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They formed the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe 99th Pursuit Squadron (later the 99th Fighter Squadron) was the first black flying squadron, and the first to deploy overseas (to North Africa in April 1943, and later to Sicily and other parts of Italy). The 332nd Fighter Group, which originally included the 100th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Squadrons, was the first black flying group. It deployed to Italy in early 1944. Although the 477th Bombardment Group trained with North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served in combat. In June 1944, the 332nd Fighter Group began flying heavy bomber escort missions and, in July 1944, with the addition of the 99th Fighter Squadron, it had four fighter squadrons.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi97vcz7Uk0v_S1UWQDXKLueEEa1Wk8ZCL0WbBAtpSmKqFteAeUuauy8Iw83A40ynMF2_PZDeONu3CFAPjrcGTeOCSPcCHMyExfA8Iya9ynZ9qxW34yfRJq8DXgnv0L0QUIF7LcMSPgg5eytbolPTXjME6v5vlUr3bgG5YEyVYvAuMFnceD_zPHkOuEmw=s666\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"666\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi97vcz7Uk0v_S1UWQDXKLueEEa1Wk8ZCL0WbBAtpSmKqFteAeUuauy8Iw83A40ynMF2_PZDeONu3CFAPjrcGTeOCSPcCHMyExfA8Iya9ynZ9qxW34yfRJq8DXgnv0L0QUIF7LcMSPgg5eytbolPTXjME6v5vlUr3bgG5YEyVYvAuMFnceD_zPHkOuEmw=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESeveral Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. During World War II, black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim Crow laws and the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected to discrimination, both within and outside of the army.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThese intimate portraits were taken by Toni Frissell, a high-fashion photographer who volunteered her photographic services to the American Red Cross, Women\u0026#39;s Army Corps, and Eighth Army Air Force during WWII. On volunteering for the American Red Cross in 1941, Frissell said: \u0026quot;I became so frustrated with fashions that I wanted to prove to myself that I could do a real reporting job.\u0026quot; Take a look:\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjIqoX7SvNYqM6i4Y1-1hVZaPbYb_WPf_x4vooXlUaZ_I2Kk3OKDOvf66eExRqFOLA1Rq-gTp7zXUgdF_llGcCKYRcg5gfB6H03aH286FW0OkDuL2H3yvF0yyULvOHAKb4vlf_jF53EV4Q0x4eFbzwoIDRHU4Amxh3smqe8AK_VyBlo677jS85dhMJsmQ=s684\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"684\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjIqoX7SvNYqM6i4Y1-1hVZaPbYb_WPf_x4vooXlUaZ_I2Kk3OKDOvf66eExRqFOLA1Rq-gTp7zXUgdF_llGcCKYRcg5gfB6H03aH286FW0OkDuL2H3yvF0yyULvOHAKb4vlf_jF53EV4Q0x4eFbzwoIDRHU4Amxh3smqe8AK_VyBlo677jS85dhMJsmQ=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMembers of the 332nd Fighter Group\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiNgeWiOzkmRSTcG04dM40ai0ukEjUmeaW1vpB-dEZRD5uAlEIgtfwz46MKxup7fvjG5-4Jz1qiLEe5rJdCT3dyFR7CJJdf688AfCpIdVG0k-XTQJtVwFHNIbpE0a0nLXI2ukotBPMIMOIUV-Ydh7DKStbA861zA1cNad0Pk3GthB_z3Qobjy2UQ1fGng=s663\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"663\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiNgeWiOzkmRSTcG04dM40ai0ukEjUmeaW1vpB-dEZRD5uAlEIgtfwz46MKxup7fvjG5-4Jz1qiLEe5rJdCT3dyFR7CJJdf688AfCpIdVG0k-XTQJtVwFHNIbpE0a0nLXI2ukotBPMIMOIUV-Ydh7DKStbA861zA1cNad0Pk3GthB_z3Qobjy2UQ1fGng=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ECrew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhnvoatTvO42Nr_u4wwSqNHmM1Y4Pzm8gEAOQN5PGUj1dsW9F9GA4OI3S2i7mq3KEMLfISa_JdhJ1JhZNhfN0ldP98Suf-uszT1i0POC3T2JugssI9g-D5NgbxlRxtPAGjdIrdMqJDf3Qxmh4aLi41_gDb7KZUaByRNggKTtpNrr6BWtOVVRgLmYmHaKA=s668\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"668\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhnvoatTvO42Nr_u4wwSqNHmM1Y4Pzm8gEAOQN5PGUj1dsW9F9GA4OI3S2i7mq3KEMLfISa_JdhJ1JhZNhfN0ldP98Suf-uszT1i0POC3T2JugssI9g-D5NgbxlRxtPAGjdIrdMqJDf3Qxmh4aLi41_gDb7KZUaByRNggKTtpNrr6BWtOVVRgLmYmHaKA=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA Tuskegee airman standing on an airfield, looking at airplanes\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiLeiD6XSIxgwmnLDCH4NC5xUcTsynG1D_ABSk-ax_ygjPEAzFhGyfMYtKfltGk36rPuivGTXmyH-UelqmXfVOMNhxk3Ki0xgQdqpzIKaixrPQT_xT_B_XEQnZcsHGmuRacCbqALZyMDCAv6D21jEgf6z4znUfgIcveOoOu-aySod29pBM0W0utNydEwQ=s673\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"673\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiLeiD6XSIxgwmnLDCH4NC5xUcTsynG1D_ABSk-ax_ygjPEAzFhGyfMYtKfltGk36rPuivGTXmyH-UelqmXfVOMNhxk3Ki0xgQdqpzIKaixrPQT_xT_B_XEQnZcsHGmuRacCbqALZyMDCAv6D21jEgf6z4znUfgIcveOoOu-aySod29pBM0W0utNydEwQ=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESgt. William P. Bostic, 301st F.S. in control tower\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/tuskegee-airman-italy-ww2.