#ww2 veteran

[asshole-rebel-psycho]

My adorable grandparents ❤️

Right after surviving getting shot down from a b17 in ww2, my grandfather Eugene and his captain stole a plain from his airforce base in Texas to go party in New Orleans.

This is where he met his wife Anna :) he fell in love with her after he saw her perform on stage. She was a professional dancer and singer and toured with Bob Hope to entertain the troops in the pacific. They went on to raise seven children in NY where my grandpa was from. She was an Oklahoma girl. :)

( I will say I met my future wife on Bumble after drunk swiping)

I just thought I'd share this cute vintage pic from the 1940s or early 1950s.) 😍

[thefoilguy]

Bill Strong - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

[boulahlib]

Celebrate with us the bravery of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen during the cowardly attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 during World War II. It remembers the sacrifices of the warriors of that time who fought in World War II against Japan. This beautifull

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[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

Martin Freeman begins the D-Day 80 service by reading the memories of veteran Joe Mines

Joe Mines, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, landed here on Gold Beach 80 years ago today. He joins us and allowed me to share these memories with you: “I've never been back here, for 80 years. I’ve often thought “What do I go back for?” After all the terrible things I’ve seen. Like a picture book, up there, I can visualise everything.  I landed on June the 6th 1944 at a place called Vers Sur Mer. The Germans pulled back, so it allowed us to clear the mines on the beach.That was the 1st job I got, clearing mines. All over the place they were. Joe Mines clearing mines. One of our fellas trod on one and blew his leg off. The whole leg went. War is brutal.  Back when I signed up, I met a fella on the train. I went to Normandy with him. But he got killed within about an hour of landing here. He was only young. I was 19 when I landed, but I was still a boy. I don’t care what people say. I wasn’t a man. I was a boy. And I didn’t have any idea of war and killing. I was lucky. Yeah, I had lots and lots of luck.  So why would I come back? Well, this is the last and only opportunity for me.The last there will ever be. And it’s because of the lads. I want to pay my respects to those who didn’t make it.  May they rest in peace. “

[mrfouris]

Sleeping Marine by Esther Bubley 1942

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[floralcavern]

My opinion on the IDF

(Because, yes, despite me being Pro-Israel, I still have ✨thoughts✨)

People need to stop comparing the I/P conflict to the Holocaust. It is nothing like the Holocaust and Israel is nothing like Germany. And you making that comparison really shows how little you actually know about WW2. Read any history book. Read Anne Frank, or Night. In fact, the closest thing to the Holocaust that is happening in this war is what is happening to the Israeli hostages. They are under way more of those conditions. 

No. If we are to ever compare this to any other war, it is more similar to the Vietnam War. 

The IDF is very similar to US soldiers in Vietnam.

Look. We can all agree that US was on the right side of Vietnam. They were helping the Southern Vietnamese from the Northern Vietnamese. So when you hear “They were on the right side/good side” you automatically think they were the good guys. Wonderful heroes. And, yes, Vietnam veterans were heroes. But they did some fucked up shit. 

For example, according to one veteran, one time when one of his friends had been murdered, out of anger, they all burned an entire town down. US soldiers took out a lot of their frustrations and anger onto the Vietnamese. So while we all agree that they are on the right side and are the good guys, they did some fucked up shit. Stuff that cannot be excused at all. 

Another example is in WW2! We all think of the allies as the good guys! They fought against the terrible Nazis and yadada. America was on the good side, they were one of the main sides that took down Germany! So while we acknowledge that America was the right side the be on, we cannot forget the horrible things they did. For example..

They had Japanese concentration camps. 

Bet you didn’t know that. 

The reason for this was because the amount of violence they saw and experienced was involved with Japan. They were traumatized but it is no excuse to do something like that!

America was the right side, but they weren’t the perfect military. 

No military is perfect!!!!!!!!!!!

That includes the IDF. 

But here’s the thing, on the side of the ‘good guys’, usually when there’s extremely violent people in the military, there are usually two reasons for this. 

They have experienced horrors beyond comprehension while fighting on the battlefield, causing them to become jaded and bitter

Or 

2. They were always a violent person and they joined the war to take that out onto others. 

It is the tragic reality that every single military has people like this. It is history. The historical ‘good guys’ did horrible things as well. 

That brings me back to the Vietnam War. 

