G.I. Jive Radio

06/17/2024

Many of you know I have a 1944 Springfield M1 Garand that I love shooting. I think it's time to sell some more of my silver bullion and start looking at buying a Springfield M1903. I'd really like a M1 Carbine, but those are crazy expensive! I'd like to have a Finnish Mosin Nagant like White Death used as well. I guess I'll start looking around today for my next purchase.

06/15/2024

I had such a great day today! My Dad was elected President of the Atlanta WWII History Round Table, but the best part was riding with and having lunch with WWII veteran, Alan Kinder. He shared so many cool stories!

06/13/2024

Help me wish my good friend and WWII Veteran, Ray Williams, a Happy 100th Birthday today! Ray, was on the USS Cowpens in the Pacific Theater and survived Typhoon Cobra. Every plane on the carrier's deck ended up in the Pacific Ocean. Planes from his carrier were some of the first to land on mainland Japan. HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY!

06/12/2024

Hahaha!

06/10/2024

I hope to start adding the History in a Minute segments again next week. I've been really busy lately with travel and events. I attended the Eighth Air Force Historical Society Georgia Chapter meeting on Saturday and it was awesome! Our guest speaker has interviewed more than 200 WWII veterans and shared some of their interviews about D-Day. You can see me in the picture below. Kinda in the middle with the light blue shirt on. 😁

06/07/2024

Without a doubt, I know all the members of this group acknowledged the 80th Anniversary of D-Day today. I hope you had an opportunity to see some of the coverage from Normandy. They are called the Greatest Generation for a reason.

06/06/2024

Yup!

06/06/2024

The greatest generation. ❤️

06/05/2024

How cool is this! I've been watching the air traffic over Normandy, and look what I found! A Spitfire!!! (Click on the picture to see all the details.)

06/04/2024

My last birthday picture until next year. My last three gifts arrived today. Three cool WWII Lego/Cobi planes! I already had the P-51 Mustang there in the front.

06/03/2024

My Dad installed our front door RING camera today...

06/03/2024

I don't need a high capacity magazine in a plastic pistol. 🤣

06/03/2024

I had a great birthday today! I'm officially a teenager! Homemade chocolate cake, a few more Hot Wheels, and some ammo for my M1 Garand. Amazon is late with three more gifts that should come tomorrow. Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes on my earlier post! ❤️

06/02/2024

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY! I'M 13!

06/02/2024

Today, my Mom took me to the Hot Wheels Legends Tour. There were not many "real" cars, but a ton of Hot Wheels swag for sale. We had a lot of fun!

05/30/2024

Well, I had a amazing time in Savannah, Georgia last week for the Flags for the Fallen event at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. I'm back home now, and schools out for the summer. I should have more time to expand the station playlist (which is already over 500 songs), if I can do some chores around the homestead to earn some money to buy more albums. I need to get outside and weedeat some tomorrow.

05/29/2024

Sounds like freedom to me! ❤️

05/27/2024

I've seen several articles this weekend complaining about the high cost of food for Memorial Day cookouts. It's disappointing there are not more articles educating the public on the high cost of why we have a Memorial Day in the first place. We have a Memorial Day to honor the high cost paid by the soldiers that never returned home, so you could have a cookout in peace. (Picture taken at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Memorial Garden)

05/26/2024

I got to ride go-carts today with my sister! We got a three-hour wristband, so we got to ride a lot. Played some putt-putt too!

05/26/2024

My good friend Col. Brent Bracewell (Who I'm actually staying with all week.) and WWII Veteran Lucky Luckadoo (Who I've met several times.) were on LIVE television this morning!

Retired U.S. Army Black Hawk Pilot Col. Brent Bracewell and Mighty Eighth Air Force veteran Maj. John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo join ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the fallen heroes.

05/26/2024

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Memorial Garden. (Click on the video to enlarge the view.)

05/26/2024

I will be going "LIVE" here on my page from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Memorial Garden this afternoon around 2:00PM.

05/26/2024

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05/25/2024

After flying in the B-25 today, I had some beach time with my sister on Tybee Island. Like my shirt?

05/24/2024

Me in the tail gunner seat fighting off all the Zeros.

05/24/2024

Wow! What an amazing ride! Here are a few pictures. I'll share more, including some video later.

05/24/2024

I'm about to board the B-25, and they told me I will get some time during the flight in the tail gunner seat! Wow!

05/24/2024

Headed to the airport to climb aboard the B-25 Maid in the Shade. This will be by seat! You better look out Zeros, I'm coming for you!

05/23/2024

Tonight, I'm having dinner at a really cool restaurant called, Betty Bombers. It's in the same building where the Eighth Air Force was started on 28 January 1942 here in Savannah, Georgia. Look at the size of that root beer float! Yummy!

05/23/2024

Guess what? I'm so excited! My Dad just booked me a flight on the B-25 Maid in the Shade! My flight is tomorrow at 12:15pm, right after the opening ceremonies for Flags for the Fallen, which will include a flyover by the B-17 Sentimental Journey! Could this trip get any better? I can't wait until tomorrow!

"B-25J Mitchell “Maid in the Shade” was built in early 1944. She’s very rare – one of 34 B-25Js still flying. Nearly 10,000 were produced.

Used mainly as a low altitude strafe and skip bomber. Was used in America’s first large-scale bombing offensive in the Philippines - sunk 8 ships and shot down 5 planes."