Victoria Cecelia Pierscinski Johnston
“Centenarian Mother of Seven”
July 16, 1920 - September 24, 2020
Born in San Francisco to Polish Immigrants, a first generation American, Victoria grew up in San Francisco then moved to farms and the coast of California as a child. Her father was the lighthouse keeper at Yerba Buena Island and Palos Verdes. Thriving in the 20’s despite the poverty of the great depression, she proudly enrolled at U.C. Davis as a home economics major just before the US entered World War II.
There she met the love of her life when “this handsome 2nd Lieutenant from New Jersey introduced himself to me”. Their life long marriage produced seven children in its first 20 years.
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Forgotten Firearms: 5 Guns the U.S. Army Said No Way To
While we won t claim this is comprehensive, here are our top picks of some of the worst U.S. Army guns ever. Thankfully, most never saw wide service on the battlefield, or none at all.
Firearms design isn t easy, and even trained engineers have had trouble turning a concept into a reliable weapon. And while countless small arms used by the United States Army became the stuff of legend, for every success like the Thompson submachine gun or M1 Garand there are those guns that are best forgotten. While we won t claim this is comprehensive, here are our top picks of some of the worst U.S. Army guns ever. Thankfully, most never saw wide service on the battlefield, or none at all.