#usarmy

[theworldatwar]

A US medic tends to the wounds of a German soldier - France 1944

[down2buildness]

Tamiya M4A3 75MM Sherman

90's classic with some Verlinden goodies

[military1st]

U.S. Army Soldiers during the 30th Medical Brigade Best Squad Competition at Franken Kaserne military base, Ansbach, Germany.

The U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon (2024).

[maga2024win]

In the fiscal year 2023, the U.S. budget deficit reached $1.695 trillion, a 23% increase compared to the previous year. The main reasons for this are a decrease in revenues and increased spending on Social Security and Medicare programs. Additionally, federal debt costs have risen due to high interest rates1.

The high deficit is expected to intensify the political battle between President Joe Biden and the Republicans in the House of Representatives, especially around the issue of the debt ceiling and demands for budget cuts1.

To my great joy, Donald Trump is a shrewd and patriotic businessman who can change the situation and reduce the debt significantly!

What do you think about the current economic situation in the U.S.? Share your thoughts in the comments!

[benjitoum]

Socked casts can be good if you have a sock that will fit!

[updownstairs83]

M Marquardt

[petervintonjr]

"Somebody has to do it. It's on my shoulders... You've got to speak up. These things are not going to come easy."

Another name for whom history already weaves a grand tapestry: Medger Wiley Evers. Less-known than his role in crystallizing the modern civil rights movements, is his time with the United States Army during World War II, and the life lessons he internalized while serving.

Born in 1925 Decatur, Mississippi, Evers managed to excel academically even during a childhood of extreme poverty and during a time of oppressive Jim Crow laws. He was also no stranger to cruel injustices, nor the horrors of lynching. In 1943, with WWII raging at full force, seventeen year-old Evers enlisted with the U.S. Army and was detailed to the 657th Port Company, a segregated unit. The 657th was deployed to Europe as part of a larger logistics organization that delivered food, fuel, and ammunition to the front. During his time in the European theater, Evers continued to endure bigotry and undisguised racism from his own country, but also witnessed firsthand how French Black servicemen were treated with total equality. To say this double standard made an impact is likely underselling it.

Perhaps most significantly, Evers's unit saw action on D-Day in Normandy, as part of Operation Overlord. By the time Sgt. Evers completed his service with an honorable discharge in 1946, he had accumulated a Good Conduct Medal, two Bronze Service Stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. He returned to a Decatur culture largely unchanged by the war, and promptly returned to the front lines, so to speak --trying to improve conditions for his fellow Black Americans, beginning with voter registration drives and speaking out very publicly in favour of integration. His (belated) GI benefits were put towards earning a BA at Alcorn State University, and into a life that would eventually encourage boycotts, elevate him to a prominent leadership role in the NAACP, and investigating brutal murders and lynchings in the South, including that of Emmett Till (see Lesson #110 in this series). His assassination in 1963 was in many ways a bellwether for passage of the Civil Rights Act a year later.

Sgt. Evers is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. This is an indisputable fact in case there was any lingering fuzziness about that.

[dutchmn007]

A D-Day Veteran Remembers: Part II

[theworldatwar]

US Soldiers of the 88th Infantry Division march along a road towards Bologna, Italy, 1945. Credit: Signal Corps Archive

[taraross-1787]

This Day in History: 82nd Airborne Division rescues Nazi prisoners

On this day in 1945, the 82nd Airborne Division liberates a concentration camp just outside Ludwigslust, Germany. The Wöbbelin camp hadn’t been in operation for too long: It was established in February 1945 as the Nazis sought to move prisoners away from the Allied advance.

Even at this late stage of the war, the Nazis did not want those prisoners rescued.

At this point in the war, of course, the writing was on the wall. Adolf Hitler had committed suicide mere days earlier, and an Allied victory was just around the corner. Allied forces were discovering and liberating thousands upon thousands of Hitler’s prisoners.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-82nd-airborne-liberation

[fadingfoxwasteland]

Justine Bateman on CA fires: 'If you’re going to run a city, you have to take care of the basics'

[military1st]

U.S. Marine during bridge demolition training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan.

The U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart (2024).

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[freaksmyweirdness]

Feral Cat named "Trump".

[theworldatwar]

US soldiers play a game of darts during their free time as they wait for D-Day to get underway - June 1944. L-R: Pvt. Larry Mason, Pfc. Norman Rausch, Sgt. Henry Krawczyk. CREDIT : Signal Corps Archive