Arms collecting and nostalgia

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi Jim,
1871, here's a short history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ition_to_Korea

My Regards,
Norman.

This is fascinating !!! I had not known of these events, and its amazing how much foreign intrigue went on in these times that was apparently overshadowed by larger scope conflicts in China (Peking 1900, Boxer Rebellion) and the Russo-Japanese war 1904-05.

Speaking of Korea, as a young lad, though only 5-6 years old, I was always fascinated by words so was reading in degree the news on the Korean War (1950-53). As my dad was pilot, we were around guys who flew F-86s etc.and we saw "Bridges at Toko-Ri" with William Holden. While obviously a bit out of the realm of arms collecting, the influence factor is much the same. Our 'collecting' in this aspect became model airplanes of course.