Random history shit that doesn't fit elsewhere

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Great grandfather was an Austro-Hungarian officer on that front. I've got a copy of his record courtesy of the archives in Vienna, but it's faded and in gothic script so we can't make out too many details. His 14 combat medals were taken by the Soviet Army when they took Vienna in 1945, but he managed to hide his saber - I've had it for 40 years as the only grandson of his only son. I do know that he contracted typhus on the Galician front and spent most of 1916 in the hospital before being reassigned to the Italian front
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Those retard Hapsburgs should have given away their crappy little empire and saved the world a lot of trouble.
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Franz Ferdinand wanted to power-share with the Slavs like they were doing with the Hungarians, which was one of the reasons the radical Serbs wanted him dead

Great grandfather had been decommissioned in 1913 after twelve years of service; they brought him back when the war started. By 1918 he was one of the most decorated soldiers in the army and Kaiser Karl had personally awarded him with one of the later combat medals. After the war he became a local police chief somewhere in the Vienna suburbs, probably Hietzing, and died in 1937 supposedly of a broken heart after his youngest daughter Lily committed suicide

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Site- R "Raven's Rock"​

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... amongst the various Cold-War bunkers built by the US Govt, Site-R remains one of my favorites. Unlike Cheyenne Mountain and the Greenbriar Bunker it's not on 'Myth-busters' or The National Geographic channel every other week.
Completed in 1953 and located in rural Pennsylvania speculation remains as to upgrades it has received over the years. Is it the HUCC (Hardened Underground Command Center)? Which means 'super-duper' hardened. Cut to scene of The President brushing the rock dust off his shoulders, shaking his fist at the ceiling and yelling "... 50 megatons, is that all 'ya got!"

We do know, from this nifty photo that Boris and Natasha provided, that mainly black or white SUVs and pick-up trucks are parked there. Except for the yellow Prius that probably belongs to that 'pinko' down in research!
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CSB Tim. I’ve been inside Cheyenne Mountain. Saw lots of *REDACTED* and *REDACTED*. Also talked to a guy about *REDACTED* technology.

Hopefully @NSA_Dawg approves of my redactions.
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Did you see the Stargate?
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https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/east-ohio-gas-co-explosion-and-fire

The EAST OHIO GAS CO. EXPLOSION AND FIRE took place on Friday, 20 Oct. 1944, when a tank containing liquid natural gas equivalent to 90 million cubic feet exploded, setting off the most disastrous fire in Cleveland's history. Homes and businesses were engulfed by a tidal wave of fire in more than 1 sq. mi. of Cleveland's east side, bounded by St. Clair Ave. NE, E. 55th St., E. 67th St., and the MEMORIAL SHOREWAY. At approx. 2:30 P.M., white vapor began leaking out of Storage Tank No. 4, which had been built by the East Ohio Gas Co. in 1942 to provide additional reserve gas for local war industries. The gas in the tank, located at the northern end of E. 61st St., became combustible when mixed with air and exploded at 2:40 P.M., followed by the explosion of a second tank about 20 minutes later. The fire spread through 20 blocks, engulfing rows of houses while missing others. The vaporizing gas also flowed along the curbs and gutters and into catch basins, through which it entered the underground sewers, exploding from time to time, ripping up pavement, damaging underground utility installations, and blowing out manhole covers. The immediate area surrounding the burning district was evacuated and refugees were sheltered in Willson Jr. High School on E. 55th St. where the Red Cross tried to care for approx. 680 homeless victims.

 
https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/east-ohio-gas-co-explosion-and-fire

The EAST OHIO GAS CO. EXPLOSION AND FIRE took place on Friday, 20 Oct. 1944, when a tank containing liquid natural gas equivalent to 90 million cubic feet exploded, setting off the most disastrous fire in Cleveland's history. Homes and businesses were engulfed by a tidal wave of fire in more than 1 sq. mi. of Cleveland's east side, bounded by St. Clair Ave. NE, E. 55th St., E. 67th St., and the MEMORIAL SHOREWAY. At approx. 2:30 P.M., white vapor began leaking out of Storage Tank No. 4, which had been built by the East Ohio Gas Co. in 1942 to provide additional reserve gas for local war industries. The gas in the tank, located at the northern end of E. 61st St., became combustible when mixed with air and exploded at 2:40 P.M., followed by the explosion of a second tank about 20 minutes later. The fire spread through 20 blocks, engulfing rows of houses while missing others. The vaporizing gas also flowed along the curbs and gutters and into catch basins, through which it entered the underground sewers, exploding from time to time, ripping up pavement, damaging underground utility installations, and blowing out manhole covers. The immediate area surrounding the burning district was evacuated and refugees were sheltered in Willson Jr. High School on E. 55th St. where the Red Cross tried to care for approx. 680 homeless victims.
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130 people died in that one.

Truly grim.
 
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