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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:50 am to HailToTheChiz
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:50 am to HailToTheChiz
He was pulled out of combat to save his live.
Really.
Really.
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 1:01 pm to FightinTigersDammit
These two actually significant for yesterday's date!
Posted on 8/6/14 at 1:04 pm to captcouv
And for the non-war viewers... Who is in the chair?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 6:44 am to captcouv
Another significant date: 07 AUG 1942. The United States Marines went ashore on an island named Guadalcanal. No body had ever heard of it, and many will never forget it.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:27 am to Spaceman Spiff
Let's get this going for Darth. Make/model/what makes it different than the normal model?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:29 am to Spaceman Spiff
Is that a flamethrower tank?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:31 am to Spaceman Spiff
Guadalcanal...who is this?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:36 am to TexasTiger90
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Guadalcanal...who is this?
Joe Basilone.
He's one of the central characters in HBO's The Pacific
Got the MoH on Guadalcanal and was later killed on Iwo Jima (where he also earned the Navy Cross).
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:41 am to captcouv
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These two actually significant for yesterday's date!
That's the CSS Arkansas and USS Essex.
They fought each other twice on the Mississippi river during the civil war.
This post was edited on 8/7/14 at 7:41 am
Posted on 8/7/14 at 7:44 am to JustGetItRight
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Joe Basilone.
John Basilone, but everything else is correct.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:05 am to JustGetItRight
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That's the CSS Arkansas and USS Essex.
They fought each other twice on the Mississippi river during the civil war.
Right. The Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) was on August 5th. The Essex assisted in repelling the Confederate ground attack. The Arkansas was planned to engage the Federal fleet to forestall that support, but due to engine failure the crew scuttled the Confederacy's most effective ironclad (not far from where I live!).
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:07 am to Yat27
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John Basilone, but everything else is correct.
'Manila' John Basilone. He got the moniker from an earlier stint in the US Army in the Philippines before he joined the Marine Corps.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:14 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Is that a flamethrower tank?
No sir..
It is a M5 light tank modified with a 75mm howitzer. The length of the barrel is very short.
This post was edited on 8/7/14 at 8:20 am
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:16 am to captcouv
First MoH winner to return to active duty and be killed...he was a testament to that generation
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:18 am to TexasTiger90
Continuing with Gaudalcanal (only in that the image is from there), what is this and whose?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:34 am to Spaceman Spiff
Morning all.
That's an American M8 self propelled howitzer. It's based on the M5 Stuart light tank. Basically they took a M5 hull and replaced it's fully enclosed turret that had 37mm anti-tank gun and replaced it with an open top turret that had a 75mm pack howitzer.
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That's an American M8 self propelled howitzer. It's based on the M5 Stuart light tank. Basically they took a M5 hull and replaced it's fully enclosed turret that had 37mm anti-tank gun and replaced it with an open top turret that had a 75mm pack howitzer.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:36 am to Darth_Vader
Hows it going, Darth?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:36 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Continuing with Gaudalcanal (only in that the image is from there), what is this and whose?
Hard to tell but I think that's a Japanese Type 97 light tank. I can't really see the turret very well but the cylinder just above the three middle road wheels tells me that's a Type 97.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:37 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Hows it going, Darth?
Good for the most part. Got a busy weekend ahead and rain coming in though.
How about yourself?
Posted on 8/7/14 at 8:39 am to Darth_Vader
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Hard to tell but I think that's a Japanese Type 97 light tank. I can't really see the turret very well but the cylinder just above the three middle road wheels tells me that's a Type 97.
It is, sir.
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