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janice6 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, pipedreams said: Rifle club for female office employees on the rooftop of the Strand House in London (1926). Office employees!! England has lost their war with aggressors. Now they are simply co-conspirators. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 59 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Formal target practice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Women at War, 1939-1945. Movie actress Ida Lupino, is a lieutenant in the Women’s Ambulance and Defense Corps and is shown at a telephone switch board in Brentwood, California, on January 3, 1942. In an emergency she can reach every ambulance post in the city. It is in her house and from here she can see the whole Los Angeles area. (Photo credit: AP / Library of Congress). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Women at War, 1939-1945. The first contingent of U.S. Army nurses to be sent to an Allied advanced base in New Guinea carry their equipment as they march single file to their quarter on November 12, 1942. The first four in line from right are: Edith Whittaker, Pawtucket, Rhode Island,; Ruth Baucher, Wooster, O.; Helen Lawson, Athens, Tennessee,; and Juanita Hamilton, of Hendersonville, North Carolina. (Photo credit: AP / Library of Congress). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Women at War, 1939-1945. Polish women are led through woods to their executions by German soldiers sometime in 1941. (Photo credit: AP / Library of Congress). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Women at War, 1939-1945. An Auxiliary Territorial Service girl crew, dressed in warm winter coats, works a searchlight near London, on January 19, 1943, trying to find German bombers for the anti-aircraft guns to hit. (Photo credit: AP / Library of Congress). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Women at War, 1939-1945. U.S. nurses walk along a beach in Normandy, France on July 4, 1944, after they had waded through the surf from their landing craft. They are on their way to field hospitals to care for the wounded allied soldiers. (Photo credit: AP / Library of Congress). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 P-47D “Lady Ruth” of 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Marines of 3rd Platoon of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, affixes flag to twenty-foot water pole found in crater of Mount Suribachi prior to raising the first flag over Iwo Jima. First Lieutenant Harold George Schrier (October 17, 1916 - June 3, 1971), Platoon Sergeant Ernest Ivy ("Boots") Thomas, Jr. (March 10, 1924 — March 3, 1945), Henry Oliver ("Hank") Hansen (December 14, 1919 - March 1, 1945), and Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (June 26, 1920 - June 24, 2007) unfold the 54 x 28 inch flag, obtained from attack transport USS Missoula (APA-211), and raised at 1020 Hours. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Six Marines of 3rd Platoon of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, part of a patrol commanded by 1st Lieutenant Harold George Schrier (October 17, 1916 - June 3, 1971) pass the flag to one another as they climb Mount Suribachi. Included are two men carrying flamethrower backpacks. One of those two men is Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (June 26, 1920 - June 24, 2007). The 54 x 28 inch flag, obtained from attack transport USS Missoula (APA-211) was raised on a 20-foot section of pipe at 1020 Hours above Iwo Jima's highest landmark. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Caption reads: Private First Class Paul E. "Pop" Ison (1916-2001) of the 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division runs across a draw nicknamed "Death Valley." Ison, a flamethrower and demolitions expert, was sent across 75 yards (68.5 meters) of exposed ground to L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Expecting to be given explosives for his mission, Captain Robert Smith told him that he was expected to bring it with him. He returned to his unit and obtained the explosives and returned to L Company, his third trip under fire. Marines sustained more than 125 casualties in eight hours crossing this area. The enemy positions to the immediate front of 5th Marines were organized around an area of rough ground known later as Awacha Pocket, northeast of Dakeshi and south of the town of Awacha. Here again the close teamwork of tanks and infantry, supported by heavy weapons, provided the only means of advance. Encircling this pocket required a week and was not finally accomplished until May 11. By that time the Marines had uncovered even more formidable positions to the south at Dakeshi Ridge and Wana. Ison, a father of four, could have deferred the draft but volunteered for the Marines. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Historian Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) The picture of the Polish women on their way to execution is just heart breaking. As I type this...there are about 26 on going genocides in the world today. Edited July 3, 2020 by Historian 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure Road Trip. It was the summer of 1953. Queen Elizabeth had just been coronated and Elvis was making his first record. Harry Truman, restless in his presidential retirement, was itching to become a private citizen. So he and Bess loaded up their brand new Chrysler New Yorker and for nineteen days they were quite the roadside attraction. Back in the day, an ex-president received no pension, staff or Secret Service protection. His only income was a $111.96 mo. army pension - he had to get a bank loan to make ends meet. Truman, not wanting to "commercialize" the presidency, refused to accept speaking fees or business offers so Harry and Bess had to be frugal travelers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 42 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure Road Trip. It was the summer of 1953. Queen Elizabeth had just been coronated and Elvis was making his first record. Harry Truman, restless in his presidential retirement, was itching to become a private citizen. So he and Bess loaded up their brand new Chrysler New Yorker and for nineteen days they were quite the roadside attraction. Back in the day, an ex-president received no pension, staff or Secret Service protection. His only income was a $111.96 mo. army pension - he had to get a bank loan to make ends meet. Truman, not wanting to "commercialize" the presidency, refused to accept speaking fees or business offers so Harry and Bess had to be frugal travelers. A Democrat that all the subsequent Democrats can't come close to equaling! Harry had principles! Edited July 3, 2020 by janice6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure. Be excellent to each other dudes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 14 hours ago, pipedreams said: Odds are the middle name Rhodes is recognizing Cecil Rhodes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 6:43 AM, pipedreams said: THE Star Spangled Banner? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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