Son of Sandor
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
Our Dad Alexander, Sandor in Hungarian. A first generation American. #WWII and 20 year veteran of the USAAC, USSAF, USAF Chief Master Sergeant. Our Mom Joyce his Australian war bride. Posts about #History, #Science, #Weather and Global Relations.
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May 29, 1945 #WWII "Bride" Ship Will Take 400 To America. A number will take young children.
Mom gets news that a ship is arriving to reunited her with Dad who returned to the US in June 1944. They were married in Sydney Oct 27, 1942. She has since given birth to a daughter Dad has never met.
Mom gets news that a ship is arriving to reunited her with Dad who returned to the US in June 1944. They were married in Sydney Oct 27, 1942. She has since given birth to a daughter Dad has never met.
#WWII Only one survivor, Ira Schab, 105, is slated to attend the 84th commemoration of the attack to be held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii.
Ira's son posted last week on X that Ira "Ike" is in poor health, but is rallying, and hopes he can attend the ceremony.
Ira's son posted last week on X that Ira "Ike" is in poor health, but is rallying, and hopes he can attend the ceremony.
Ivan W. Atkins Jr., who survived the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while serving with two of his brothers aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, died Oct. 27 at the age of 102.
Atkins was among the roughly dozen still-living veterans who survived the attack. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
Atkins was among the roughly dozen still-living veterans who survived the attack. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
Sailor who survived Pearl Harbor attack alongside his 2 brothers dies at 102
Ivan W. Atkins Jr., who survived the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, died at age 102.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#WWII Only one survivor, Ira Schab, 105, is slated to attend the 84th commemoration of the attack to be held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii.
Ira's son posted last week on X that Ira "Ike" is in poor health, but is rallying, and hopes he can attend the ceremony.
Ira's son posted last week on X that Ira "Ike" is in poor health, but is rallying, and hopes he can attend the ceremony.
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Today one Russian paper is crowing over reports of a US-Russia peace plan: “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine? That’s all in the past.” But the state of Russia’s economy is nothing to crow about: “Recession is almost inevitable.” Plus, one editorial, with two messages..? #ReadingRusia
"Recession in Russia almost inevitable" warns Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today one Russian paper is crowing over reports of a US-Russia peace plan: “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine? That’s all in the past.” But the state of Russia’s economy is nothing to crow about: “Recession is almost inevitable.” Plus, one editorial, with two messages..? #ReadingRusia
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Nov. 19, 1925: The Radio Art Players, whose program will start airing tonight on New York station WRNY, claim to be the first group of stage actors devoted to performing drama on the airwaves.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nov. 19, 1925: The Radio Art Players, whose program will start airing tonight on New York station WRNY, claim to be the first group of stage actors devoted to performing drama on the airwaves.
1950 Man of the Year: Sid Caesar (NBCTV) Woman of the Year: Faye Emerson (NBCTV and CBS-TV). Drama Show: Studio One (CBS-TV). Comedy Show: MiltonBerle (NBCTV). Commentator: John Cameron Swayze (NBC-TV). Quiz Show: Stop the Music (ABC-TV). Children’s Show: Kukla, Fran & Olli’e (NBC-TV).
Nov 20, 1950 TIME Radio Daily announced their favorite shows and performers of 1950. In TV documentary MARCH OF TIME’S Crusade in Europe (ABC) scored a repeat win. Documentary honors in radio went to NBC’s four-part atomic program The Quick and the Dead, starring Bob Hope. time.com/archive/6616...
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
1950 Man of the Year: Sid Caesar (NBCTV) Woman of the Year: Faye Emerson (NBCTV and CBS-TV). Drama Show: Studio One (CBS-TV). Comedy Show: MiltonBerle (NBCTV). Commentator: John Cameron Swayze (NBC-TV). Quiz Show: Stop the Music (ABC-TV). Children’s Show: Kukla, Fran & Olli’e (NBC-TV).