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/827053201504911454\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/tuskegee-airman-italy-ww2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/827053201504911454"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/827053201504911454"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/tuskegee-airman-italy-ww2.html","title":"Intimate Portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen at Air Base in Italy During WWII"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi97vcz7Uk0v_S1UWQDXKLueEEa1Wk8ZCL0WbBAtpSmKqFteAeUuauy8Iw83A40ynMF2_PZDeONu3CFAPjrcGTeOCSPcCHMyExfA8Iya9ynZ9qxW34yfRJq8DXgnv0L0QUIF7LcMSPgg5eytbolPTXjME6v5vlUr3bgG5YEyVYvAuMFnceD_zPHkOuEmw=s72-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3123239611011843583"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-16T18:32:00.004+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-16T18:55:03.327+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"celebrity \u0026 famous people"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science \u0026 technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vehicles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War I"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Little Curies: Marie Curie and Her X-Ray Vehicles’ Contribution to World War I Battlefield Medicine"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EDuring World War I, Marie Curie recognized that wounded soldiers were best served if operated upon as soon as possible. She saw a need for field radiological centers near the front lines to assist battlefield surgeons, including to obviate amputations when in fact limbs could be saved. After a quick study of radiology, anatomy, and automotive mechanics she procured X-ray equipment, vehicles, auxiliary generators, and developed mobile radiography units, which came to be popularly known as \u003Ci\u003Epetites Curies\u003C\/i\u003E (“Little Curies”).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECurie knew that X-rays could save soldiers’ lives by helping doctors see bullets, shrapnel, and broken bones. She persuaded the French government to set up France’s first military radiology centers. The government named her Director of the Red Cross Radiology Service, and she used her position to obtain donations of money and cars out of her wealthy acquaintances. She persuaded automobile dealers to donate vehicles and equipment, and other manufacturers to donate electric generators and X-ray equipment. She was a consummate fundraiser, but she also donated her own Nobel Prize funds to the War effort.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBody shops transformed the cars into mobile medical units, and in late October 1914, the first of 20 radiology vehicles she would equip was ready. She taught herself and her daughter, Irene how to drive and work on cars, so they could drive the vehicles and operate the equipment themselves. She then taught about 150 women how to take an X-ray.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOver a million French soldiers benefited from the Little Curies and the accessibility of X-ray machines on the front. In Marie’s words, “The use of the X-rays during the war saved the lives of many wounded men; it also saved many from long suffering and lasting infirmity.”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen the War ended in 1918, elated Parisians took to the streets to celebrate. 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Not because of his superstar status where he earned the title “The King Of Hollywood”, but because he gave up that life and put himself in great peril to serve his country in World War II.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiIkGtk-bmpM0d1lwLgDbSxSipO3hI_LnKIikN85OhpebDpHmy_5yiuZJmuLAJYwSEjwyOiPAoBnU_7qlhYH71ffkKJypNvo9mnvXBXwzcBzlPkR3oE3HRU5c_Qw42wcW3Qox1Tsi3XxMXl4azWzsp00o1HXA1oy9ZXqDjOxg-mjdzuH07ySnmgByhxjQ=s1200\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"580\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiIkGtk-bmpM0d1lwLgDbSxSipO3hI_LnKIikN85OhpebDpHmy_5yiuZJmuLAJYwSEjwyOiPAoBnU_7qlhYH71ffkKJypNvo9mnvXBXwzcBzlPkR3oE3HRU5c_Qw42wcW3Qox1Tsi3XxMXl4azWzsp00o1HXA1oy9ZXqDjOxg-mjdzuH07ySnmgByhxjQ=w640-h310\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe and his wife Carole Lombard were active in the war bonds effort after the US entered the war. Carole was flying back from such a tour to be with Clark when tragedy struck. The plane went down, killing Clark’s wife. Devastated, Gable ultimately decided that he would channel his grief into fighting the enemy firsthand.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe was beyond the age of the draft, Gable sent a telegram directly to President Franklin D Roosevelt asking for a combat assignment. The president replied. “No. Stay where you are.” But Gable would not be deterred.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAlthough his bosses at MGM and President Roosevelt were against him joining the military, Gable enlisted in the Army Air Force on August 12, 1942 in Los Angeles as a private. He was offered a higher rank, but insisted on starting as a private because he preferred to work his way up like other enlisted soldiers. In so doing, he gave up a salary of $1,500.00 per week, which would be about $25,000 per week in today’s money.