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Originally Posted By somedude:
we posted some pics of this battle but not sure if this video was shown. it details the larger part of the battle as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDT9flAOpA View Quote |
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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Originally Posted By NavyDoc1:
The eyewitness report does not make any sense--"nothing was recovered but a hand," --when by the film it was obvious she was recovered intact and alive. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By NavyDoc1:
Originally Posted By somedude:
we posted some pics of this battle but not sure if this video was shown. it details the larger part of the battle as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDT9flAOpA If so, things might have got a bit messy over there and God knows what happened during and after those engagements. |
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Harley owner in the Church of J. M. Browning
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USS Franklin after being hit by Japanese dive bomber march 1945
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The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government - T. Jefferson
I do not exist to serve the state. |
Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers: One of my great uncles is in that pic. He was the navigator on that ship on that cruise. I have the navigation log books and ships phone directory here in my house. View Quote |
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
One of my great uncles is in that pic. He was the navigator on that ship on that cruise. I have the navigation log books and ships phone directory here in my house. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
USS Franklin after being hit by Japanese dive bomber march 1945
http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Attack_on_carrier_USS_Franklin_19_March_1945.jpg He was my grandma's little brother. During World War II while my grandfather was in France fighting his way across Europe and my great-uncle was in the Pacific, my grandmother sewed silk powder bags for the Indiana Army ammunition plant in Charlestown Indiana. He was buried at sea. |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
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Originally Posted By somedude:
he is damn lucky, was over 700 killed and 300+ wounded. had to have been a nightmare that day with all the carnage. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By somedude:
Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers: One of my great uncles is in that pic. He was the navigator on that ship on that cruise. I have the navigation log books and ships phone directory here in my house. |
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government - T. Jefferson
I do not exist to serve the state. |
Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers: Yes, he was damn lucky. Very lucky. View Quote |
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Heckuva story. Amazing the damage that ship took but stayed afloat. A testament to that crews commitment to "never give up the ship." Did he stay with the ship as they sailed back to the mainland for repairs? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers: Yes, he was damn lucky. Very lucky. |
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government - T. Jefferson
I do not exist to serve the state. |
few of these posted before, but I think these are larger versions of the images. and pretty clear.
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By somedude:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/51786671_2142603315826470_7561698474782097408_o_jpg-848672.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/52607916_2142602532493215_1192214322151948288_o_jpg-848673.JPG Caen https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/Caen_07_WWII_35-ww2shots_jpg-848674.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/wwii1359-1_jpg-848675.JPG Dunkirk https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/2-ww-campaign-in-the-west-battle-of-france-10-05-22-06-1940-dunkirk-evacuation-of-british-bef-and-french-troops-26-05-04-06-allied-troops-prisoners-of-war-after-end-of-battle-about_jpg-848676.JPG View Quote The 2 in the square marking on the deep wading trunk is the 2nd Marine tank battalion |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
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it's not WWII, but it is interesting, sorta applies to the topic, and has some cool pics: ever wonder how they came up with dazzle camo for ships? |
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Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants
Caddyshack Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by those who are not. |
Stolen from other websites, not my work.
US 5th Marines Iwo Jima Attached File US 25th Infantry Division Solomon Islands Attached File US 3rd ID Cisterna Italy Attached File Unsure of unit but in Cologne Germany. Attached File Attached File |
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That last one is a particularly beautiful pic.
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Never confuse motion with progress; never confuse a college degree with intelligence.
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Originally Posted By InternationalM:
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"What is socialism? The most difficult and tortuous way to progress from capitalism to capitalism." -Stated at an intel conference, East Berlin, Oct. 1988
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken |
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"What is socialism? The most difficult and tortuous way to progress from capitalism to capitalism." -Stated at an intel conference, East Berlin, Oct. 1988
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken |
the boots were just 4 buckle rubber over shoes. they could be slipped over normal combat boots. dad and uncles brought there home after war (dad was in occupation Germany right after the war worked on tanks they used them all the time he said) . spent time with him today in nursing home hes 93 mind slipping fast . they could be folded up and put in pack, they helped keep feet dry but also made the feet feel heavy and could quickly be removed in case they had to move quick. use to play with there 4 buckle over shoes when I was a kid. I have a book with pictures of him working on the tanks wearing those kind of over boots. Dad and I just recently went throught his pictures and books with pictures of him and his unit. he was in the 28th the bloody bucket. the unit books are of there unit book titled "Roll on 28th". he had 3 brothers in the war one in 749th tanker landed on Utah beach was farthest unit in Germany at end of war had 3 tanks hit with him in them made it home safe, other 2 brothers infantry france Italy and Germany one at battle of the buldge. all came home. sorry after spending time with dad on all this recently just needed to say it. oh father n law still living 97 slipping fast was in Italy and france. all home safe and all sergeants.
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Originally Posted By beet223:
the boots were just 4 buckle rubber over shoes. they could be slipped over normal combat boots. dad and uncles brought there home after war (dad was in occupation Germany right after the war worked on tanks they used them all the time he said) . spent time with him today in nursing home hes 93 mind slipping fast . they could be folded up and put in pack, they helped keep feet dry but also made the feet feel heavy and could quickly be removed in case they had to move quick. use to play with there 4 buckle over shoes when I was a kid. I have a book with pictures of him working on the tanks wearing those kind of over boots. Dad and I just recently went throught his pictures and books with pictures of him and his unit. he was in the 28th the bloody bucket. the unit books are of there unit book titled "Roll on 28th". he had 3 brothers in the war one in 749th tanker landed on Utah beach was farthest unit in Germany at end of war had 3 tanks hit with him in them made it home safe, other 2 brothers infantry france Italy and Germany one at battle of the buldge. all came home. sorry after spending time with dad on all this recently just needed to say it. oh father n law still living 97 slipping fast was in Italy and france. all home safe and all sergeants. View Quote |
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Never confuse motion with progress; never confuse a college degree with intelligence.
