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Educator/Historian 📚 Music producer for WW2 vets of 746th AAF Band Military History 🪖 Occasional war film post 🎥 World War Quotes 🧐

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81 years ago today, In Francis S. Ford survives the crash-landing of his smoking P-38L Lightning at Hill Field on Mindoro after dogfighting with Japanese fighters. ✈️ He would go missing in action one week after this…

81 years ago today, In Francis S. Ford survives the crash-landing of his smoking P-38L Lightning at Hill Field on Mindoro after dogfighting with Japanese fighters. ✈️ He would go missing in action one week after this…

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It’s mind blowing that nearly 400 men survived the HMS Barham exploding during WW2. The British battleship was sunk by German submarine U-331 in 1941.

It’s mind blowing that nearly 400 men survived the HMS Barham exploding during WW2. The British battleship was sunk by German submarine U-331 in 1941.

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I could watch these beauties all day. ✈️

I could watch these beauties all day. ✈️

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80 years ago today, the second flag raising on Iwo Jima 🇺🇸

80 years ago today, the second flag raising on Iwo Jima 🇺🇸

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I can’t decide what’s more beautiful…the scenery or the planes 😎

I can’t decide what’s more beautiful…the scenery or the planes 😎

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Greatest line from a war movie….Go!

Greatest line from a war movie….Go!

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It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower. 😭

It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower. 😭

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Possibly the most satisfying line in television……ever 😎

Possibly the most satisfying line in television……ever 😎

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82 years ago today, Easy Company enters the town of Carentan. 🪖

82 years ago today, Easy Company enters the town of Carentan. 🪖

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82 years ago today, newlyweds John & Lena Basilone left on a short honeymoon in Oregon, where they stayed at an onion farm owned by friends near Portland. Still can’t believe he didn’t make it off Iwo Jima. 🪖

82 years ago today, newlyweds John & Lena Basilone left on a short honeymoon in Oregon, where they stayed at an onion farm owned by friends near Portland. Still can’t believe he didn’t make it off Iwo Jima. 🪖

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81 years ago today, the men of Easy Company discover Kaufering IV, a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp system in Bavaria.

81 years ago today, the men of Easy Company discover Kaufering IV, a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp system in Bavaria.

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80 years ago today, Ron Speirs is placed in charge of Easy Company and goes on one of the most impressive runs in human history. 🪖

80 years ago today, Ron Speirs is placed in charge of Easy Company and goes on one of the most impressive runs in human history. 🪖

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82 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸

82 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸

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In HBO’s Band of Brothers, Captain Herbert Sobel is the strict, widely disliked original commander of Easy Company during training. 🧵 But his real story is more complex — a tough disciplinarian who shaped the unit, yet faced resentment and a tragic end.

In HBO’s Band of Brothers, Captain Herbert Sobel is the strict, widely disliked original commander of Easy Company during training. 🧵 But his real story is more complex — a tough disciplinarian who shaped the unit, yet faced resentment and a tragic end.

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It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.

It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.

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When Saving Pvt. Ryan was first screened, the Department of Veterans Affairs had to increase staffing on its telephone counseling line, as numerous veterans were disturbed by the film & were compelled to seek professional help. Makes sense 👇🏼

When Saving Pvt. Ryan was first screened, the Department of Veterans Affairs had to increase staffing on its telephone counseling line, as numerous veterans were disturbed by the film & were compelled to seek professional help. Makes sense 👇🏼

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In HBO’s The Pacific, Eugene “Sledgehammer” Sledge is the young Marine whose wide-eyed innocence turns to horror amid the brutal fighting on Peleliu and Okinawa. 🧵But the real story behind this quiet Alabamian is one of survival, trauma, and profound reflection.

In HBO’s The Pacific, Eugene “Sledgehammer” Sledge is the young Marine whose wide-eyed innocence turns to horror amid the brutal fighting on Peleliu and Okinawa. 🧵But the real story behind this quiet Alabamian is one of survival, trauma, and profound reflection.

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In HBO’s The Pacific, Gunnery Sergeant John “Manila John” Basilone becomes a legend during the brutal night fighting on Guadalcanal. 🪖 🧵The real story behind that machine gun stand is even more extraordinary.

In HBO’s The Pacific, Gunnery Sergeant John “Manila John” Basilone becomes a legend during the brutal night fighting on Guadalcanal. 🪖 🧵The real story behind that machine gun stand is even more extraordinary.

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82 years ago, America buried one of its bravest sons 🇺🇸 🧵General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. from Utah Beach to his funeral 82 years ago today.

82 years ago, America buried one of its bravest sons 🇺🇸 🧵General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. from Utah Beach to his funeral 82 years ago today.

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Original Easy Company paratrooper Bill Wingett has one standard answer when asked how many did he kill during the war

Original Easy Company paratrooper Bill Wingett has one standard answer when asked how many did he kill during the war

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81 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸

81 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸

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82 years ago today, Albert Blithe is wounded by sniper fire after volunteering for a patrol outside of Carentan. 🪖 Dick Winters sets the record straight on Blithe’s hysterical blindness, being wounded, and his life after World War II.

82 years ago today, Albert Blithe is wounded by sniper fire after volunteering for a patrol outside of Carentan. 🪖 Dick Winters sets the record straight on Blithe’s hysterical blindness, being wounded, and his life after World War II.

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In Band of Brothers, Don Malarkey meets an American born German POW from Oregon, whose family had returned to Germany. The incident did happen, however, in the show, Malarkey didn't know the man. In reality, the two had worked across the street from each other for years.

In Band of Brothers, Don Malarkey meets an American born German POW from Oregon, whose family had returned to Germany. The incident did happen, however, in the show, Malarkey didn't know the man. In reality, the two had worked across the street from each other for years.

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Bringing a B-29 Superfortress in for a landing ✈️

Bringing a B-29 Superfortress in for a landing ✈️

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Rangers & paratroopers working together…now that’s diversity in film😎

Rangers & paratroopers working together…now that’s diversity in film😎

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No “Widowmaker” on this flight…the pilot must have had the right stuff 😎

No “Widowmaker” on this flight…the pilot must have had the right stuff 😎

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