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Some false reports are circulating that Mt. Rainier is suddenly showing seismic tremor activity — this is not true. The signal being referenced is actually radio interference, most likely due to rime ice buildup on the antenna of one of our seismic stations.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Some false reports are circulating that Mt. Rainier is suddenly showing seismic tremor activity — this is not true. The signal being referenced is actually radio interference, most likely due to rime ice buildup on the antenna of one of our seismic stations.
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In today’s Russian papers: the new icebreaker Stalingrad, 14-year-olds can now be prosecuted for sabotage & “Russia’s industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline.” #ReadingRussia
"Russian industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline,” says Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In today’s Russian papers: the new icebreaker Stalingrad, 14-year-olds can now be prosecuted for sabotage & “Russia’s industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline.” #ReadingRussia
They often do this over the lake. Recently causing sonic booms.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
They often do this over the lake. Recently causing sonic booms.
Nov 18, 1950 Dr Alfred Kinsey, author of "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," has run into trouble with US Customs. Indianapolis Customs Collector Alden Baker refused to release a shipment of photographs and etchings Dr Kinsey intended to use in his new book about the sex habits of American women.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Nov 18, 1950 Dr Alfred Kinsey, author of "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," has run into trouble with US Customs. Indianapolis Customs Collector Alden Baker refused to release a shipment of photographs and etchings Dr Kinsey intended to use in his new book about the sex habits of American women.
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In Ravello I asked to thank the Nonna still in charge of the kitchen at our favorite restaurant. I told her my Uncle had fought in Italy in WW-II. "Before the Americans came, "she said, "the children had no shoes and no food." Quickly realized: SHE had been one of those children.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In Ravello I asked to thank the Nonna still in charge of the kitchen at our favorite restaurant. I told her my Uncle had fought in Italy in WW-II. "Before the Americans came, "she said, "the children had no shoes and no food." Quickly realized: SHE had been one of those children.
#WWII While Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, and Joachim von Ribbentrop were found guilty for conspiracy to commit acts of aggression against Poland for the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, Soviet leaders who were signatories to the very same pact were not charged with the same crime.
Today in WW2 History, 18 Nov 1945: 21 Nazi leaders were indicted at the first open session of War Crimes Tribunal. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=220
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#WWII While Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, and Joachim von Ribbentrop were found guilty for conspiracy to commit acts of aggression against Poland for the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, Soviet leaders who were signatories to the very same pact were not charged with the same crime.
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The extent of Epstein’s social network knows no bounds, but it certainly knows Donald Trump
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The extent of Epstein’s social network knows no bounds, but it certainly knows Donald Trump
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“The Russian car market is on the way to becoming like Cuba, or the USSR", reports one Russian paper today. Another writes about “the crisis in mortgages and housing construction.” #ReadingRussia
"Russia's car market on the way to becoming like Cuba, or the USSR” warns Russian paper
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November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“The Russian car market is on the way to becoming like Cuba, or the USSR", reports one Russian paper today. Another writes about “the crisis in mortgages and housing construction.” #ReadingRussia
On Dec 18, 1940, Hitler ordered an attack on the Soviet Union. The history of the Hitler-Stalin Pact ends on June 22, 1941. At the height of the Cold War, Stalin yearned deeply for the lost treaty. “Together with the Germans we would be invincible!” Stalin’s daughter remembered her father exclaiming
Today in WW2 History, 18 Nov 1940: [Photo] Molotov and Hitler in Berlin ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=15049
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
On Dec 18, 1940, Hitler ordered an attack on the Soviet Union. The history of the Hitler-Stalin Pact ends on June 22, 1941. At the height of the Cold War, Stalin yearned deeply for the lost treaty. “Together with the Germans we would be invincible!” Stalin’s daughter remembered her father exclaiming
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@sonofsandor.bsky.social Good morning. Mihara city is Clear weather. Today, “In the US, Lincoln delivers his ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’ speech at the dedication ceremony of the National War Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863).” #What_day_is_it? www.nnh.to/11/19.html
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@sonofsandor.bsky.social Good morning. Mihara city is Clear weather. Today, “In the US, Lincoln delivers his ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’ speech at the dedication ceremony of the National War Cemetery at Gettysburg (1863).” #What_day_is_it? www.nnh.to/11/19.html
Chosen by Theodore Roosevelt to redesign the coinage of the nation at the beginning of the 20th century, Gaudens $20 gold piece, the double eagle coin he designed for the US Mint, 1905–1907, is considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued.
