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  1. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Battle scarred main road from Anzio to Rome littered w. wrecked Allied armor, including an M10 tank destroyer (L) and Sherman M4 tanks, a result of battle between German and Allied forces fighting for control of the Anzio beachhead area.
     
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  3. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Holy sh...!
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    American soldiers looking over German armor destroyed during the drive towards Rome. May 23 1944

    Large size here!
     
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  4. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    And an old favourite of mine :)

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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I had noticed the spot on their page a day or so ago. Good pics you posted. Looks like I need to crawl my way through them asap.
     
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    I had no idea about this. Great stuff, thank you very much.
     
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    Yes, many thanks for the 'Heads Up'.

    Steve W.
     
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    Great link, thanks for the heads up! :cool:

    Django
     
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    brndirt1 Saddle Tramp

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    Thanks for the site! I was especially surprised to see the section on Ft. Peck Montana. I used to go fishing and hunting in that area. While the town of Ft. Peck itself has improved considerably over the shanty town depicted in "New Deal", I swear some of it doesn't!
     
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    AMAZING!

    Thank you, I will be away for the next 6 months!

    John
     
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  11. Erich

    Erich Alte Hase

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    " Stay back kids the ugly one is coming "
     

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    Thank you very much for the link.

    I now have only one problem, i cannot decide which picture to use as my desktop backround. :D
     
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  13. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Yeah, Ol' UniTesticle himself.
     
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    Nice collection of photos, especially the color ones. One of them on the first page shows USS Hammann DD 412 - during the Battle of Midway, while moored alongside the damaged USS Yorktown to assist in salvaging operations, she was hit by one of four torpedoes aimed at the carrier. Her back broken, she sank within a few minutes.
     
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  15. macrusk

    macrusk Proud Daughter of a Canadian WWII Veteran

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    Thanks, Za! I can see I'll get lost at this site for awhile!
     
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  16. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Don't thank me, all who did, thank Life and thank Google :)
     
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    That is very cool stuff, I love seeing photographs from those days like that. It really brings some of the events to life to actually see pictures of them as they occured.
     
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    one of my favourites: If you haven't recognized him yet, imagine him about 25 years older with a cigar

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    Winston Churchill, this shot must be from WWI.
     
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    Skipper Kommodore

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    that is correct. Great picture isn't it!
     
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