Male; lives in the Atlantic Time Zone. I was born and raised in Spryfield, and have lived in Yarmouth, my mother's home town, since 1995.
My user name is a satire of this guy, who I respected as a journalist and pundit during the 1980s and '90s. Sadly, he became a reactionary after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, DC, and later a paid shill for Big Oil.
Favorite quote:
"As is known, history has not only a more educational value. It is an inexhaustible fount of the people's practical life experience, acquired through heavy labour, blood and suffering, which doesn't lose its significance and importance with the passing years, especially in a moral - ethical sense. The use of this experience in contemporary relationships helps resolve the daily problems in our life more effectively. Building a bridge between the past and the present, we preserve a tight connection between the generations, which is also a cementing foundation of any healthy society." -- Valeriy Zamulin, Kursk - Controversial and Neglected Aspects, p. 60
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Order of the Red Banner
By order SV/2014/002q of the Red Army editor's group, I award you with the Order of the Red Banner for your contributions to enhancing English-language knowledge of the enormous sacrifice of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War. Buckshot06(talk) 07:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Order of the Red Banner
By order SV/2014/005q of the Red Army editor's group, I award you with an additional Order of the Red Banner for your contributions to enhancing English-language knowledge of the enormous sacrifice of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War. Buckshot06(talk) 07:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
For work on 81st Guards Rifle Division. Keep writing great new content! We need folks who can fill in the gaps, we didn't even know about. Sadads (talk) 03:40, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
The WikiProject Barnstar
For "consistent, solid work on Soviet division histories", I have the honor of presenting you with this WikiProject Barnstar. For the Military history WikiProject, TomStar81 (Talk) 09:36, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
For hard consistent work creating articles for the 300th - 332nd Rifle Divisions!! Buckshot06(talk) 11:34, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For the detailed Kerch-Eltigen Operation section in 318th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) - very good description of events, using multiple sources, probably representative of your enormous output!! Keep up the good work!! Buckshot06(talk) 08:36, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Many many thanks for all your super hard work this year, popularizing the Red Army's history at a much lower level, from the newly available sources!! Buckshot06(talk) 02:44, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For all your work with Soviet military history. Incredible job! Ed[talk][majestic titan] 04:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
By Order 24/2021/Z of the Red Army Editors' Group, I am pleased to award you this heartfelt barnstar for the staggering, detailed writeup of both the 1940 and 1941 formations of the 160 sd, the 160th Rifle Division!! Very good work!! Your contribution to mutual Western - Russian understanding in these frigid times will assist!! Buckshot06(talk) 06:27, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves for This editor is near-tirelessly working through creating detailed divisional histories of large numbers of Red Army Second World War rifle divisions, greatly contributing to making this material accessible beyond those who can afford to buy expensive library subscriptions or books such as those by David Glantz. Gog the Mild (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
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