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Great Job, Now Pivot
80 years ago today. Official Caption: “Homeward Bound. Sicily, Salerno, and Normandy are on the log of this LCI flotilla making its triumphant homecoming at an East Coast port. Invasion craft sailed...
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Smoke Break
Near La Neuveville, France. 25 October, 1944. Official wartime caption: “Infantrymen relieved from combat for rest, await removal to a rest camp.” 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. Left...
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Warship Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024: The Ones That Got Away
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Remember to thank your Veterans and wear your poppies today
No further posts today. Official wartime caption: “Pvt. James L. Poust, Hughesville, Pa., displays a mud-covered face after having carried wounded men over mired and muddy roads of eastern France, 13...
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Although they have been in hundreds of engagements and campaigns since 1775, only a handful of fights are noteworthy enough to have shaped the Marine Corps for generations and echo throughout history,...
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Konspiracja
Some 85 years ago this week, one of the largest– and simultaneously least supported by the Allies– underground resistance armies in WWII took its first key organizational steps. The Polish military...
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Hidden Roadside Gem– and its Amazing guns
Tucked along the roadside in Polson, Montana is one of the largest collections of American history in the country – and I got lost there for a day this summer. Gil and Joanne Mangels founded the...
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Warship Wednesday (on a Thursday) Nov. 21, 2024: The Sweet Pea
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Feet Wet during Rang Dong
Some 57 years ago this week. 21 November 1967, near Cat Lai, Republic of Vietnam. Official caption: PFC Fred L. Greenleaf, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade...
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