Monthly Archives: March 2022

John Glenn & Ted Williams: The Flying Leathernecks

March 3, 2022 | by Al Hunter

On February 16, 1953, a wounded fighter jet approached the airfield at Suwon, Korea. The plane’s radio was inoperable, its hydraulic system gone, and it was trailing smoke and bleeding fluids. Its streaming 30-foot ribbon of fire all indicated serious danger. The pilot brought his hobbled midnight-blue F9F Grumman “Panther” … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 4-10

March 3, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, March 9, 1922: Only nine ex-service men are currently tubercular patients at Sunnyside Sanitarium according to the monthly report submitted to the county commissioners by superintendent Dr. Harold Hatch. “The veterans’ bureau is paying us $3 (2020: $47) per day for the maintenance of six … Read More

Free is Good!

March 3, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Some folks collect coins or stamps, some prefer the glamor of 1800s French furniture and then there are those who invest their money in fine art. But, if you are looking for a genre of collecting that won’t break the bank, why not try your hand at the wide and … Read More