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Posted: 5/11/2021 10:40:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By buckstrucks: @Mal_means_bad USS Duane has to be USCGC Duane WPG33. Do you have any more info on this, or where it came from? http://www.dalerooks.org/ Welcome to the USCG Cutter Duane Photographic Record of the World War II Convoy Escort Command Ship for the Invasion of Southern France and the ship's 49-year history before WW2 and up to its 1985 final and current location. Also included are photos of the invasion at Toulon, and visits to Rome and other Mediterranean cities during WW2 in 1944. The photos in all four books are by Dale Rooks, chief photographer aboard the Duane. We welcome referrals to other web sites that have photos of WW2 in Europe and names of relatives shown in the pictures of the crew of the Duane. Please contact us at [email protected] for adding information to the site. Photo albums: Invasion Flagship Riviera Beachhead Places I've Been Rome Other photos here, including the friendly whores (explore "topics" links at the right): http://www.johnbakerswarbook.org/ Did you have family on Duane? |
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Posted: 5/12/2021 6:32:56 AM EDT
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 Guess who are these guys. |
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Posted: 5/12/2021 6:47:23 AM EDT
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Leprechauns.
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Posted: 5/12/2021 6:59:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ACDer]
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Quote HistoryThe are carrying lee enfields. I'll go with the leprechaun theme and say Irish Army. |
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Posted: 5/12/2021 7:08:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer: The are carrying lee enfields. I'll go with the leprechaun theme and say Irish Army. Yep. |
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Posted: 5/12/2021 7:09:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: texashomeserver]
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 Cleaned up -   345th FG insignia. 
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Posted: 5/12/2021 9:20:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/13/2021 8:17:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/14/2021 12:39:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/james-stewart_jpg-1941243.JPG Heck of A Man. Had to 'weasel' his way in to the Army Air Corp due to being underweight, no pun intended. Also flew on a combat mission in Vietnam. He was along as an 'official observer' but was qualified to pilot a B-52. |
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Posted: 5/14/2021 1:46:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/james-stewart_jpg-1941243.JPG https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196679/brig-gen-james-m-stewart/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/10/jimmy-stewart-was-a-two-star-general-in-the-u-s-military/ 
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Posted: 5/14/2021 8:43:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hdhogman: Heck of A Man. Had to 'weasel' his way in to the Army Air Corp due to being underweight, no pun intended. Also flew on a combat mission in Vietnam. He was along as an 'official observer' but was qualified to pilot a B-52. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 5:06:44 PM EDT
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 B-17G Fortress “Liquid-8-Or” of 569th Bomb Squadron dropping cases of “10 in 1” rations into Holland during Operation Chowhound aimed at breaking the famine in western Holland, May 3 1945.  Leichter Radschlepper Laffly W15T Gepanzerte Ausführung, a 251 hull attached to a French Laffly truck chassis. Possibly only two of these conversions were done in France by Baukommando Becker in 1943  The Tank Museum has the last surviving Boarhound. It was designed by General Motors to meet British requirements for a heavy vehicle suitable for desert conditions in 1942. Completed too late for use in the North African campaign, it was seen as impractical for use in Europe. |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 5:11:49 PM EDT
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 Pfc Alton W. Knappenberger |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 5:26:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hdhogman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/GRvsWsz.jpg B-17G Fortress “Liquid-8-Or” of 569th Bomb Squadron dropping cases of “10 in 1” rations into Holland during Operation Chowhound aimed at breaking the famine in western Holland, May 3 1945. https://i.imgur.com/b9ycnCt.jpg Leichter Radschlepper Laffly W15T Gepanzerte Ausführung, a 251 hull attached to a French Laffly truck chassis. Possibly only two of these conversions were done in France by Baukommando Becker in 1943 https://i.imgur.com/3YQa8DA.jpg The Tank Museum has the last surviving Boarhound. It was designed by General Motors to meet British requirements for a heavy vehicle suitable for desert conditions in 1942. Completed too late for use in the North African campaign, it was seen as impractical for use in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-in-1_food_parcel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-in-1_food_parcel |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 9:19:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By texashomeserver: https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/186488323_990964625063191_8665281121485024445_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=sGmb5SHlNSUAX8gfpkI&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=749dc581b6570a59de11d6c705220689&oe=60C6689C Pfc Alton W. Knappenberger 3rd Infantry BAR men didn't have a particularly great life span as they fought up through Southern France into Germany. My guess is PFC Knappenberger's BAR needed a good cleaning from laying down a lot of fire. |
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Posted: 5/17/2021 12:54:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/17/2021 2:21:41 PM EDT
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It is beyond my reasoning capabilities that after fighting so fiercely, bravely and valiantly to be grievously wounded knowing that the War that you fought in for years was coming to an end very soon and you're anticipating returning home to the 'Good Old USA' and knowing that you'll soon be dead.
