Although Charleston, Arizona was connected to many of the infamous characters associated with the OK Corral incident in Tombstone, it was nonetheless considered to be one of the more civilized towns in the area.
Friday, June 3, 1864, famous American automotive-industry pioneer Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950), namesake of the Oldsmobile & REO makes of motor cars, was born at the village of Madison in Lake County, Ohio.
Olds claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1894 & his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. The modern assembly line & its basic concept is credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved-Dash, beginning in 1901.
The 1903 photograph depicts Ransom E. Olds driving his steam-engine-powered racing car.
55 years ago, two USAF crews flew HH-3E Jolly Green Giant non-stop across the Atlantic (May 31, 1967). The 4,271-mile flight - which was the first non-stop transatlantic flight by helicopters - took 30 hours and 46 minutes, and required nine inflight refuelings. Major Herb Zehnder, one of the pilots on this flight, flew the exact same HH-3E, three years later as part of the daring attempt to rescue American servicemen from the Sơn Tây POW camp in North Vietnam.
Cerrillos Bakery (across from What Not Shop), Cerrillos, New Mexico
3 June 1941
Maori troops line up on the quayside at Alexandria in Egypt following their evacuation from Crete, 3 June, 1941. Between 28 May and 1 June 1941, 18,000 Australian, New Zealand and British troops were rescued by the Royal Navy following a week of bitter fighting against German Fallschirmjäger.
The 28th (Māori) Battalion, more commonly known as the Māori Battalion, was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Army that served during the Second World War. It was formed following pressure on the Labour government by some Māori Members of Parliament (MPs) and Māori organisations throughout the country which wanted a full Māori unit to be raised for service overseas. The Māori Battalion followed in the footsteps of the Māori Pioneer Battalion that served during the First World War with success, and was wanted by Māori to raise their profile, and to serve alongside their Pākehā compatriots as subjects of the British Empire. It also gave a generation of people with a well-noted military ancestry a chance to test their modern warrior skills. Raised in 1940 as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), the 28th (Māori) Battalion was attached to the 2nd New Zealand Division as an extra battalion that was moved between the division's three infantry brigades. The battalion fought during the Greek, North African and Italian campaigns during which it earned a formidable reputation as a fighting force which has subsequently been acknowledged by both Allied and German commanders. It was also the most decorated New Zealand battalion during the war. Following the end of hostilities, the battalion contributed a contingent of personnel to serve in Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, before being disbanded in January 1946.
Photograph taken by Lieutenant L.B. Davis.