coronas, at Camp Lemonnier in Dijbouti, during Operation: Iraqi Freedom. Courtesy of drivetosouthamerica.com |
You've reminded me of my favourite US in Iraq story from Forward Operating Base Kalsu.
ReplyDeleteFOB Kalsu was founded by the 105th MP Co., a NYNG unit out of Buffalo. Bob Kalsu was an All-American football, as well as an 8th round, 1968 draft pick for the Buffalo Bills, who was killed in Vietnam. FOBs are generally named after those KIA, so your comment is especially appropriate today.
DeleteMemorial Day has its roots in Decoration Day from the American Civil War [ACW].
ReplyDelete... The initiator being the GAR [Grand Army of the Republic (Union veterans)] or the UDC [United Daughters of the Confederacy] depending our your inclination.
... There were not many breweries in the Colorado Territory during the ACW; probably dozens in the State of New York.