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe attended officer candidate school and graduated as a second lieutenant before moving on to aerial gunnery school where he learned to shoot down enemy planes during bombing runs. He was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, England where he was assigned to create a film to educate up and coming gunners on what they were to expect in combat. Although neither ordered nor expected to do so, Gable flew perilous operational missions over Europe in B-17s to obtain combat film footage. He participated in several extremely dangerous bombing raids over Nazi Germany, each of which is fully documented. According to others in Polebrook, Gable spent many of his leisure days writing letters to the families of fallen soldiers.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt was during his fourth mission that Gable came closest to death. While behind the top turret gunner, the most dangerous place on the aircraft, Gable was almost hit with a 20mm shell that had come up through the flight deck. The shell took off the heel of his boot and passed by his head without exploding. A fellow soldier on the same plane was killed. On another mission, his plane returned riddled with bullet holes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAlthough records only show Gable flying five combat missions, veterans of Polebrook recall him flying many more. According to his military brethren, Clark Gable went far beyond his assignment and eagerly participated in going after the Nazis. He sometimes took up the gunnery position himself to fire the .30 caliber machine guns at the enemy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGable’s very active support of the war effort must have been quite a threat to the Nazis. Hitler himself, who was a fan of Gable’s films, offered a reward for the capture of the movie star. According to his son John Gable, Clark was worried that Hitler was going to put him in a cage and display him around for propaganda purposes. When they couldn’t capture him, Hitler ordered Hermann Goering to put a death warrant on Gable’s head. Hitler didn’t succeed there either. Gable was never captured and eventually got promoted from second lieutenant to major. For his service, Clark Gable was awarded the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Air Medal, and the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), our nation’s highest award for extraordinary aerial achievement. It is awarded to recipients for heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn June 12, 1944, he was discharged from his war duty and returned to Southern California where he continued his reign as the King of Hollywood. The experience changed his outlook on his own personal tragedy. “I saw so much of death and destruction”, he later recalled, “I realized that I hadn’t been singled out for grief – that others were suffering and losing their loved ones just as I lost Ma.”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EClark Gable is an icon that everyone can look up to. 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4-QLofdf5M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOriginally designated YHO-2 by the U.S. Army, then later re-designated HZ-1 and named “Aerocycle”, the prototype made its first tethered flight on 22 November 1954, with its first free flight taking place in January 1955 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Over 160 flights totaling more than 15 hours of flight time were conducted, and the results of this early test flight program were considered promising enough that a dozen examples of the type were ordered. Predictions were made that the craft could provide transport to a modern version of the old horse cavalry, providing airborne “eyes and ears” for the Army.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn 1956, the test program was transferred to Fort Eustis, Virginia, where Captain Selmer Sundby took over test-flying duties. The HZ-1 had been designed to be very easy to fly, and early testing indicated that untrained soldiers could learn to operate the craft in less than 20 minutes, and some claiming that only five minutes of instruction were required. In addition, the HZ-1 proved to be faster than other flying platform designs evaluated by the Army. Sundby, however, quickly determined that the craft was much more difficult to fly than had been expected, and would not be safe in the hands of an inexperienced pilot. In addition, the low-mounted rotors proved to be prone to kicking up small rocks and other debris.