The problem was deadly serious: In 1943, U.S. bombers in Europe were being shot down at an alarming rate. But one attempted solution provides a smile some 67 years later: an unloved American fighter stripped of its guns, painted clown-orange, and sheathed with armor that made it fly like an anvil, so that aerial gunnery students in B-17s and B-24s could shoot at it.
Category: Bremen, Germany
Feb. 12: Immigration, Catholic school and garbage bags
Reports state on 09 February 2017 that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, California, is considering arguments over lifting a temporary halt to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, from seven predominantly Muslim countries, where a decision will be reached this week. EPA/NPS HANDOUT MANDATRY CREDIT: NPS HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Cleveland: My grandfather Albert Joseph Bialek came to the United States from Poland in 1910.