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Posted: 5/19/2021 4:49:47 PM EDT
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 Wreckage burns from two Marine F4U Corsairs that collided at what appears to be Barakoma airfield on Vella Lavella Island in the Solomons, late 1943 or early 1944. |
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Posted: 5/19/2021 5:44:08 PM EDT
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Target practice on the deck of U-177
 Attached FileU-177 is the only U-boat to have successfully used the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 observation platform, an unpowered helicopter with rotors turned by wind created by towing, spotting and sinking a Greek merchant ship off Madagascar  Attached File Attached File Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze deployed from an U-boat (c1942) |
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Posted: 5/19/2021 7:09:22 PM EDT
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Lt. Col. Louis Houck, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the “Hell Hawks” of the 365th FG of the 9th Air Force sporting his custom-made headgear with devil horns. In 1944, he wiped out almost an entire German convoy single-handedly.
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Posted: 5/19/2021 7:19:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Target practice on the deck of U-177 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/7ltn5f_jpg-1948373.JPG U-177 is the only U-boat to have successfully used the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 observation platform, an unpowered helicopter with rotors turned by wind created by towing, spotting and sinking a Greek merchant ship off Madagascar https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1942_Focke-Achgelis-Fa-330-Bachstelze__j-1948380.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/focke-achgelis-fa-3302_jpg-1948381.JPG  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NtI-KS45xkWow! Certainly the towed helicopter is new to me. An excellent post, I thank You. 
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Posted: 5/19/2021 7:21:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/2tURcSF.jpg Wreckage burns from two Marine F4U Corsairs that collided at what appears to be Barakoma airfield on Vella Lavella Island in the Solomons, late 1943 or early 1944. Pretty damn amazing pic for WWII  Nashorn, German for rhinoceros, showing off his “stripes”.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/20/2021 9:45:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Target practice on the deck of U-177 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/7ltn5f_jpg-1948373.JPG U-177 is the only U-boat to have successfully used the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 observation platform, an unpowered helicopter with rotors turned by wind created by towing, spotting and sinking a Greek merchant ship off Madagascar https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1942_Focke-Achgelis-Fa-330-Bachstelze__j-1948380.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/focke-achgelis-fa-3302_jpg-1948381.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NtI-KS45xkWOW |
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Posted: 5/20/2021 6:19:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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 A Mitsubishi G4M carrying Japanese envoys and covered in safe passage markings lands at the US base on Iejima, 19 August 1945 "On 19 August 1945, two B-25Js of the 345th Bombardment Group and 80th Fighter Squadron P-38 Lightnings escorted two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers. The Japanese aircraft carried a delegation from Tokyo en route to Manila to meet General MacArthur's staff to work out details of the surrender. The Betty bombers were painted white with green crosses on the wings, fuselage and vertical tail surface and use the call signs Bataan I and Bataan II. After the delegation landed at Ie Shima, they boarded a C-54 Skymaster and were flown to Manila. After the meeting, they returned to Ie Shima. One of the two Bettys crashed on its way back to Japan out of fuel, due to an incorrect conversion of liters to gallons when the bombers were refueled. The crew were helped by a local fisherman, and returned to Tokyo by train."  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 2:10:53 PM EDT
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In the foreground is U.S. sniper Pfc. Edward J. Foley, Co 'G', 143rd Infantry, 36th Infantry Division cleaning his Springfield 1903A4 rifle, Near Velletri, Lazio, Italy. 29 May 1944.US Army
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Posted: 5/21/2021 2:31:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Target practice on the deck of U-177 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/7ltn5f_jpg-1948373.JPG U-177 is the only U-boat to have successfully used the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 observation platform, an unpowered helicopter with rotors turned by wind created by towing, spotting and sinking a Greek merchant ship off Madagascar https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1942_Focke-Achgelis-Fa-330-Bachstelze__j-1948380.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/focke-achgelis-fa-3302_jpg-1948381.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NtI-KS45xk |
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Posted: 5/24/2021 5:05:29 PM EDT
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 Machine Gun Test Bench for P-51 D Mustang  |
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Posted: 5/24/2021 6:01:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMine:    It was so shitty, made of a vey soft steel that only 10k were made and by 1940 even if the Irish were hating the UK they were using british MKII helmets. More than 4k were discarded to built a barrack of the Irish army so they are now quite scarce. |
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Posted: 5/24/2021 6:40:49 PM EDT
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Dirk, son of Captain Hans Ibbeken of U-178 (who took a torpedo instructor job after one unsuccessful cruise and survived the war)
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Posted: 5/24/2021 7:49:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/6MIXxuK.jpg 
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Posted: 5/25/2021 11:03:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Submarine USS Tunny depth charge hull damage, frame numbers marked with paint
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Posted: 5/26/2021 7:03:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Submarine USS Tunny depth charge hull damage, frame numbers marked with paint https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1443696442530_jpg-1955702.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1443696795995_jpg-1955695.JPG I bet that was fun for the crew of that sub. 
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Posted: 5/26/2021 8:02:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI'm guessing Englishmen due to the SMLE's they are shouldering. Training mission? |
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Posted: 5/28/2021 8:07:02 AM EDT
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Other munitions expended, US submarine Barb set a Japanese trawler afire with rifle grenades. When the burning trawler refused to sink Barb rammed it and drove it under.