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOver a series of tethered and free-flying test flights lasting up to 43 minutes, the HZ-1 suffered a pair of accidents. Both crashes occurred under similar conditions – the contra-rotating rotors intermeshed and collided, the blades shattering, causing an immediate loss of control resulting in a crash. Aerodynamic testing was conducted in the full-scale wind tunnel at the Langley Research Center, and it was discovered that the Aerocycle’s forwards speed was limited by an uncontrollable pitching motion, but rotor-tip clearance was always sufficient. The inability to determine the precise cause of the intermeshing, combined with the fact that the “personal lifting device” concept was failing to live up to its expectations, led to the decision to terminate the project.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESundby was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his test-flying work with the HZ-1, going on to test-fly the H-21 and H-34 helicopters, as well as seeing combat in the Vietnam War before retiring with the rank of colonel.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiZgpXKdYp0JuAdaW4fVSRgUHTV0M1jgzmZnrWjRWMw2D6WzbHcx1TkjpC1MEYw2Q2gMZA2dcagzXLZfw2UqNlvIMGeiq0PVRijE_3ZSJw2tXZFI8JbQFgMWHDUIOgeQXRhxVzZbuDPlw8inH6pihNoKbgcUgad5xdFmOLHEAGexcPUeVNgpV0yM5kd=s1000\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"689\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiZgpXKdYp0JuAdaW4fVSRgUHTV0M1jgzmZnrWjRWMw2D6WzbHcx1TkjpC1MEYw2Q2gMZA2dcagzXLZfw2UqNlvIMGeiq0PVRijE_3ZSJw2tXZFI8JbQFgMWHDUIOgeQXRhxVzZbuDPlw8inH6pihNoKbgcUgad5xdFmOLHEAGexcPUeVNgpV0yM5kd=w640-h440\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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A system of underground power stations would have provided electricity to the 100,000 lamps that lit its streets and guided the way to a pub modeled on the Red Lion in Whitehall.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA spur railway was built inside a tunnel on the main London to Bristol line, linking it to the bunker. It was meant as an escape route for the royal family to flee London in the event of an attack.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe bunker’s very existence was meant to be top secret until it was decommissioned in 2004.  Inside, it is like stepping back 50 years. Hundreds of swivel chairs delivered in 1959 are still unpacked. There are boxes of government-issue glass ashtrays, lavatory brushes and civil service tea sets. 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Commissioned as if it were a normal vessel of the U.S. Navy and manned by a crew of trainee sailors, \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E was located in Union Square from 1917 until the end of the war.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUkB8EiVzjZjMnlpZxAdgmVZ_C7hzc8eN0yXQz3BmopJAmcB_4t3bDjYPD7AO8xNZZzDC1GJd-yR5yoiYqllk5-01R62C76_favF5LcMDinKCc12WzJ57JBbJJu3i2V9608jKBI8cXMEwtEQBCTt9BkdUi_FhV4a2j6mqaVTa3P_7q-wCuhSK2JO8r=s1200\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"881\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUkB8EiVzjZjMnlpZxAdgmVZ_C7hzc8eN0yXQz3BmopJAmcB_4t3bDjYPD7AO8xNZZzDC1GJd-yR5yoiYqllk5-01R62C76_favF5LcMDinKCc12WzJ57JBbJJu3i2V9608jKBI8cXMEwtEQBCTt9BkdUi_FhV4a2j6mqaVTa3P_7q-wCuhSK2JO8r=w640-h470\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Landship \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E under construction in Union Square in 1917.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOperating as the U.S. Navy’s headquarters for recruiting in the New York City district, \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E was a fully rigged battleship, and was operated as a commissioned ship of the U.S. Navy. Under the command of Acting Captain C. F. Pierce and with a complement of thirty-nine bluejackets from the Newport Training Station for crew, \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E served as a training ship in addition to being a recruiting office. The Navy also offered public access and tours of the ship, allowing civilians to familiarize themselves with how a Navy warship was operated.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe accommodations aboard \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E included fore and aft examination rooms, full officer’s quarters, a wireless station, a heating and ventilation system that was capable of changing the temperature of the air inside the ship ten times within the span of an hour, and cabins for the accommodation of the sailors of its crew.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETwo high cage masts, a conning tower, and a single dummy smokestack matched \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E’s silhouette to the layout of seagoing U.S. battleships of the time. Three twin turrets contained a total of six wooden versions of 14-inch (360 mm) guns, providing the ship’s ‘main battery’. Ten wooden 5-inch (130 mm) guns in casemates represented the secondary anti-torpedo-boat weaponry of a battleship, while two replicas of one-pounder saluting guns completed the ship\u0026#39;s ‘armament’.