The soldiers saw so many horrible things that could actually compare very well to what the IDF has seen. 

US soldiers had no way to tell if a citizen was Northern Vietnamese or Southern Vietnamese. 

Usually by the time they learned, it was too late. 

There are stories of US soldiers having a Vietnamese child come up to them, holding something. About to give them a gift! But when they opened their hand, they were holding a grenade. 

That is so similar to what Hamas is doing. They use suicide bombers and child soldiers. Things like that will create an idea of they can’t trust anyone. Anyone could be out to hurt them and there’s the idea of almost animalistic fighting for survival. How can you trust when Hamas could literally send a child out to kill you?!

So, really, if you think about it, the US soldiers of the Vietnam War are very similar to the IDF. 

That sense of they can’t trust anyone, violence due to the trauma and being surrounded by enemies trying to do the same fucking thing (hell, Hamas has been committing terrorist attacks on Israel for years now). Even what the two sides fight for are somewhat similar! 

The US fought to help the Southern Vietnamese and gain freedom from their Northern neighbors. Israel is fighting for freedom from their neighbors who are constantly attacking them and freeing Palestinians from their oppressive government. 

It starts out virtuous and those ideas do carry on for the most part, but it also dissolves into animalistic violence and anger because of the shit they have seen.

Also, the way US Vietnam soldiers were treated in America is actually really similar to how Americans treat the IDF. 

Nowadays when we meet a Vietnam veteran, we comment on how brave they are and how they’re a hero. Back then, though? Ohhhhh boy. Americans hated them. When soldiers would come home, Americans would yell at them, spit on them, etc. Now, doesn’t that sound familiar?

So, TLDR;

I support Israel and I support the IDF in the same way I support America in WW2 and the Vietnam War. They’re on the right side and have virtuous intent, but they sure as hell aren’t perfect and have done some fucked up shit. Yknow. Like every other military in the world. The sad reality we live in. Not everything is black and white.

[petermorwood]

This film came out in 1942, and yesterday (17 July 2024) in Dublin, an old, old gentleman celebrated his birthday.

Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway DFC...

...was born in Dublin in 1919 and joined the RAF in 1918 1938.

(Typo! Remember that post about proofreading before posting...? And it's already been reblogged a few times. Oops. Egg on face time.)

Now 105 years old, the only pilot still alive who flew in the Battle of Britain. he's the Last of the Few.

Distinguished Flying Cross;

1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain clasp;

Air Crew Europe Star;

Italy Star;

War Medal 1939-1945 with Mentioned in Dispatches Oakleaf.

And when he's gone, a already-legendary part of history will finally become myth.

[opelman]

Warbird by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Battle of Britain veteran Hurricane V7497 displays over Old Warden during the Shuttleworth Collection's 2024 Summer Evening Air Show. Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V7497/SD-X (G-HRLI). Location: Old Warden Aerodrome, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

[capt-zjaybird]

Kick could've gotten his callsign for something cool like downing an enemy like this video.

But knowing the military tends to give clever callsigns that remind the soldier of a bad memory, he also probably could've gotten it from a shitty experience with old tech he needed to work with and he just kicked the stupid machine in the side and it worked.

Kick, opening up his old portable laptop for a mission: "C'mon ol' reliable, be good for me again and don't get me killed."

[asshole-rebel-psycho]

My grandfather Eugene was Lt and pilot of a b17 bomber plane in ww2.

He completed 19 successful bombing missions over Germany. Destroying Nazi military bases.

He got shot down on his 19th mission and survived to becoming a POW in a German prison camp.

He left the camp after the war standing 6'3" and 120 lbs.

God bless you grandpa and may you rest in peace 🙏 🇺🇸

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Bud Anderson’s F-105D “Old Crow II” awaits a mission in Vietnam in 1970, when he led the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing

➤➤ VIDEO: https://dronescapes.video/Bud

[boulahlib]

Celebrate with us the bravery of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen during the cowardly attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 during World War II. It remembers the sacrifices of the warriors of that time who fought in World War II against Japan. This beautif

[iceman-kazansky]

On this day, 79 years ago, 326,547 troops and 54,186 vehicles were deployed to the beaches of Normandy.

This day is better known as The Day of Days or D-day, codenamed "Operation Overlord."

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Martin Freeman begins the D-Day 80 service by reading the memories of veteran Joe Mines.