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Stumbling on the stepstool of mediocracy...
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U.S. Marine Raiders gathered in front of a Japanese dugout on Cape Totkina on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, which they helped to take. Photographed January 1944. Wonder how many made it home. |
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Originally Posted By Creature:
Correct. Slip on rubber boot covers...with metal "buckles" that were surprisingly effective. My father brought them home from the army too and I remember them as a kid. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Creature:
Originally Posted By beet223:
the boots were just 4 buckle rubber over shoes. they could be slipped over normal combat boots. dad and uncles brought there home after war (dad was in occupation Germany right after the war worked on tanks they used them all the time he said) . spent time with him today in nursing home hes 93 mind slipping fast . they could be folded up and put in pack, they helped keep feet dry but also made the feet feel heavy and could quickly be removed in case they had to move quick. use to play with there 4 buckle over shoes when I was a kid. I have a book with pictures of him working on the tanks wearing those kind of over boots. Dad and I just recently went throught his pictures and books with pictures of him and his unit. he was in the 28th the bloody bucket. the unit books are of there unit book titled "Roll on 28th". he had 3 brothers in the war one in 749th tanker landed on Utah beach was farthest unit in Germany at end of war had 3 tanks hit with him in them made it home safe, other 2 brothers infantry france Italy and Germany one at battle of the buldge. all came home. sorry after spending time with dad on all this recently just needed to say it. oh father n law still living 97 slipping fast was in Italy and france. all home safe and all sergeants. |
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By Element94:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/195471/7270246112_2e257f20ec_o_jpg-867555.JPG U.S. Marine Raiders gathered in front of a Japanese dugout on Cape Totkina on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, which they helped to take. Photographed January 1944. Wonder how many made it home. View Quote |
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Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants
Caddyshack Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by those who are not. |
I stole this from the WW2 Colorized photo group on facebook.
The US Marine, Johnny N Popham, lifts a badly injured infant from a cave where native islanders had been hiding during the battle for Saipan, July 1944. "Hands trained for killing, gently worked the soil away from the small lopsided head and extricated the infant." "The eyes were covered with the clinging flies. The head was badly injured, and the little body was covered with scratches—but it was alive, and though death was almost sure, we used precious time to carry it back to the Jeeps for medical care." Paul White is the other Marine at the bottom of the ravine with the rifle, and a cigarette, “Johnny Popham was at the top of the incline. I had yelled up to him, and asked what the hell do we do with this baby? I didn’t see how they could possibly save its eyesight, but it was alive. Johnny, who was a devout Catholic, said, “I think we have to leave it up to God’. I don’t know if it survived.baby was passed to three others until it got to the top." W. Eugene Smith took this picture and was himself, seriously injured by mortar fire while photographing the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Attached File |
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Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants
Caddyshack Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by those who are not. |
"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By Creature:
Correct. Slip on rubber boot covers...with metal "buckles" that were surprisingly effective. My father brought them home from the army too and I remember them as a kid. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Creature:
Originally Posted By beet223:
the boots were just 4 buckle rubber over shoes. they could be slipped over normal combat boots. dad and uncles brought there home after war (dad was in occupation Germany right after the war worked on tanks they used them all the time he said) . spent time with him today in nursing home hes 93 mind slipping fast . they could be folded up and put in pack, they helped keep feet dry but also made the feet feel heavy and could quickly be removed in case they had to move quick. use to play with there 4 buckle over shoes when I was a kid. I have a book with pictures of him working on the tanks wearing those kind of over boots. Dad and I just recently went throught his pictures and books with pictures of him and his unit. he was in the 28th the bloody bucket. the unit books are of there unit book titled "Roll on 28th". he had 3 brothers in the war one in 749th tanker landed on Utah beach was farthest unit in Germany at end of war had 3 tanks hit with him in them made it home safe, other 2 brothers infantry france Italy and Germany one at battle of the buldge. all came home. sorry after spending time with dad on all this recently just needed to say it. oh father n law still living 97 slipping fast was in Italy and france. all home safe and all sergeants. |
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God Bless Texas
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I'm not nonchalant, I just don't give a damn.
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View Quote I remember reading a semi-fictional book on Stalingrad by a German POW after the war, in it he described the driver of a knocked out tank as a headless body, still sitting in the seat with flesh of its upper torso torn off revealing blacken rib cage, leaving only the skin on its hands like a skeleton wearing gloves. |
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Is It Schizoid Paranoia or Just Existential Blues?
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
I'm not nonchalant, I just don't give a damn.
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Originally Posted By somedude:
hurtgen forest https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/42/30/b6423019c42d058e151e72bbaf5f3e51.jpg https://9thinfantrydivision.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/village-fighting.jpg View Quote I just read an American infantry officers memoir that covers the Hurtgen Forest. That was some brutal fighting. If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Survive-Normandy-American-ebook/dp/B0049P1M1S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= |
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To the everlasting glory of the infantry...
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Harley owner in the Church of J. M. Browning
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Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/181534/20190402_141050_compress_42_jpg-915957.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/181534/20190402_134939_jpg-915956.JPG Anyone recognize these places? View Quote |
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government - T. Jefferson
I do not exist to serve the state. |
Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Originally Posted By jblomenberg16: Correct on Nuremburg, it is the Zepplin grounds. https://i2.wp.com/binaryapi.ap.org/fe4a58c9dced4179b34e059a5c90acc9/preview/AP718942973713.jpg?resize=760%2C537 Incorrect on #2, will wait to reveal it. It is harder since I couldn't get a picture that captured the full site. View Quote |
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
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