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Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his fox...
03/27/2025

Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne in January, 1945.
He was KIA at the age of 22 on January 14, 1945.

At 21 years old, Albracht was the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam. In October 1969 Albracht took command of a re...
03/25/2025

At 21 years old, Albracht was the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam. In October 1969 Albracht took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Firebase Kate in the Quang Doc Province of South Vietnam, held by 27 American soldiers and 156 Montagnard militiamen. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
Albracht's men held off repeated ground assaults by the Communist forces. After five days Kate's defenders were out of ammunition and water. Albracht led his troops off the hill and on a night march through enemy lines, a feat never duplicated during the Vietnam War. He saved 150 lives during the evacuation of the battle site Firebase Kate.
Albracht was awarded three Silver Stars for his actions in the Vietnam War. He has also received three Purple Hearts and five Bronze Stars.

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who passed away on Monday at at the age of 105. Hemingway was the last surviving Battle of Brit...
03/25/2025

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who passed away on Monday at at the age of 105. Hemingway was the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot. Born in Dublin in 1919, Hemingway joined the RAF in 1938. He flew Hawker Hurricanes during WWII and survived being shot down four times.

The shell hit the pistol port and went right through the turret. This is the exit hole. The guys who had to 'clean up' t...
03/25/2025

The shell hit the pistol port and went right through the turret. This is the exit hole. The guys who had to 'clean up' tanks after such hit are unspoken heroes in my opinion.

Pilot and navigator in cockpit of German twin engine bomber Junkers Ju-88.
03/21/2025

Pilot and navigator in cockpit of German twin engine bomber Junkers Ju-88.

That's BMW Motorcycle Photo
03/21/2025

That's BMW Motorcycle Photo

Handley Page Halifax, 1943. Though gradually superseded by the Avro Lancaster, which had a heavier ordnance load, it rem...
03/21/2025

Handley Page Halifax, 1943. Though gradually superseded by the Avro Lancaster, which had a heavier ordnance load, it remained in RAF Bomber Command service till the end of WW2 and was well liked by its crews.

WW2 German AT Weapons: 7.5 cm PaK 40
03/21/2025

WW2 German AT Weapons: 7.5 cm PaK 40

The German Bf-109 was really a narrow plane...the allied pilots who flew captured 109s were amazed at how cramped the co...
03/20/2025

The German Bf-109 was really a narrow plane...the allied pilots who flew captured 109s were amazed at how cramped the cockpit was and how sparse the instruments/controls.
On the other hand, German 109 pilots who flew captured allied fighters found them to be either too big (P-47) with controls almost out of reach and/or too complex (P-51) to fly with too many controls, instruments, switches etc.

Luftwaffe soldiers loading an 8.8 cm FlaK gun, Germany .
03/20/2025

Luftwaffe soldiers loading an 8.8 cm FlaK gun, Germany .

Fallen, but NEVER forgotten. Thank you to everyone who raised a glass to our favorite Irishman yesterday. 🍻☘️ ...
03/19/2025

Fallen, but NEVER forgotten. Thank you to everyone who raised a glass to our favorite Irishman yesterday. 🍻☘️

It's Panzer I
03/19/2025

It's Panzer I

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