Picture of the day.

Андрей said:

Pyotr Antipov went through the whole war - he burned three times in a tank. In January 1945, his tank came under enemy fire in Poland ... Hoping to save himself, he jumped into a small trench. He recalled, "I jumped up and there was a frightened German with a machine gun - he shot me point-blank and cut off my left arm, it was hanging on the strings. The trench turned out to be a camouflaged passage to a dugout filled with Germans. They didn't waste bullets on me, but hit me with rifle butts. To be sure they shot me in the head with a pistol."
Petya lay unconscious in a trench for five days. By what miracle he survived - no one knows. Doctors had to cut off the 24-year-old's left arm to the root, his right hand and both legs... After returning home, Peter began to master prosthetics, learned to walk, and even to write by clasping a pencil in the split stump of his right hand.
And then he got married, graduated from a technical school and academy, and worked in forestry all his life. He created an oak forest, unique for the Leningrad Region, which in his lifetime was named after him!View attachment 619549

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Escuadrilla Azul said:

What a pity that isn't in colour. It must be wonderful.

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syscom3 said:

B-17D Flying Fortress of the 19th Bomb Group being loaded with 100 and 500lb bombs. The date of the photo is 1942.

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michaelmaltby said:

August, 1945. Manchuria.
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SaparotRob said:

As never having served I feel it inappropriate for me to give the salute emoji. That is something to be earned. When I read posts about the passing of a veteran, using a "like" seems in poor taste even though I'm sure the sentiment is understood. However, James Thach certainly deserves a "medal". He was certainly a winner. I intend to use the "friendly" in the future in these cases.

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