what was it?

zoobyshoe

During the conflict, he sometimes resorted to using old window panes scavenged from destroyed houses.

zoobyshoe

None of these.

Danger

I'll go back to my original train of thought then, but I don't think it's right. All that comes to mind is a war-time doctor who might have used glass for scalpels.

zoobyshoe

"The conflict" was none other than "The War Of Northern Agression."

Danger

I'm out then. I've never heard that term. To me, it could mean your Civil War, or the Korean conflict, Viet Nam... anything with north and south sides.

brewnog

I'm out too, but you knew that.

Ivan Seeking

I can't find anything.

zoobyshoe

"I wish that I was in the land of cotton
Old times there, are not forgotten,
Look away.......
Look away......
Look away......
*****land!

Danger

Right! Dixie Cups! I forgot that they used to be made out of glass.

Moonbear

So far it has something to do with the Civil War or the American South (The War of Northern Aggression I've now learned is what the Southerners call the Civil War...I never knew that before having always lived north of the Mason Dixon line). I can't find anything about scavenging of window panes other than in the general sense that everything was scavenged.

Danger

Well, my curiosity must wait. Bed time. See you tomorrow.

Ivan Seeking

Mathew B. Brady?

zoobyshoe

BINGO!!!!

Mathew Brady, the most famous photographic chronicler of the Civil War. 90% of Civil War pictures you have seen were by Brady.

Ivan Seeking

What was the Dixieland clue? Or was this just in reference to the Civil War?

zoobyshoe

Yeah, that was because no one seemed to have heard of "The War of Northern Agression". Just saying "Civil War" would have been too easy.

Ivan Seeking

It is estimated that over 1400 anti-aircraft rounds were fired in this little known California event. After all, there was a war on!

zoobyshoe

I believe you are refering to what might be called "The Battle of Los Angeles" when an air raid by the Japanese on that city was bravely repelled, despite the absense of any actual Japanese planes.

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