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      The Attack On Pearl Harbor 

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      Jim
      Published on 02-05-2012 10:26 PM

      Seventeen-year-old Michael "Flip" Pallozola worked in a radio shop and was training in electronics.

      “It was a Sunday afternoon in St. Louis. I was out with some of my friends, using streetcar trolley cars and I'd heard about it. I was thinking, the war had started, I'm gonna become involved with this whether ...
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      The Red Knight 

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      Jim
      Published on 02-05-2012 12:27 PM

      On 20 April 1918 Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, commander of Jagdgeschwader Nr I, achieved his 79th and 80th victories to become the 'ace of aces' of all nations in World War 1. Led by Richthofen in his scarlet Fokker Dr I 425/17, seven Triplanes of Jagdstaffel 11 had engaged a patrol of Camels from No 3 Sqn of the newly-formed ...
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      The Battle of Longues-Sur-Mer 

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      Jim
      Published on 02-05-2012 12:16 PM

      Werner Pluskat was a German Major who died in 1996, commander of the 352nd Artillery of the German 352nd Infantry Division during Allied invasion in Normandy 1944. He was the first German officer who saw the Allied invasion fleet on June 6, 1944, heading toward their landing zone at Omaha Beach. In the film The Longest Day, about the D-day invasion, Pluskat was a military consultant. In the movie, he was portrayed by Hans Christian Blech. Pluskat was with Generalleutnant Kurt Dittmar when they surrendered to soldiers of the U.S. 30th ...
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      I did hear a bit of a funny line about the...

      I did hear a bit of a funny line about the Thunderbolt made by RAF Spitfire pilots.

      Compared with the earlier marks of Spitfire, the RAF pilots reckoned that the Thunderbolt was so big one of the...

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      Framlingham B-17 Bomb Dump

      A typical scene in the English countryside during World War Two. The bomb dump at Framlingham, home of the 390th BGp. Fins and fuzes would have been added to the bombs Just before loading into the...

      Jim 02-05-2012, 07:53 PM Go to last post
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      A Hummel of the 9th SS division 'Hohenstaufen'...

      A Hummel of the 9th SS division 'Hohenstaufen' makes its way along a snow track on the Russian front. The gun has a very neatly applied camouflage scheme of dark yellow and dark green. The crew also...

      Jim 02-05-2012, 05:59 PM Go to last post
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      A Hummel unit moves into position. This vehicle...

      A Hummel unit moves into position. This vehicle has a chassis number stenciled on the hull. The crew have wrapped themselves up well for the cold, making good use ot their pattern 1943 reversible...

      Jim 02-05-2012, 05:29 PM Go to last post

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