research – Overland Trains

The United States Air Force Modern Day Project Iceworm

In the late 1950s, the United States Army (USAR) started carving ice tunnels in the Greenland ice shelf. The tunnels…

The Firestone 120x48x68 tires are arguably, one of the most recognizable features on the last 3 LeTourneau Overland Trains. These…

R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. drew a number of trailer concepts and trains before the 6 Overland Trains we know of today.…

These last couple of weeks have been full of interviews, both in-person, email, phone conversations, and one video chat. The…

Willow Freeze was a 5 phase maneuver during the winter of 1960-1961. It involved elements from the United States Army…

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During my trip to Texas last week, I was gifted these LeTourneau Technologies and LeTourneau, Inc. swag.

I traveled to Texas the week of May 16th for book research. I went through piles and piles of archival…

The Army’s Nuclear Power Program (ANPP) had 7 nuclear prototypes. One of those was the Power Barge Sturgis. It was…

For the most part, I work on some aspect of the book every day. Some days my actual job, the…

TRISO, or Tri-Structural Iso-Tropic particle fuel, contain uranium, carbon and oxygen fuel kernel. The kernel has three layers of carbon-…