Best dog dog they ever had was not a dog
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Sergeant Reckless, a horse that held official rank in the United...
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Best dog dog they ever had was not a dog
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Sergeant Reckless, a horse that held official rank in the United...
Wounded combat dog during action on the Orote Peninsula, 1944
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In the late summer of 1942, the...
Seat looks cold
My HS shop teacher told a story of using captured German welding tanks
Someone tipped over the oxygen tank and broke fitting off top
It flew under jeep and made it dance
They stripped jeep for...
Just a blind fat gimp old man trying to keep up with 16 year old kid
Sorry to report we are shooting mouse guns (AR Service Rifle)
Years ago I saw TV interview with Samuel Fuller
In it he talked about combat
He states if they surrendered with no ammo they were shot
If they had ammo they lived
My father talked about having to sign his M1 over to Japanese Gov in mid 50s
He was at USNAS Atsugi USMC Crash Crew
This will be my last posting on POD
I have enjoyed working with my long time friend Mark on this
I also like watching what others catch and the participation in discussions of the photos
The one...
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Soldiers of the US 30th Infantry Regiment move alongside a M4 Sherman Tank adorned with winter camouflage. Riedwihr, France. January, 1945.
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ordnance men repairing small arms (bottom). Two men are holding .45-caliber automatic pistols M1911; in the vice on the table is a .30-caliber Browning automatic rifle M1918A2; on the table are two...
The thread went nuts
There was a 1930s case of ammo shown found with it
Then the thread was removed
Never discussed again.
Anybody remember?
What was the scoop
Troll?
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A Soldier of the US 7th Division uses a flame thrower to smoke out a Japanese block house on Kwajalein Island. February 4, 1944.
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Would not want to carry or stand next to zippo
Rifle squad fires volley at the memorial ceremony which was held on 22 January, 1945 for the men who were killed during the siege of Bastogne, Belgium. These men were attached to Company C, 9th...
Then-Vice President George H.W. Bush recommissioned the Iowa in 1983, 26 years after the ship was decommissioned for a second time. Here, he reviews Marines
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A Soldier of the US 7th Division uses a flame thrower to smoke out a Japanese block house on Kwajalein Island. February 4, 1944.
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Rick
I meant to say charred inside from heavy combat
Marine LVT-4 Flame Thrower Water Buffalo in Action On Peleliu, 1944
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COAST ARTILLERY TROOPS entraining at Melbourne, March 1942. The Japanese air attack on Darwin in February proved that the north coast of Australia was too open to attack by enemy planes and...
The 1st Battalion of the U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment passing through the railway viaduct north of Bütgenbach, Belgium, on the Monschauer St. (N647) towards Bütgenbach. The railway viaduct was part of...
A wounded Vietnamese ranger, his head heavily bandaged with only slits for the eyes and mouth, is ready with his weapon to answer a Viet Cong attack during a fierce battle in Dong Xoai. June 11, 1965...