#military history

[pukindog-v2]

American Volunteer Group - AVG - pilot and group candids

[1800sfagoff]

welcome, my history buffs, to the civil war era fag off.

This is a tournament.

propaganda is allowed, and encouraged. I may not add it at first, but if I’m up to it, I may at a later date. If I don’t get to it, I’m counting on you!

I’ll have two different categories- Important Civilians/Politicians and Military

You can also submit polls and suggestions. Never run one of these before so I’m excited.

we will start with a special, easy one

Propagandists, do your thing before I do

[victusinveritas]

This was one of my introductions to military history. I was 14 and haven't ever really looked back. Big fan of star forts and Vauban.

[barbucomedie]

Halberd of the Life Guard of Archbishop Wolf Dietrich from Salzburg, Austria dated to 1589 on display at the Salzburg Museum in Salzburg, Austria

Photographs taken by myself 2022

[cynicalclassicist]

An impressive bit of military history!

US Army officer Peter Conover Hains. The first photo shows him as a Major General at his desk in April 1918, the second as a First Lieutenant in 1862. Hains was the only person to serve in both the American Civil War and World War I.

[bantarleton]

The last of “The Few” turns 105.

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway DFC, AE, is the last verified surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. He was born in Dublin on 17 July 1919.

He served during the Second World War in the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Invasion of Normandy. Following the death of Terry Clark in May 2020, Hemingway became the last verified surviving airman of the Battle of Britain. He was shot down four times during the Second World War.

Per Ardua ad Astra - "Through Adversity to the Stars"

[thespookydookie]

happy holidays once again guys, have the obligatory xmas truce card

[dosesofcommonsense]

[humanoidhistory]

Computer room at the Nevada Test Site.

(National Archives)

[67-romeo]

Carlos N. Hathcock II was born in 1942. Those of you with time behind the glass know the name, know the legend, and have probably read MARINE SNIPER by Charles Henderson, the book that immortalized Gunnery Sgt. (Ret.) Carlos N. Hathcock II, USMC. Vietnam was a watershed period in the history of both special operations and sniping, and MARINE SNIPER was a fascinating look at that period through a 10 power Unertl scope atop a .30-06 Winchester Model 70. Major E.J. Land writes in the foreword to Henderson’s book: “The sniper is the big-game hunter of the battlefield, and he needs all the skills of the woodsman, marksman, hunter, and poacher.” Future snipers take note.

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Hathcock’s Silver Star would be awarded almost three decades after his experience in Vietnam, not for one or all of his 93 confirmed kills, but for dragging seven wounded Marines out of the back of an APC after it hit a mine and burst into flames, the same action that ended his time in uniform.

The citation reads: “with complete disregard for his own safety and while suffering an excruciating pain from his burns, he bravely ran back through the flames and exploding ammunition to ensure that no Marines had been left behind." In Carlos Hathcock’s obituary for the Washington Post in 1999, Stephen Hunter wrote, “In two tours in the 1960s, he wandered through the big bad bush in the Republic of South Vietnam...with a rifle made by Winchester, a heart made by God and a discipline made by the Marine Corps.”

[pukindog-v2]

Captain Leslie Mintz "Meat", (then DCAG), in a VFA-143 'World Famous Pukin Dogs' F/A-18E Super Hornet just before hitting the three wire. As of 18 NOV 2024, she is the CAG of CVW-1 'AA' aboard CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman.

[theworldofwars]

Highland Dance by men of the 8/10th (Service) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders outside Arras Cathedral, 24 January 1918.

[ned8-back-again]

A Canadian and German solider, both wounded, smoke together on the fields of Passchendaele, Belgium. circa 1917.

[nicoleisttraurig]

Today I wanted to share one of my favorite historical figures with you.

This young man's name is Sergeant William Henry Johnson. Commonly known as Henry Johnson, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on the night of May 15, 1918. While defending French lines, he saved one of his men from capture, and blocked a German raid from advancing to his French allies. Johnson became one of the first Americans to be awarded France's highest award for valor, the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

Sgt. Johnson died in July of 1929, due to his 21 injuries sustained during the war. He's buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[upennmanuscripts]

Ms. Codex 109 is a late 16th century Germany manuscript of the treatise "Feuer Buech," on munitions and explosive devices. It includes many illustrations of the various devices and their uses, and also features illustrations of men in colorful apparel. And the infamous Rocket Cat!

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