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John

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.88
  • Clarity of Response 9.94
  • Politeness 9.98
  • Response Time(hr) 14.3
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 29.9
  • Total Questions 375
 Retired US Navy, stationed 10 years in Hawaii. Study of the early years of the Pacific War 1941-42, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. Easy access to actual sites in and around Pearl Harbor. More limited knowledge of general WWII history in the Pacific.

Paul Sutton

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.88
  • Clarity of Response 9.93
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Response Time(hr) 32.1
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 24.1
  • Total Questions 953
 I can answer questions on World War Two weapons, tactics, and strategy. I can answer questions on Weapons systems and their development. I can answer guestions on Space exploration history. I am a World War 2 expert. I study Military Weapons Systems and the usage of those systems.

Marc Leepson

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.84
  • Clarity of Response 10.00
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 13.3
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 19.0
  • Total Questions 76
 I can answer most questions dealing with all aspects of U.S. military history. My expertise is the Vietnam War. I also have written extensively about the U.S. Civil War, World War II, World War I, The Philippine War, and the American Revolution. My books include a concise biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, the history of the American Flag, and the post-Jefferson history of Monticello, and therefore know a great deal about those specific subjects.

Trevor Collette

Canada
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.88
  • Clarity of Response 10.00
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 38.7
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 63.4
  • Total Questions 202
 I can answer most specific questions regarding the war on the Eastern Front 1941-45 and general questions on WWII regarding the European Theatre of Operations. I can answer most questions on weapons and vehicles used in those areas of operation, Russian, German, Allied. I can also answer questions on contemporary weapon systems (land/sea/air), nuclear weapons and nuclear war fighting, biological and chemical warfare. I also have an interest in epidemiology and disease in history and Russian history during Stalin, specifically the GuLags.

Rizwan Saleem

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.89
  • Clarity of Response 9.79
  • Politeness 9.91
  • Response Time(hr) 47.9
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 28.4
  • Total Questions 382
 help in military history ,war tactics and mobalizations covering world war 2 , vietnam and the 1965,1971 indo-pak wars and some Special operations.

Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

Sweden
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.85
  • Clarity of Response 9.81
  • Politeness 9.94
  • Response Time(hr) 16.1
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 17.7
  • Total Questions 137
 I`m a retired Swedish military physician-surgeon with a big interest in military history - mainly European and especially of the Nordic-Scandinavian area. This also includes the history of military medicine.

Herb Swingle

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.81
  • Clarity of Response 9.85
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 9.4
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 1.2
  • Total Questions 67
 Civil War+Lincoln Assassination-Co-Author-"Authentic Civil War Stories"I researched both of my great grand fathers in the Civil War.I am not a student of ancient history.

Keith H. Patton

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.87
  • Clarity of Response 9.87
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Response Time(hr) 34.8
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 105.3
  • Total Questions 681
 I can answer questions pertaining to weapons and tactics, personalities, battles, and strategies in european and U.S. history.

Paul Edward Zukowski

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.82
  • Clarity of Response 9.80
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Response Time(hr) 11.8
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 13.9
  • Total Questions 581
 My interest is in the area US Military History. I have a special interest in US small arms. The Civil War, WWI and WWII are areas of special interest but I can handle questions on many areas of US military history.