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAfter spending over two years in Union Square, the Landship \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E was decommissioned and dismantled, the Navy intending to move it to Coney Island’s Luna Park, where it would be maintained as a recruiting depot following its success at its Union Square location; \u003Ci\u003ERecruit\u003C\/i\u003E struck its colors on March 16, 1920; \u003Ci\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/i\u003E reported that the “Landship” had helped the U.S. Navy recruit 25,000 men into the service—625 times the size of her own crew, and enough to crew twenty-eight \u003Ci\u003ENevada\u003C\/i\u003E-class battleships. 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It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFollowing the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history. In particular, it played a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EToday, the Royal Air Force maintains an operational fleet of various types of aircraft, described by the RAF as being “leading-edge” in terms of technology. This largely consists of fixed-wing aircraft, including those in the following roles: fighter and strike, airborne early warning and control, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR), signals intelligence (SIGINT), maritime patrol, air-to-air refueling (AAR) and strategic \u0026amp; tactical transport.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAlthough the RAF is the principal British air power arm, the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and the British Army’s Army Air Corps also operate armed aircraft.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHere below is an amazing photos collection from \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8270787@N07\/\"\u003EEtienne du Plessis\u003C\/a\u003E that shows the Royal Air Force during the 1950s and ’60s.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUqV65khjKnP6CnVy34dRryBpMBdl8EHz_WId5O31oC8rnCjz66cYnArxxyBu-R37ZAoKvHnJQ_BaPxhG8V4tuWnZRIpWarwtblOYWoJvlbComeesb5hKvjSS9rD-G7YwEB6cQXAorvxOHS2qlN_krOnJkZgJLsm61D3Ck2umTyEjJyyhqwWmoeNFLUw=s800\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUqV65khjKnP6CnVy34dRryBpMBdl8EHz_WId5O31oC8rnCjz66cYnArxxyBu-R37ZAoKvHnJQ_BaPxhG8V4tuWnZRIpWarwtblOYWoJvlbComeesb5hKvjSS9rD-G7YwEB6cQXAorvxOHS2qlN_krOnJkZgJLsm61D3Ck2umTyEjJyyhqwWmoeNFLUw=w640-h400\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA group of eight de Havilland Sea Hornets of the Fleet Air Arm line up on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable (R86) during a sea exercise in July 1950\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgoRXpdfUqSbbEqRYbh2sy2EOvZoTBMH10k1Xo-TwKRXEls2oZ3nafkL9UBwKMe-w6Y4qRMrGITlDmUo-XTiJWdgaukJtXlQmo2bEmXuo36tTUfuZ3qDZhuiqv8GjBWGEs3W4V591kKWHRRK_ebgHhl7xzYwYENajI6qg9zmSTSLVoc6aZYRaXrOOIITQ=s800\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgoRXpdfUqSbbEqRYbh2sy2EOvZoTBMH10k1Xo-TwKRXEls2oZ3nafkL9UBwKMe-w6Y4qRMrGITlDmUo-XTiJWdgaukJtXlQmo2bEmXuo36tTUfuZ3qDZhuiqv8GjBWGEs3W4V591kKWHRRK_ebgHhl7xzYwYENajI6qg9zmSTSLVoc6aZYRaXrOOIITQ=w640-h400\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFleet air Arm Hawker Sea Furies, Iwakuni, Japan, 1951\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiK9zfjZ-CVxHsDlccza7OotXcVCFSNXY87qXvudPoIQYqMTi9o6Mt2p_8Y4Qnecc_v4u7H9lQIiQRtUmVK0j2sL56se2bH4E3Qbodu_KcfRsKJTNMwc5uNNXDNP3QH9UW-dAkkCyNQv-rmeYp_2yIlNYlr8xaPpxprqavRI4lOsc1d8GFWXrYmdUaM-Q=s800\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"536\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiK9zfjZ-CVxHsDlccza7OotXcVCFSNXY87qXvudPoIQYqMTi9o6Mt2p_8Y4Qnecc_v4u7H9lQIiQRtUmVK0j2sL56se2bH4E3Qbodu_KcfRsKJTNMwc5uNNXDNP3QH9UW-dAkkCyNQv-rmeYp_2yIlNYlr8xaPpxprqavRI4lOsc1d8GFWXrYmdUaM-Q=w640-h428\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EBoeing B-29A, Washington, 1953\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUPFwStCLKoCS8yRbKe0TXPaNZBpUGg7EUviY-pbJq3CXhjrfh6VLFMvKOzfd9eS1duS5tz0cb6V7jV2KOWljLFWKKJ5TFQ_QOOQAARqBSWantCI1QW_xOmSS4sF3pay0MEPw-O98-Kf_0--TZsCLRWRX0P_Or3NfZjEHRD6M21kW8y4qGKUOvasPRzQ=s800\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUPFwStCLKoCS8yRbKe0TXPaNZBpUGg7EUviY-pbJq3CXhjrfh6VLFMvKOzfd9eS1duS5tz0cb6V7jV2KOWljLFWKKJ5TFQ_QOOQAARqBSWantCI1QW_xOmSS4sF3pay0MEPw-O98-Kf_0--TZsCLRWRX0P_Or3NfZjEHRD6M21kW8y4qGKUOvasPRzQ=w640-h400\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Mk.24 was the final variant of the Spitfire and this particular aircraft, built in 1947 (registration VN485), saw RAF service in Hong Kong with 80 Sqdn, 1953\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiZQ75QKvFwC29IDkRFJVgRWWGOoEV1gQ2kPWB6dvjRkQBV0qk3Ze2Uu52AFwepTg0pwv5OQhVLabVHObLicc6fwaoE21HIrwv3nLDVCxfSCU5bOxE-NE46AjXoG_Tb3OcCW-WxeZ4Ux6BMrEbhool2s-4yyTn2v_lfTkyzPgIfXF_OwJyA9oOckib6FQ=s800\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiZQ75QKvFwC29IDkRFJVgRWWGOoEV1gQ2kPWB6dvjRkQBV0qk3Ze2Uu52AFwepTg0pwv5OQhVLabVHObLicc6fwaoE21HIrwv3nLDVCxfSCU5bOxE-NE46AjXoG_Tb3OcCW-WxeZ4Ux6BMrEbhool2s-4yyTn2v_lfTkyzPgIfXF_OwJyA9oOckib6FQ=w640-h400\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETo celebrate Queen Elizabeth\u0026#39;s coronation on June 2, 1953 the RAF laid on the biggest display of Military air\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/11\/royal-air-force.