Random Cool Photo Thread

[Adama36]

Baton (baton de marechal) belonged to Michel Ney , the bravest military commander work for Napoleon, there was story said, he went to America at 1816, worked as a college professor until he passed away at 1846.
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Peter Stuart Ney (1769-1846) - Find a Grave...

Educator, Folk Figure. He was a school teacher in many communities in North Carolina. On his deathbed he claimed to be Marshal Ney of Napoleon's Grand Armee. This was surprising because Marshal Ney was supposedly executed in Paris for treason. However, supporters of the Peter Stuart Ney...

www.findagrave.com

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[FlakMagnet]

Original colour photo of SBD over the Solomons

 

[taiAtari]

Not a photo, but a random and very interesting and cool high quality film from 1964 on the preparedness of the Swiss Army to fight an unnamed enemy I stumbled upon on Youtube. Incredible scenes of military gear in action including some great Hawker Hunter footage. Apparently it was nominated for the 1965 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film!

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Osterreich-Ungarm Marine at Tianjin , China . Sometime before WWI.

 

[FlakMagnet]

USMC LVTP-5 Vietnam,
1965

 

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[B-Man2]

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Perfect photo to discuss “wartime fit”
Both of those jackets would be considered too large by many of us here . However, they fit big and they are still being worn over undershirts, and dress shirts. So what would they look like with just a T-Shirt ?
The trim look many of us like and consider as the perfect war time fit only looks trim because of the amount of heavy clothing worn under the jacket during cold weather.
Judging by the light clothing being worn by the ground crew the temperature was warmer and as a result this is what a “War Time” fit really looks like.
Apologies for disrupting the thread .

 

[FlakMagnet]

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[leper-colony]

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https://www.archive.anthonysuau.com/image/I0000.ICAi4RffzY

 

[flyincowboy]

CASEY bukowsky 381st bg 532sq WAIST GUNNER veteran 100 years old

 

[flyincowboy]

FAMOUS GREG PAPY BOYINGTON "THE BLACK BAAH BAAH SHEEP"

 

[flyincowboy]

m444vs m445.jpg

 

[flyincowboy]

Usmc air crewmen

 

[flyincowboy]

Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IIIs ( depart from Medenine Tunisia on a sortie.

 

[flyincowboy]

short stirling and crew.

 

[flyincowboy]

Hawker Typhoon nearing completion in Gloster’s HucclecoteOrchard factory in 1943.

 

[flyincowboy]

B17F USED AS TRANSPORT has INVASION STRIPES APPLIED

 

[flyincowboy]

Old legionnaire with the 2e Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes (2e BEP) in Indochina, 1952.