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WAC aircraft mechanic PVT Dorothy Bumstead of Beaumont, Texas, looks out from the access port on the bottom of a B-17 bomber at Tyndall Field in Florida.
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80 years ago, men of the 2nd Armored Division carry out invasion maneuvers as they prepare for D-Day in England.
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In March of 1945, PVT Francis Hall and his Doberman, War Dog, on Iwo Jima.
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Built to take a hit and not quit.
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B-17s being escorted by P-47 fighters on their way to Germany, 1943.
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Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to construct the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver.
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Brig. Gen. Murray Woodbury of the 66th Fighter Wing in his P-47D Piccadilly Pete II, likely 1944
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A Swedish soldier guards Boulder Buff, a B-24 of the 492nd Bomb Group that landed in Sweden on 18 June 1944
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Ground crew prepare to load bombs onto Jolly Roger of the 450th Bomb Squadron at Andrews Field, March 1944
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South Dakota-class Battleship USS Indiana entering San Francisco bay, 1945.
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Size comparison between WW2 Japanese aircraft carriers.
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WWII Raids Over Japan. P-51 Mustang Next To Mount Fuji, 1945
➤➤ P-51 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/I7lnh6tb1HA
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US Coast Guard Hall PH-3 flying boat firing a M1919 Browning machine gun in 1943.
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First Lieutenant Arthur Carley, 401 Willowood, Dayton, Ohio, found shelter for his platoon near a wrecked Zero by Motoyama Airfield. Iwo Jima. 23 February, 1945
➤➤ KAMIKAZE, USELESS SACRIFICE (VIDEO): https://youtu.be/z0qMAvhjREo
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The German V-2 Rocket was the world’s first long range guided ballistic missile. Designer Peenemünde Army Research Center. In service 1944–1945.
Dimensions. 46 x 6 ft.
Weight. 27,600 lbs.
Speed. 3,580 mph.
Altitude. 55 Miles.
Range. 200 Miles.
Warhead. 2,200 lbs.
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German Tigers of the 503rd heavy tank battalion during the Battle of Kursk, summer 1943.
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