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/8795646627782594389\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/11\/royal-air-force.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/8795646627782594389"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/8795646627782594389"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/11\/royal-air-force.html","title":"Amazing Photos of the Royal Air Force During the 1950s and ’60s"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Quynh Nguyen"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16274121998354621123"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUqV65khjKnP6CnVy34dRryBpMBdl8EHz_WId5O31oC8rnCjz66cYnArxxyBu-R37ZAoKvHnJQ_BaPxhG8V4tuWnZRIpWarwtblOYWoJvlbComeesb5hKvjSS9rD-G7YwEB6cQXAorvxOHS2qlN_krOnJkZgJLsm61D3Ck2umTyEjJyyhqwWmoeNFLUw=s72-w640-h400-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-2644542668414483772"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-01T18:33:00.004+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-01T18:33:37.065+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"England"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"traffic \u0026 transport"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vehicles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War I"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s largest bus operator, the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), had replaced all its horse buses with motor buses in 1911 and 1912. A few other bus operators continued to use horses until August 1914.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThese new vehicles, especially the B type bus, manufactured first by the LGOC and later by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC), were of interest to the War Department because of their reliability. They were built of interchangeable parts, which made roadside repairs much easier. In the first few months of the war, the War Department requisitioned approximately 1,000 London buses, over a third of the LGOC’s fleet.\u003Cbr\u003E  \u003Cdiv\u003ESome of these vehicles were used for war service in Britain. Others were shipped from large commercial ports, such as Avonmouth, and travelled mainly to France and Belgium, although some went as far as Greece.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe versatility of these motor buses meant they were put to a variety of uses. Many were converted into lorries, with others serving as ambulances, mobile workshops or even mobile pigeon lofts.  \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHowever, their most familiar use was as troop carriers, transporting troops between the camps and the front lines. The troop carriers had their windows replaced with wooden planks for safety. Each bus could carry 25 soldiers, which was fewer than the 34 passengers they carried in London. Numbers were halved on the top deck to prevent the bus becoming too top heavy on uneven roads. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjjHHtz3VKc78PgX2TSAAaC41276a8fGVK7DIrcXBqUnWom1pu8eGhW5mRnh8VDzfkniIgk3lh0Bng3HRpd22BMLVEcOgoQr10DQL9p8zcOIPL8eh5GCmbtnEC8eu29SoIagJkG1pMNbIlsNcULwOlxf5X3CUtByR_4qjNV3EVx1DXYHzOVRQA3_0Gkcw=s1000\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjjHHtz3VKc78PgX2TSAAaC41276a8fGVK7DIrcXBqUnWom1pu8eGhW5mRnh8VDzfkniIgk3lh0Bng3HRpd22BMLVEcOgoQr10DQL9p8zcOIPL8eh5GCmbtnEC8eu29SoIagJkG1pMNbIlsNcULwOlxf5X3CUtByR_4qjNV3EVx1DXYHzOVRQA3_0Gkcw=w640-h480\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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This 1894 particular model shows a French sailor who suffered from a skin disease called rhinophyma, which is a complication of acne rosacea.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k8d6dzv7jQY\/YTo7Io0sDwI\/AAAAAAAEMwk\/T3EhQmDI45UocJKHhqedaWnju_j_7Gn6QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1464\/1894-wax-model-of-french-sailor.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1464\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k8d6dzv7jQY\/YTo7Io0sDwI\/AAAAAAAEMwk\/T3EhQmDI45UocJKHhqedaWnju_j_7Gn6QCLcBGAsYHQ\/w524-h640\/1894-wax-model-of-french-sailor.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E(via National Museum of Health and Medicine)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1265546526822038680\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/09\/french-sailor-wax-model.