Agha Humayun Amin Major (r) Tank Corps

Afghanistan
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.65
  • Clarity of Response 9.42
  • Politeness 9.69
  • Response Time(hr) 44.3
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 1.2
  • Total Questions 151
 My books and writings are available and can be downloaded from :-- http://www.scribd.com/AghaAmin below are URLs of my books on ww.scribd.com from where they can be downloaded in Pdf format:-- http://www.scribd.com/doc/23701412/1857 http://www.scribd.com/doc/21686885/Afghanistan-Taliban-War-as-Plotted-on-Maps-2004-2009 http://www.scribd.com/doc/21952758/1971-India-Pakistan-War http://www.scribd.com/doc/22455178/Letters-to-Command-and-Staff-College-Quetta-Citadel-Journal http://www.scribd.com/doc/22151765/History-of-Pakistan-Army-from-1757-to-1971 http://www.scribd.com/doc/23150027/Pakistan-Army-through-eyes-of-Pakistani-Generals http://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN Military History , Indo Pak Military History , Afghan History , Geopolitics,Low Intensity Warfare , Narco trafficking , Islamic Extremism MY BLOGS AND WRITINGS AND MAPS:--- http://low-intensity-conflict-review.blogspot.com/ ,(MAIN BLOG), http://strategist-7777.blogspot.com/ , (STRATEGY), http://int-history.blogspot.com/ ,(INTELLIGENCE HISTORY), http://indopakmilitaryhistory.blogspot.com/ , (MY BOOK ON INDO PAK WARS), http://book-reviews-citadel.blogspot.com/ ,(BOOK REVIEWS), http://pakistan-army-interviews.blogspot.com/ , (INTERVIEWS), http://red-army-afghan-war.blogspot.com/, http://india-pakistan-war.blogspot.com/, http://pakistan-observer.blogspot.com/, http://military-maps.blogspot.com/, http://natural-beauty-pavocavalry.blogspot.com/, http://human-nature-life.blogspot.com/ ,(MY BOOK-MANS ROLE IN HISTORY PLUS OTHERS), http://pakistan-observer.blogspot.com/, http://revolution-reader.blogspot.com/, http://militant-islam.blogspot.com/, http://drug-trafficking.blogspot.com/, http://guerrillareader.blogspot.com/,

Johnny Signor

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.62
  • Clarity of Response 9.82
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Response Time(hr) 9.4
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 14.7
  • Total Questions 148
 WW2 USAAF/USN/USMC flying unit emblem identification,Official and Unofficial types,some of thier aircraft used,WW2 era only please.

Richard V. Horrell

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.91
  • Clarity of Response 9.94
  • Politeness 9.94
  • Response Time(hr) 8.4
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 9.4
  • Total Questions 543
 Can answer: World War Two. Specifically, the troop transport ships that took US Military Personnel overseas & returned them to the US, 1941-47. Also, unit history of US Army QM, Signal, MP, Ordnance, Medical, Transportation & Engineer units that served during WW 2. The more obscure units are my specialty. If you have the APO that a Veteran sent letters from or received letters at, I can look up the history of that APO.

John Vargas

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 03/01/2012
  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 6.4
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 0.0
  • Total Questions 378
 I can answer both specific and general questions about U.S. Army, and Naval Aviation from 1913 to 1946, and WWII U.S. Airborne, to include key personalities, units, commands, and doctrines. My specialty is U.S. Aviation Badges (all Branches of the Service, from WWI to the Present), U.S. Airborne Badges (from WWII to the Present) as well as Aviation, Airborne, and Infantry Insignia (from WWI to the Present), both authorized and unauthorized, of the period. I have access to a vast personal library (as well as text from others...such as museums) of text, as well as actual badges and insignia that is specific to this period of history.

Alan F. Cagle

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 02/29/2012
  • Knowledgeability 9.85
  • Clarity of Response 9.89
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 22.6
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 20.2
  • Total Questions 235
 Specialize in WWII/Korean War, Army Enlisted Discharges (WD AGO Form 53-55) It is currently called the DD-214. I have a good general knowledge of the WWII and Korean Theatres of Operations. I can (usually) translate the military abbreviations on the form and provide some background on the soldier’s unit, its history and campaigns as well as providing additional reference sites for the user. I am a former US Army Infantry Officer on Active Duty during the Vietnam War.

LTC Robert A. Lynn, Florida Guard

U.S.
Unavailable
  • Knowledgeability 9.85
  • Clarity of Response 9.85
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Response Time(hr) 84.8
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 235.4
  • Total Questions 1119
 I can answer both specific and general military history questions from ancient times to the present. I also provide references and footnotes where I obtained the answers from.

Francesco Marchesani

On Vacation
returns 02/20/2012
  • Knowledgeability 9.67
  • Clarity of Response 9.67
  • Politeness 9.67
  • Response Time(hr) 56.8
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 69.3
  • Total Questions 223
 I have an indeep knowledge of European history, expecially Ancient, Roman and Medieval history. I focus my attention on military history as well; I have access to a university library with many ancient books.

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