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M3 scout car, M3 half track, M3 light tank, M3 medium tank ... etc etc. All starts to get a bit confusing. Glad the Brits named their equipment!
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Today we mourn not just a hero, but a legend. The oldest American
#WWII Veteran, Richard Overton, died at the age of 112. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Overton family. He was a hero to us all. May you rest in peace Sir. https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/richard-overton-oldest-ww-ii-vet-died/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F … -
Actor Damian Lewis standing in the same location as Major Richard Dick Winters once stood in 1944. Winters parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, and later fought across France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and eventually Germany.
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My grandfather, Capt. Coleman Hodges, with a man identified as “Cooper” on the left. It would be incredible if someone knows who he was.
#WWII#MerchantMarine@AMMWWIIpic.twitter.com/NNVYC9LKMm
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Jan 4, 1944
#WWII NYT "Century-Old Puzzle of Poland's Frontiers Comes to Fore Again With Red Army Gains" The Curzon Commission of 1919 defined the eastern ethnographic frontier. The fourth partition occurred on Sep 28, 1939 when Germany and Russia signed a frontier agreement. pic.twitter.com/W1aJob7fE3
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100 Mission B-26's by VE Day, 320th BG, 441st Sq. Oct 2018 “Fliploud” review for Back From 44 - The Sacrifice and Courage of a Few. “It creates a vivid picture of the perils and daily grind of aircrews on bombers during WW2.” Buy: https://buff.ly/2MOYX6I
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#USArmy World War II veteran, David Friedrich, arrives at Reagan National Airport, Arlington, Va., Dec. 6, 2018 as part of a special Honor Flight that brought#WWII veterans to D.C. for the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.@DeptofDefense photo by Lisa Ferdinandopic.twitter.com/duteWwGoVt
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Happy New Year! Sorry it's late - had a bug - survived! Kicking the new(ish) year off with our very own Agapanthus Crumb! https://www.mrsfoxgoestowar.co.uk/single-post/2019/01/05/Villager-of-the-Week-Agapanthus-Crumb …
#amwriting#iamwriting#1940s#fiction#writingfiction#WW2#WWII#homefront#secondworldwar#humor#humour#writerslife#Writerpic.twitter.com/sQK8m3ren9
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#Russophobia continues to flourish in many countries, especially in Eastern Europe. For what purpose? In order to use old historical fears to ensure their own domestic political well-being
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A paratrooper from the American 17th Airborne Division gets a light from a British Churchill tank crewman of the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade near Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 29th March 1945. #WWII pic.twitter.com/AqriIqEG7b
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Training and the real thing from a B-26 Marauder point of view. Oct 2018 “Fliploud” review for Back From 44 - The Sacrifice and Courage of a Few. “Any student of aerial warfare would like this book.” Buy: https://buff.ly/2MOYX6I
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@USArmy’s oldest#WWII Soldier, Richard Overton has passed away at the age of 112. AFC would like to send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Overton for his dedication to duty and years of selfless service to this great Nation. http://cnn.it/2AdwXSD pic.twitter.com/5ko4E7gYZj
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An Fw 190 A-8/R2 in American hands. "White 11" of 5./JG 4 was captured during Operation Bodenplatte after its engine had been damaged by flak.
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Excited to have been awarded a 2018–19 Australian Army History Unit grant for my
#WWII project “Desert siege: the Rats of Tobruk”. Thank you@AustralianArmy. Congratulations too to@beavis_jordan & other recipients. Funded projects here: https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/20181127_-_01_-_list_of_successful_applicants.pdf …pic.twitter.com/VTvtU7pfyl
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Gas masks like this, once owned by a Reading resident, were worn by ARP (air raid precaution) wardens during WWII. These brave civilians supervised blackouts, sounded air sirens, guided people to air raid shelters and rescued people from danger where possible
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20mm Flak 30 (20mm Flugabwehrkanone 30) positioned in the village of Harlu, 28th of July 1944. Finnish military named Flak 30 as 20 Itk/30. Original photo by http://sa-kuva.fi , colour by jhlcolorizing
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German POW’s utilized for farm-labor and flood protection work during WWII. – RICHLAND ROOTS
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Pinpoint bombing run led by Lt. Fish “completely frustrated the enemy in his attempt to block the entrance of this strategic harbor and naval base.” More at http://yossarianlived.com
#yossarian#catch22#yossarianlives#ltfish#yossarianlived#josephheller#wwii#literarymysterypic.twitter.com/MJs7Ckfgm8
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@WeAreTheMighty: These Dutch villagers wait years to adopt US graves from#WWII https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-culture/netherlands-american-cemetery-adopt-graves …pic.twitter.com/RSKxo6MrwG
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