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1265546526822038680"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1265546526822038680"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/09\/french-sailor-wax-model.html","title":"An 1894 Wax Model of a French Sailor With Skin Disease of the Nose, Causing Bulbous Irritation"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k8d6dzv7jQY\/YTo7Io0sDwI\/AAAAAAAEMwk\/T3EhQmDI45UocJKHhqedaWnju_j_7Gn6QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w524-h640-c\/1894-wax-model-of-french-sailor.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-4434399547231645034"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-04T20:50:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-04T20:50:41.122+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"work of art"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War I"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Do Not Believe Him"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EIn WWI there were numerous campaigns aimed at slowing the spread of this debilitating disease that can stop an army in its tracks. This poster was produced by the American Social Hygiene Association warns young men not to have causal sex because it is likely they will contract VD.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xquzOjgdDcU\/YSkvRAxdj5I\/AAAAAAAEMIo\/N5Osok6vd6IEAkfFO1rmQnq7ue8NPfxcwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1595\/do-not-belive-him.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1595\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xquzOjgdDcU\/YSkvRAxdj5I\/AAAAAAAEMIo\/N5Osok6vd6IEAkfFO1rmQnq7ue8NPfxcwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1595\/do-not-belive-him.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIf some ‘wise guy’ tells you that sexual intercourse is not dangerous, the facts are:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA girl who would yield to one man has probably had relations with another. Very likely she is diseased.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMost prostitutes (private or public) have either syphilis or gonorrhea or both.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFurthermore, there are no antiseptics, prophylactic treatments or other preventives which assure absolute safety.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4434399547231645034\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/08\/do-not-believe-him.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4434399547231645034"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4434399547231645034"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/08\/do-not-believe-him.html","title":"Do Not Believe Him"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xquzOjgdDcU\/YSkvRAxdj5I\/AAAAAAAEMIo\/N5Osok6vd6IEAkfFO1rmQnq7ue8NPfxcwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/do-not-belive-him.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-9155860446574942224"},"published":{"$t":"2021-06-20T00:52:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-06-20T00:52:33.810+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1800s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"celebrity \u0026 famous people"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Portrait of Jacob C. Miller, a Civil War Veteran Who Lived With an Open Bullet Wound in His Forehead for Decades"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Jacob C. Miller (August 4, 1840 - January 13, 1917) was a private in company K, 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and was wounded in the head near the Brock Field at the Battle of Chickamauga on the morning of September 19, 1863. The ball impacted in Miller’s head during the Civil War, but luckily the buck didn’t penetrate his skull.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tvrkgzn9WoA\/YL2gYagw8FI\/AAAAAAAEG0I\/AS_MSXgtFWIip7_wYi8p0ac0roigRK_1ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1374\/jacob-miller-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1374\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tvrkgzn9WoA\/YL2gYagw8FI\/AAAAAAAEG0I\/AS_MSXgtFWIip7_wYi8p0ac0roigRK_1ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w466-h640\/jacob-miller-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EJacob Miller, after the Civil War.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uE6SCcNjYX4\/YL2gYbv_snI\/AAAAAAAEG0E\/eq348lZuO-UZooBMNArqh4OikhWvuSZwACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1224\/jacob-miller-2.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1224\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uE6SCcNjYX4\/YL2gYbv_snI\/AAAAAAAEG0E\/eq348lZuO-UZooBMNArqh4OikhWvuSZwACLcBGAsYHQ\/w522-h640\/jacob-miller-2.jpeg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EJacob Miller survived a bullet wound to the head during a battle in the Civil War. Miller wears his medal of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization formed after the war for Union veterans.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHis firsthand account of the battle was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/incass-inmiami.org\/cass\/bio_gen\/millerjacob.html\"\u003Epublished\u003C\/a\u003E by \u003Ci\u003EThe Joliet Daily News\u003C\/i\u003E in 1911.