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Posted: 5/28/2021 8:12:54 AM EDT
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 Andrew A. Haldane: 1st Marines |
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Posted: 5/30/2021 3:29:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2021 8:53:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Soviet night vision prototyped during the war
Truck driver fixed mount  Attached File Attached FileBT-7 driver head mounted  Attached File Attached FileMan portable NVGs  Attached FilePPSH mount  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/31/2021 12:02:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By texashomeserver: https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/192215476_999928860833434_690866473658832440_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=EXGgCFGwWrIAX9R-0Zh&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=6428d2b2f199a355e3c018d5f2e7d611&oe=60D497F2 Andrew A. Haldane: 1st Marines The French fourragere was worn by the 5th and 6th Marines |
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Posted: 6/1/2021 2:46:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/4/2021 2:01:42 PM EDT
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Kamikaze Zeke strikes the stern of destroyer USS Halsey Powell while she was refueling from the tanks of aircraft carrier USS Hancock, March 1945
 Attached FilePunched right through the deck and blew the hell out of the compartments below  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/4/2021 8:03:01 PM EDT
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Sign honoring Navy Seabees erected by the 3rd Marine Division; 2nd Marine Raiders on Bougainville, Solomon Islands Campaign; c.1943-44
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Posted: 6/6/2021 11:08:32 PM EDT
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Hollywood actor Cesar Romero joined the US Coast Guard. Shown here serving as part of the deck crew aboard the USS Cavalier, c. 1944. Romero would play the role of the ‘Joker’ on the Batman TV series of the mid 1960’s
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Posted: 6/7/2021 12:13:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: Hollywood actor Cesar Romero joined the US Coast Guard. Shown here serving as part of the deck crew aboard the USS Cavalier, c. 1944. Romero would play the role of the ‘Joker’ on the Batman TV series of the mid 1960’s https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1670/cesar_jpg-1970020.JPG Romero refused OCS saying he liked being with the crew and made Chief! |
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Posted: 6/7/2021 3:52:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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The Marmon-Herrington THD-315-6 with articulated omnibus trailer, used by the RAF for the 1,300-mile duty cross-desert transport run between Habbaniyah, Iraq, and Damascus, Syria. In 1932, two "Desert Pullman" bus conversions of the THD-315-6, originally an oilfield pipe carrier, were bought by the Nairn Transport Co. to run between Baghdad and Damascus. One of the vehicles was taken over by the RAF in 1943 and is seen here at Habbaniyah, compared in size with a Hillman Minx staff saloon car. Known as the "Monster Bus" in RAF service it carried 44 passengers and their luggage, was fully air-conditioned and was equipped with a kitchen, lavatory and iced-water on tap.
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Posted: 6/8/2021 6:22:34 AM EDT
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Amazing
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Posted: 6/10/2021 7:43:30 AM EDT
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Fleet oiler USS Mississinewa dazzle paint
 Attached FileBlown up at anchor at Ulithi lagoon by a Japanese Kaiten suicide torpedo, 63 fatalities  Attached File Attached File Sinking of the USS Mississinewa AO-59 20Nov1944 |
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Posted: 6/10/2021 10:05:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Fleet oiler USS Mississinewa dazzle paint https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/AO059B_jpg-1973516.JPG Blown up at anchor at Ulithi lagoon by a Japanese Kaiten suicide torpedo, 63 fatalities https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/36_big_jpg-1973517.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/NH_97981_jpeg-1973519.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6CO5yV97MThe Navy went in and recovered a lot of the fuel oil from her several years ago because she was leaking and they didn't want it to foul the atoll. |
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Posted: 6/10/2021 2:50:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redleg13a: The Navy went in and recovered a lot of the fuel oil from her several years ago because she was leaking and they didn't want it to foul the atoll. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redleg13a: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Fleet oiler USS Mississinewa dazzle paint https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/AO059B_jpg-1973516.JPG Blown up at anchor at Ulithi lagoon by a Japanese Kaiten suicide torpedo, 63 fatalities https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/36_big_jpg-1973517.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/NH_97981_jpeg-1973519.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6CO5yV97MThe Navy went in and recovered a lot of the fuel oil from her several years ago because she was leaking and they didn't want it to foul the atoll. Buddy of mine served on the 2nd USS Missi in the 80s. She was actually a USNS ship by then. More oilers so I'm not freeloading as usual. Bringing go juice to the fleet.    
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Posted: 6/12/2021 12:12:47 PM EDT
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Two Marine F4U-1A Corsairs No.56 "Sun Setter" and No.51 "Get 'em Bulldog" of VMF-113 in flight over Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, July 9, 1944.
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Posted: 6/12/2021 12:56:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: doc540]
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West Texas training field
could be my late Dad in the Ray-Bans when he was assigned to train bombardiers in the AT-11. The upper portion or "sighthead" of the Norden sight was kept secure before and after training missions 
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