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A true relic from a forgotten battlefield
160817-N-PM781-002 WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2016) An M1 Garand rifle used by U.S. Marine Corps Raiders during the World War II attack on Japanese military forces on Makin Island is at Naval History and...
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Lithuanian partisan, with a few eggs and a rifle courtesy of Izhevsk
Portrait of female partisan, Sara Ginaite at the liberation of Vilna, 10 August 1944. She is just over 20 years old. Her weapon? A Soviet-made M44 Mosin-Nagant rifle, likely newly acquired, and (at...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Emil Hünten
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers...
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A 16-year old lion from Luxembourg
Caption: Members of the 108th company of the FTP (Francs-tireurs et partisans français), the communist resistance group pose with their weapons at a mountain base. Photo: United States Holocaust...
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Little Birds, Afghan style
“Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC – Air) advisors from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing fly Afghan Air Force’s newest MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters for a training event. The new...
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Anaconda Plan, 1945 Installment
With the anniversary of VJ Day this week, I was brainstorming something. The jury will always be out on just what won the U.S. Civil War: the defeat of Lee in the North, Grant’s splitting of the...
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The Cobra in the Clouds
Captain Robert L. Faurot with his P-38F Lightning 42-12623 Nose 16 parked at 14 Mile Drome (Schwimmer) Credit: US Army Signal Corps, NARA SC-168885 Date: January 20, 1943. He was killed in action just...
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A mysterious, if soft spoken, Czech
The Germans in WWII were the ultimate locusts when it came to re-purposing captured weapons. Not only did they quickly turn around and put everything they found that went bang in an occupied country to...
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Always worth its weight
From the CIA archives: As an attempt to control currency during the worst days of the Depression Presidential Executive Order 6102 (1933) and the Gold Reserve Act (1934) made owning or trading gold a...
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The brief affair with HBT camo and the U.S. Army, or, the Duck Hunters of D-Day
In the first part of 1943, the Army began flirting with a two-piece (jacket and pants) herringbone twill (HBT) camouflage uniform. Now, one thing to note is that this differed from the Marine HBT “duck...
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A bridge too far, with lots of STEN sticks
In honor of the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, here is a kit layout for a British Para Lance Corporal from Operation Market Garden in 1944. Can you say STEN mags? Note the one for the gun, seven...
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Dutch Harbor (Battle of Midway era) Tiger on tap for Atlanta
One of the Texas Flying Legend Museum’s enduring fleet of P-40s. Texas Warhawk And she has a great history. From the Commemorative Air Force’s Website: This P-40E is a cold weather survivor coming out...
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20 years of U.S. sniper rifles up close and personal (VIDEOS)
Ian from Forgotten Weapons wraps his scholarly hands around a Marine Corps MC-1952 Sniper Garand, an Army M1C Sniper, and a series of Springfield 1903 sniper rifles for an in-depth look. In the above...
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Rum subs of the bootlegger era
Today we have narco subs (self-propelled semi-submersibles, or SPSSs) to deal with but they are an idea that is almost a century old. The Volstead Act in 1919 came at a time of technological...
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Jadotville gets its due
In the ongoing crapshow that was the Katanga conflict, A Company, 35th Irish Infantry Battalion, led by Commandant Pat Quinlan, was part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) peacekeeping...
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Warship Wednesday Sept. 28, 2016: From the Lingayen to the FloraBama
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of James Arthur Pownall
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A British Apache in California
Star trails over an Apache AH Mk 1 of 4 Regiment Army Air Corps (4 Regt AAC) sitting in the Mojave Desert during a Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) training exercise, working alongside Dutch, US and...
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A Gurkha and his most dangerous weapon
Photo via LIFE archives, originally black & white, cleaned up & colourised by Paul Reynolds A Naik (corporal) of either the 7th or 9th Gurkha Rifles, part of the 4th Indian Division of the...
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Cool before it was cool
Source http://defenseimagery.mil; VIRIN: DA-ST-86-06121 What better way to celebrate the 11th of October with this snap of members of the 11th Armored Cavalry stooped to talk with West German...
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