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F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) off Okinawa, 6 May 1945

 

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michaelmaltby said:

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Eh Luigi! Cheap bastards brought their own boats.

 

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Or " US helps with recent flood control in Venice".

 

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nuuumannn said:

Yup, as far as I know. I'm also dubious about "no photo credit available" as an adequate source, but that's just me. Not trying to pick a fight, but you know where you got the photos you post from, so why not just write that?

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Being a photography, I understand what you are saying. I get most of these off of Tumblr, so it is a crap shoot as to weather or not you get a copyright with the pic. I post them when they are available. If they aren't, not much I can do but take it down if there is a complaint. Oh, and I edited and gave proper copyright.

 

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Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, photographed from a USS Enterprise (CV-6) SBD aircraft during the Battle of Midway, after she had been bombed by planes from Enterprise and USS Hornet (CV-8). Note her shattered midships structure, torpedo dangling from the after port side tube… No photo credit available.

 

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This day in 1945, the end of the three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau. Breslau was the last major city in Germany to surrender. No photo credit available.

 

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Private D. E. Hailey and T. M. Conway of the Australian 2/23 Infantry Battalion in their Bren gun pit on the forward slope of B Company position, Tarakan, Borneo, May 1945 ww2dbaseSource ww2dbaseAustralian War Memorial

 

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This day in 1945, American and German soldiers fought side-by-side during the defence of Castle Itter, Austria, against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. It was also the only battle where Americans and Germans fought together during the war. No photo credit available.

 

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Aaron Brooks Wolters said:

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This day in 1945, American and German soldiers fought side-by-side during the defence of Castle Itter, Austria, against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. It was also the only battle where Americans and Germans fought together during the war. No photo credit available.

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A B-17 belly landed. June 11 1944. If this was a B-24, the aircraft would be twisted apart.

 

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... I remember building the Lindbetg B-17 kit back in the day and being impressed by the layout, construction & proportions of the AC ...

 

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The Rodney and Nelson were conversions of super battleships laid down before the Washington Naval Treaty. In order for them to meet the weight class limitations of the treaty the rear of the ships were lopped off, leaving only the forward turrets.

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Not conversions; redesigns. There's a series of articles, "Washington's Cherry Trees," published in Warship International about 35 years ago about the could-have-beens.

 

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Marine colonel Francis Fenton kneels before the body of his son, PFC Michael Fenton, killed hours before. Okinawa, May 7, 1945.

 

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swampyankee said:

Not conversions; redesigns. There's a series of articles, "Washington's Cherry Trees," published in Warship International about 35 years ago about the could-have-beens.

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Yes. I used the wrong word.

 

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A US airman embraces an English woman in the crowds at Piccadilly Circus after the news of Germany's surrender broke in London on May 7, 1945. No photo credit available.

 

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USS Arkansas (BB-33) steaming near the east coast, April 11, 1944. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11.
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Panzer IV Ausf F of 5th Panzer Division crosses a muddy stream during the Battle of Moscow, Nov 1941. No photo credit available.

 

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A Japanese soldier hoists aloft a German baby during the Japanese occupation of Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia. March 1942. No photo credit available.