A woman moving to another village takes with her the bones of her dead son, decorated with marigolds, the native mourning flower, Balkan Front, June 1916.
Photo by Ariel Varges (1890-1972)
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“Head Measuring Device for Helmets” | Military Research at Natick Soldier Systems Center. [1973]
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U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Marine Scouting Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241) in flight over Midway
➤➤ BATTLE OF MIDWAY VIDEO: https://youtu.be/joqaga0tpyg
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A U.S. Marine BAR gunner is shown charging onto the beach, next to an amphibious assault vehicle, at the Tarawa display, located in the atrium of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the battle of Tarawa.
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Mark Busch / Untitled (Military Aiport) / Photography / 2023
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NASA's YF-12C in flight at sunset, 1974.
(Dvids)
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East German Hijinks
I've been taking a look at the Cold War Museum in Virginia's digital archive of photos, interviews, and declassified documents from members of the US Military Liaison Mission in East Germany. It's a really weird bit of espionage history where basically each occupying power in Germany granted each other the ability to have stationed a handful of military personnel separate of any embassy or consulate who could just sorta... go places. They called it touring. These guys are sort of diplomatically immune and can go most places in the country outside of certain restricted zones (which the Americans immediately ignored).
Looking at the loosely organized photo gallery from servicemen who were stationed there from the 60s to the late 80s, there were a few commonalities that really stood out, in between family photos, state dinners, and visiting dignitaries. But every. single. person. had at least one photo of their service vehicle (usually a Jeep or a Ford muscle car) in a Situation.
That second to last one there is left for the caption.
They did a lot of off-roading so they could get covert photos of field activities, convoys, rail resupply, and field exercises. I'm particularly fond of The Device here
But there's also a lot of the human element in there (lots of irritated Kommandatura)
and my personal favorites:
And this last one just has incredible vibes:
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“Cooling Vest Test” | Military Research at Natick Soldier Systems Center. [1983]
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