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Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (11 Viewers)
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Old Wizard
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Wildcat
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Interesting pictures Shinpachi.
US and Australian troops practice a beach landing at HMAS Assault complete with a vengeance air attack.
Was that post war?
Wildcat
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According to Wiki, Assault was disbanded in April 1945. I'm guessing the photo's are from 1943 or 1944.
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Oh I thought we where still talking about the Phillipines. Forgot HMAS Assault can be a place and not a ship.
Impressive pics, Andy
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte is from there as a politician.
Yes evidently he is still hopping mad that we took a severely wounded American bomb maker out of the hospital there in the middle of the night before they could interogate him.
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Good shots guys!
vikingBerserker
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Excellent thread gents! I have never seen a beard the size on the Japanese soldier in the last pic of post #11.
Wildcat
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It still amazes me that the Australian Government sent the ashes of the Japanese sailors home. Niceties such as that were rare in the PTO.
Next set of photos shows the Australian assault on Balikpapan, Borneo July 1945.
Next set of photos shows the Australian assault on Balikpapan, Borneo July 1945.
fubar57
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Great shots
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Impressive shots, Andy
Chivalry would be the warrior's wisdom to avoid unnecessary killings each other.
IJN had loosened its attack against the mainland of Australia since then.
Balikpapan in January 1942.
Makassar in February 1942.
Chivalry would be the warrior's wisdom to avoid unnecessary killings each other.
IJN had loosened its attack against the mainland of Australia since then.
Balikpapan in January 1942.
Makassar in February 1942.
vikingBerserker
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Awesome pics!
Wildcat
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Great photos. The guy in the bottom left picture looks like he is about to stomp on a spider 
Old Wizard
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michaelmaltby
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"....Chivalry would be the warrior's wisdom to avoid unnecessary killings each other."
Would that be true, Shin, and in a rational situation it would be .... but Japanese resistance in the Pacific allowed for no surrender and was so fierce ... even when reason pointed to surrender it was rejected ... and given the overwhelming firepower that the Americans could bring to bear ... the result was the utter brutalization of defender and attacker alike.
In a modern world what kind of soldier extracts the gold teeth from the enemy wounded?
Would that be true, Shin, and in a rational situation it would be .... but Japanese resistance in the Pacific allowed for no surrender and was so fierce ... even when reason pointed to surrender it was rejected ... and given the overwhelming firepower that the Americans could bring to bear ... the result was the utter brutalization of defender and attacker alike.
In a modern world what kind of soldier extracts the gold teeth from the enemy wounded?
