I have an idea for a new thread...

[Bateleur1]

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Troops and crewmen aboard a Coast Guard manned LCVP get ready to storm the Normandy beaches. June 6th, 1944.

 

Normandy ... where luck and bravery met.

[Hairy]

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A soldier rescues a girl named Barbara James from the ruins of her home after a series of bombings, London, 1944.

[Hairy]

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Flying Pubs: RAF pilots fill auxiliary fuel tanks with beer bound for troops in France following the invasion of Normandy. Britain, 1944

[Hairy]

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US Marine emptying sand from his boot and having a smoke on an unexploded 16-inch shell fired from a battleship in support of the Battle of Saipan, 1944

[Patchelicious]

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US Marine emptying sand from his boot and having a smoke on an unexploded 16-inch shell fired from a battleship in support of the Battle of Saipan, 1944

Rumor is that the shell exploded shortly after this picture was taken, and that the marine pictured, was in fact the first man on the moon. Edited April 21, 2017 by Patchelicious

[forkie]

Rumor is that the shell exploded shortly after this picture was taken, and that the marine pictures was in fact the first man on the moon.

was it the exploding bomb which propelled him to the moon?

[RocknRolla]

Rumor is that the shell exploded shortly after this picture was taken, and that the marine pictures was in fact the first man on the moon.

 

....and on that bombshell.....

[Tuxstir]

Synchronization gear failure, fired through his own prop...

nope close shave

[Patchelicious]

was it the exploding bomb which propelled him to the moon?

So they say

[Hairy]

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Russian soldiers celebrate the retaking of Sevastopol, 1944.

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British Corporal takes the surrender of a 7'6’’ tall German Wehrmacht soldier, July 3rd, 1944.

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A V-1 flying bomb lands in a street off Drury Lane, London, 1944

[AlanD]

That kid got some evil in her....lol

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to an American soldiers following the liberation of Rome, 1944

[Hairy]

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Tracer fire from British warships fending off a Luftwaffe bombing raid. Sword Beach area , Normandy, 10th June 1944. Taken onboard HMS Mauritius.

[Shebeen]

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we got some larger than life posters on this forum