What’s the purpose of the device on the muzzle?
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What’s the purpose of the device on the muzzle?
The face of a man one should not trifle with. His autobiography is available on Amazon. Apparently transcribed from conversations using sign language almost exclusively, which makes the depth of the subject matter a bit iffy to my critical eye. One wonders how much of the book sprung from the imagination of the fellow reading the signs...
I've been to the Greasy Grass three times. Sad place. Plenty of ghosts. Many depictions of the fight exist, several of them downright fanciful, but Paxton's rendering is pretty good. It hangs in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody.
I have the Anhauser Bush rendition of the last stand, also purchased at Cody Museum ( the best 2000 sq ft of retail space in North America as far as I'm concerned). The last two documentaries I've watched on the battle, after the square x square artifact search was done after the grass fire, both disagree with the fanciful "last stand" rendition that both our paintings seem to pass as the reality.
They both claim that the trail of Indian spent ammo opposed to the easily distinguished cavalry ammo would indicate that it was a running battle from start to finish. Basically it was the sparsity of empty cases where the battle ended, there was no more at the top of the hill than along the rest of the trail. If there was a substantial last stand there should have been a much more prevalence of ammo empties in the last location.
My great grandfather drove mule trains for the US Army. He was enroute to deliver to Custer when he got the news.
Im wondering if the the fella with the distinctive beard behind Custer is William Winor Cooke from Mt Pleasent just outside Brantford ..he was Custers best friend ...Custer spent a few summers at tye family house in Mt Pleasent Cooke is buried in the Hamilton cemetary accross from Dundurn Castle ebery year a group of American vets plant a US flag at the grave ...Cookes mom had his body returned to Canada on ice his revolver was sold a few years back for quite a few bucke Iirc around 300,000 his firearm was surrendered when the nativescwere disarmed when they crossed into Canada the escape the US army....Cooke had a very distictive beard like 2 long pointed sideburns .very interesting history well worth looking into ...his mom and Custers widow lived together im not sure for how long they together really worked hard to put Custer in a heroric light Cooke apparently didnt need the help he was very well thought of ....the familiy home is now a rest home its a very nice house theres alot more info about Cooke it really is an intetesting Canadian story
Chief Low Dog - an Oglala Lakota chief who fought with Sitting Bull at the Battle of Little Bighorn, c. 1881.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
There are several people in that painting who are identifiable…I purchased a print from the battlefield which had a legend identifying many of them and I believe you’re right…that Cooke is holding Custer from falling over. His pistol and holster (a Remington I believe) were auctioned off as there were no descendants interested in keeping them after they were recovered.
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Dark Alley Dan
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Interesting. Croat?
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I wish I could get imgur to post as a photo instead of a link....but this is an RCAF CH-178 (a leased Ukrainian Mi-17v) flown by CANSOF IVO Zangabad Afghanistan 2011
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Gracias Buckmastr... miss riding on the tail of that bird
Here you go
I had no idea we operated some of those. What’s the story there?
The CC-115 Buffalo will be retired at the end of the month from RCAF service (from 442 Sqn in Comox.)
The one in the photo, serial 115462, will be offered for sale together with 11465. Serial 115452 is going to CFB Borden for preservation.
