This is a wood engraving showing the "insurgents" at Harpers Ferry in 1859 interrupted by railroad workers.
- Illus. in: The life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie," ... New York : R.M. DeWitt,…
GREECE. AIR ATTACK WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WHICH CONFRONTED THE MOVING OF TRANSPORT ALONG THE ROADS ... WHEN POSSIBLE, ALL VEHICLES CARRIED A MAN ON THE RUNNING BOARD AS A LOOKOUT, AND THE HEAVIER TRANSPORT MOUNTED LIGHT MACHINE GUNS.
"Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" levels off for a run over target. Photo shows the chin turret with .50 caliber machine guns featured in later models. The B-17 weighed about 60,000 lbs., carried a bomb load of 6000 lbs., at a speed of approximately 300…