Missed fit opportunity by the British to wear the Lewis gun pouches in the sluttiest way possible
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Crew conducting drills aboard USS TEXAS (BB-35), likely in Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Photographed in early 1918.
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Army Commandos in a landing craft during training in Scotland, 28 February 1942.
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A motorcycle team from the 21st Panzer Division spearheads the German Army’s spring Offensive - Gulf of Bomba, 1942
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"Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever, patient; 2nd Lt. Prudence Burns, ward nurse; 2nd Lt. Elcena Townscent, chief surgical nurse; and an unidentified nurse."
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities
This black and white photograph shows three African American nurses surrounding a patient’s bed in a rudimentary field hospital. They are wearing white surgical gowns and caps. They appear to be in a ward with many other patients and staff.
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Bingo the dog (ship's mascot) experiencing some strong winds aboard the flight deck of USS HANCOCK (CV-19).
Photographed in 1945.
National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive: 2018_006_0028
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"Don't be a Job Hopper"
1940s Disney WWII propaganda poster
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“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a "lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ Source.
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Jane Russell as plane art in WWII
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A British Crusader Mk1 stops to examine a burning German PzKwIV during the opening stages of Operation Crusader - North Africa, Nov 1941. Though the Crusader was much admired by the German Army for its high speed, it was mechanically unreliable and its armour, unlike the PzKwIV was not face-hardened
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