Still Bupkis

I still got nuthin. Any of youse have any blog fodder suggestions?

I’m reading a single volume biography of Churchill by Martin Gilbert. Not too shabby. Minor references to Winston carrying the C96 Mauser weapon system in Sudan and South Africa. Not much gun content there. He even shot it in anger in both places. I’m only up to the mid 1930s, and there is a lot that’s happened to the man so far. I wonder if his life going to get eventful in the rest of the book. Gilbert was the Official biographer, but was able to pare the original 8 volume work down to 1000 pages for THIS version. It was recommended to me by a Churchill enthusiast and is worthy of the recommendation, in my opinion.


The other book I have on my plate is about George McGovern flying B-24 Liberators. Stephen Ambrose wrote it. Apparently McGovern was the way he was because he would do a gymnastics tumble and his Coach called him a coward. Anyway it’s a very approachable book, and don’t let McGovern’s presence turn you off of it. It’s called The Wild Blue…

Gun content? The .50 cals on board the bombers.