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Monument of Leopold I

Europe Backpacking Day 10  - Brussels, Belgium

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Lt Edwin Wright shows off the damage to his P-47 Thunderbolt, October 1944

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1944 Montecassino Fallschirmjäger - Ron Volstad

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1943 07 13  Kursk   - Steve Noon

Bagramyan’s breakthrough, Kursk, 13 July 1943 Soviet tanks from 5th Tank Corps and infantry from 11th Guards Rifle Division overrun the left wing of the German 293.Infanterie-Division’s defence near Ulyanovo, at the start of the Soviet counter-offensive during the decisive Kursk campaign. T-34’s and infantry burst through the German defences. Though Soviet casualties were heavy, 293.Infanterie-Division’s line was broken.

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For those from FFM and Hurchst. https://ssl.panoramio.com/user/4409405?comment_page=1&photo_page=3 Call it IG Farbem or Abrams. It certainly was a building that many of us remember.

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A Night of Violence: The Houston Riot of 1917, Haynes, Robert V., Good Book http://t.co/cgH8f06DH0 pic.twitter.com/6GmNCu2qOI

— gorgeous reviews (@redondodino) June 14, 2015

from Twitter https://twitter.com/redondodino June 14, 2015 at 02:31AM via IFTTT

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Heidelberg, Germany (by SPIROS KOUTSOMICHALIS)

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Reach out and touch someone.

Dragoons assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment participate in a live-fire exercise Their M777 Howitzers are staged in anticipation of target acquisition and firing instructions from their forward observers, in support of troopers assigned to 4th Sqdn, 2 CR during their field exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, located near Rose Barracks, Germany.

(Photos by Sergeant William Tanner, 24 FEB 2015.)

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Die Wacht am Rhein (1854)

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) dir.Lewis Milestone

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(via Veterans Condemn Fox News Host Sexist Smear of Female Soldiers)

First, foremost, and most obvious to everyone other than yourselves, your remarks were immensely inappropriate. Your co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle was so right to call attention to an inspiring story of a woman shattering glass ceilings in a society where doing so is immeasurably difficult. We never heard an answer to her question: why did you feel so compelled to “ruin her thing?”

As it turns out, women have been flying combat aircraft since before either of you wereborn.Over 1,000 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) flew during World War II. Seeing as U.S. Army Air Forces Commander “Hap” Arnold said “Now in 1944, it is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” we can probably guess he thought their parking was adequate. The WASP legacy reaches into the present day; on 9/11, then Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney scrambled her F-16. Completely unarmed, she was ready to lay down her own life to prevent further devastating attacks on American soil.

Thus the skill of women as fighter pilots is well established. And before you jump to the standby excuse that you were “just making a joke” or “having a laugh,” let the men amongst our number preemptively respond: You are not funny. You are not clever. And you are not excused. Perhaps the phrase “boys will be boys”–inevitably uttered wherever misogyny is present–is relevant. Men would never insult and demean a fellow servicemember; boys think saying the word ��boobs’ is funny.

The less obvious implication of your remarks, however, is that by offending an ally and cheapening her contribution, you are actively hurting the mission. We need to send a clear message that anyone, male or female, who will stand up to ISIS and get the job done is worthy of our respect and gratitude.

We issue an apology on your behalf to Major Al Mansouri knowing that anything your producers force you to say will be contrived and insincere. Major, we’re sincerely sorry for the rudeness; clearly, these boys don’t take your service seriously, but we and the rest of the American public do.