Dad kept several examples in his shop.
Dad kept several examples in his shop.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Chosen by Theodore Roosevelt to redesign the coinage of the nation at the beginning of the 20th century, Gaudens $20 gold piece, the double eagle coin he designed for the US Mint, 1905–1907, is considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued.
Dad kept several examples in his shop.
Dad kept several examples in his shop.
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One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
"Half of all Russian clothes and shoe shops have shut down", says Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
None of Tahoe's resorts made the Top 10. Mt Bachelor in Bend, Oregon is only one of two resorts on the Top 10 on the West Coast.
HomeToGo’s 2025/2026 Ski Season Report takes into consideration the price of overnight accommodation, daily lift ticket rates, and total skiable acreage to find you the most turns for your dollar.
Where can you find the most ski turns for your dollar?: Tahoe ski resorts among U.S. list ranked on value
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Seven Tahoe Basin resorts are among 70 U.S. ski resorts ranked for visitor value, comparing cost and scale. HomeToGo’s 2025/2026 Ski Season Report takes into consideration th...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
None of Tahoe's resorts made the Top 10. Mt Bachelor in Bend, Oregon is only one of two resorts on the Top 10 on the West Coast.
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Six years after El Pueblo motel opened its doors, the motel’s proprietor, Philip Johnston, devised a plan to enlist Navajo men into the U.S. Marines Corps. Their mission: create a secret code based on the unwritten Navajo language.
In Arizona, a fading Route 66 motel hides a story of the Navajo Code Talkers
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November 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Six years after El Pueblo motel opened its doors, the motel’s proprietor, Philip Johnston, devised a plan to enlist Navajo men into the U.S. Marines Corps. Their mission: create a secret code based on the unwritten Navajo language.
Nov 16, 1950 The British Overseas Airways Corporation hoped to place Comet jet airliners into service to carry passengers by next September or October. When the Comet service was ultimately extended to Sydney the journey would be completed in 35 hours' flying time instead of the present 31 days.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nov 16, 1950 The British Overseas Airways Corporation hoped to place Comet jet airliners into service to carry passengers by next September or October. When the Comet service was ultimately extended to Sydney the journey would be completed in 35 hours' flying time instead of the present 31 days.
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There is a little story of the first attack I took part in last November after getting back to the outfit from the Hospital...We took Kirchberg and were the first U.S. troops to reach the Roer River - That was your birthday present. You didn't know you got a present did you?"
#WWII #29thDivision
#WWII #29thDivision
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There is a little story of the first attack I took part in last November after getting back to the outfit from the Hospital...We took Kirchberg and were the first U.S. troops to reach the Roer River - That was your birthday present. You didn't know you got a present did you?"
#WWII #29thDivision
#WWII #29thDivision
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My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity.
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity.
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
Over the summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced stricter enforcement of a 2013 rule of the Federal Highway Administration that said any art in crosswalks – apart from certain patterns in earth tones – degraded pedestrian safety.
Buddy Holly crosswalk in Texas hometown to be removed following order on roadway artwork
A crosswalk honoring Buddy Holly with a painted depiction of the rock and roll legend's iconic glasses will have to be removed from his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, city officials said.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
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CAL FIRE has relied on aircraft since the 1950s, and by the early ’70s we began building Helitack bases to put crews and helicopters where rapid initial attack mattered most.
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
CAL FIRE has relied on aircraft since the 1950s, and by the early ’70s we began building Helitack bases to put crews and helicopters where rapid initial attack mattered most.
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE