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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:07 am to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:07 am to GrammarKnotsi
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Apologies..I was busy busting Darths ball..
I just thought you were ignorant of the command structure of the US army due to the fact you didn't understand the difference between the 6th Army & 6th Army Group.
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Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:08 am to unbeWEAVEable
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People are still posting about the first pic?
That's just nerds goofin off.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:08 am to BRgetthenet
Elvis
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:09 am to Kingwood Tiger
quote:
Is that Bradley?
Troy H. Middleton.
quote:
Patton was his commander
True - Middleton commanded VIII Corps, (After serving under Bradley as a Division Commander in Sicily, and without Bradley or Patton on the Italian mainland) - which led the Operation Cobra breakout from Normandy.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:09 am to BRgetthenet
That looks to be a WWI memorial. I'm not sure who it honors but the guy speaking appears to be a French officer.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:10 am to Darth_Vader
Yes and yes.
Hint: starts with an F.
Hint: starts with an F.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:14 am to BRgetthenet
quote:Is the guy speaking Marshall Ferdinand Foch?
Hint: starts with an F.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:14 am to BRgetthenet
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starts with an F
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:15 am to Darth_Vader
quote:
That looks to be a WWI memorial. I'm not sure who it honors
an infantryman of the AIF in full battle dress powerfully thrusting down with his bayonet into the belly of an eagle which lay on its back on the ground.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:19 am to Macphisto
quote:
Marshall Ferdinand Foch
Bingo
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:44 am to Darth_Vader
Ok for you history nerds...
My great uncle was the 1st Navigator on PBSY -
Coronado #7099, part of Admiral Nimitiz fleet. It was the first plane to land in Tokyo Bay for the peace treaty signing during WWII, with Admiral Sherman on board. The plane has been restored is in the Naval Flight museum in Florida and this August my great Uncle is having his navigation charts put into the museum. If you look at this you can see where he notated on the chart where George Bush went down....pretty cool.
Howard Hughes purchased it as surplus, registered NR69003, following WW II for the purpose of providing a 'training aircraft' in preparation for the flight of his Hercules Flying Boat (also known as 'The Spruce Goose'). After the sole flight of the Hercules this Coronado languished on the seaplane ramp at Terminal Island, California, USA, until the 1970s when it was acquired by the Navy. It is on exhibit at the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.
My great uncle on far right
My great uncle was the 1st Navigator on PBSY -
Coronado #7099, part of Admiral Nimitiz fleet. It was the first plane to land in Tokyo Bay for the peace treaty signing during WWII, with Admiral Sherman on board. The plane has been restored is in the Naval Flight museum in Florida and this August my great Uncle is having his navigation charts put into the museum. If you look at this you can see where he notated on the chart where George Bush went down....pretty cool.
Howard Hughes purchased it as surplus, registered NR69003, following WW II for the purpose of providing a 'training aircraft' in preparation for the flight of his Hercules Flying Boat (also known as 'The Spruce Goose'). After the sole flight of the Hercules this Coronado languished on the seaplane ramp at Terminal Island, California, USA, until the 1970s when it was acquired by the Navy. It is on exhibit at the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.
My great uncle on far right
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:47 am to BRgetthenet
Who is this well-decorated guy?
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:48 am to Kingwood Tiger
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Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.
Spent the last few days there..
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:51 am to Ace Midnight
Is that the most decorated US soldier in history? Howard?
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:51 am to Ace Midnight
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Who is this well-decorated guy?
Brigadier General William Mitchell
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:54 am to Kingwood Tiger
Wow! That is pretty cool history...I'm local and was just at the air museum a few weeks ago.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:58 am to GrammarKnotsi
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Brigadier General William Mitchell
Ding.
Considered the "Father of the Air Force" - courtmartialed in 1925. Played by Gary Cooper in the movie.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 11:59 am to Ace Midnight
Billy Mitchell
ETA:Damn, GrammarKnotsi beat me to it.
ETA:Damn, GrammarKnotsi beat me to it.
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 7/10/14 at 12:06 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
OK gurus. What's this?
Posted on 7/10/14 at 12:07 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
OK gurus. What's this?
The nose cone of the Spirit
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