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Major Richard Winters, Captain Lewis Nixon, Lieutenant Harry Welsh (of the Band of Brothers) and two other men celebrate V-E Day at Hitler’s alpine retreat in Berchtesgaden May 8, 1945. The men had their first choice of a captured, extensive wine collecti
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Just to prove the point that anyone will argue about anything on the internet - this is a very nice Thompson sub-machine gun.
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Just one of many angels with metal wings! Elizabeth L. Gardner, WASP pilot during WWII, Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas.
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Size comparison of GE GAU-8 Gatling gun, used in A-10 Thunderbolt II
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Movie stars wanted....
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Taken in early 1948, the lawn of the shattered Reichstag is overgrown with weeds. Two and a half years after the end of the war, Berlin was still heavily damaged and held a significant number of wrecked WWII vehicles.
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The former Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1947, two years after WWII and three years after the “Overlord” D-Day invasion there. Wreckage still litters the beach while offshore, some blockships of the Mulberry artificial harbor remain.
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That wasn't a pretty ending.
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Soldiers coming home.
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Still lying around after 70 yrs or so
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Battlefield relics
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Motorcycles generally lead the pack in a military convo during World War II
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Gunner hole in a Huey helicopter
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Anyone know what these are called? Or what they are.
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 'Sally B' Cockpit in 360 - Duxford 2018.
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GI’s of the 4th ID seen advancing from Utah Beach, summer 1944. A photo by war correspondent Adele ‘Tilly’ Shelton-Smith shows troops just landed at Utah beach advancing into the French countryside. All are wearing gas masks (Gas Mask M5-11-7) in chest mo
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This Tiger of S.Pz.Abt. 502 rumbles past a farmer....and his cow. This shot was taken during the unit's formation and training in France.
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The air war.
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"[It’s] still hard to believe I had the honor to serve as President." George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, passed away at age of 94. A distinguished naval aviator and World War II veteran, he flew sorties in the Pacific theatre duri
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My pride and joy, soon we will be driving around again, I hope.
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Lest we forget.
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Remains of a German bunker in the Reichswald near Nijmegen.
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Nuremberg, location of the Nazi party rallies in the 1939s.
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Panzer MK II turret, you can go into the bunker below but beware of the invisible plexiglass! Yes it hurt.
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Last Saturday I was in 's-Hertogenbosch for some shopping. The scars of the battle to liberate the town can be seen everywhere but this small monument caught my eye. It is for P.L. Kerssens who was killed on that spot, October 27th, 1944. He voluntered to
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88mm flak gun in Troisvierges, Luxembourg.
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Entrance to the NUTS cave at the Bastogne barracks.
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Honoring the heroes by participating in the freedom run today. We will run through the Zonse forest and the dropzones on trails, should be fun! 8 miles is enough for me today so not running the 10 miles.
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The grave of Augusta Chiwy, a volunteer nurse at Bastogne, like Renee Lamaire. Augusta survived the bombing of the aid station and lived a full live, passing away in 2015.