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E“When I came to my senses some time after I found I was in the rear of the confederate line. So not to become a prisoner I made up my mind to make an effort to get around their line and back on my own side. I got up with the help of my gun as a staff, then went back some distance, then started parallel with the line of battle. I suppose I was so covered with blood that those that I met, did not notice that I was a Yank, (at least our Major, my former captain did not recognize me when I met him after passing to our own side)...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E“The wound never really healed, but it’s pretty safe to assume it saved his life. What happened next?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI suffered for nine months then I got a furlough home to Logansport and got Drs. Fitch and Colman to operate on my wound. They took out the musket ball. After the operation a few days, I returned to the hospital at Madison and stayed there till the expiration of my enlistment, Sept. 17, 1864. Seventeen years after I was wounded a buck shot dropped out of my wound and thirty one years after two pieces of lead came out...\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E“Some ask how it is I can describe so minutely my getting wounded and getting off the battle field after so many years. My answer is I have an everyday reminder of it in my wound and constant pain in the head, never free of it while not asleep. The whole scene is imprinted on my brain as with a steel engraving. I haven’t written this to complain of any one being in fault for my misfortune and suffering all these years, the government is good to me and gives me $40.00 per month pension.”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/9155860446574942224\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/06\/jacob-miller.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9155860446574942224"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9155860446574942224"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/06\/jacob-miller.html","title":"Portrait of Jacob C. Miller, a Civil War Veteran Who Lived With an Open Bullet Wound in His Forehead for Decades"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tvrkgzn9WoA\/YL2gYagw8FI\/AAAAAAAEG0I\/AS_MSXgtFWIip7_wYi8p0ac0roigRK_1ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w466-h640-c\/jacob-miller-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-1351672849659174521"},"published":{"$t":"2021-06-06T23:58:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-06-06T23:58:15.137+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New York"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"street"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War I"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rare Photographs of New York City’s Parade at the End of World War I"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"On March 25, 1919, 20,000 men of the New York National Guard’s 27th Division owned the streets of Manhattan. Two million people turned out to see the division march five miles up Fifth Avenue after they came home from World War I.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECity officials estimated Manhattan’s population grew by 500,000 as people came from upstate New York and surrounding states to see the parade. There were 10,000 policemen on duty—6,000 regular cops and 4,000 reserves—to control the crowds. Five hundred plainclothes detectives were scattered throughout the crowd to watch for trouble.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThere was a special grandstand for 500 Civil War veterans and another for 1,000 Spanish-American War Soldiers. And 6,820 wounded Soldiers and Sailors who had been convalescing in New York City hospitals lined the parade route.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe parade route’s official start at Washington Square featured a massive white victory arch that featured four balloons floating above the road and white pillars lining the route. An arch at 60th Street was covered with crystal glass. Searchlights illuminated the structures at night.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SHBZ_bCZzPc\/YLsmvzMtcSI\/AAAAAAAEGwQ\/n7rlZ1sp0dcypA_wTSU0keMpTYB0Rr3NQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1215\/nyc-parade-wwi-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1215\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SHBZ_bCZzPc\/YLsmvzMtcSI\/AAAAAAAEGwQ\/n7rlZ1sp0dcypA_wTSU0keMpTYB0Rr3NQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w632-h640\/nyc-parade-wwi-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHorses pull a carriage filled with flowers while large crowds look on.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4xwAeDSE-ZU\/YLsmxci6zXI\/AAAAAAAEGwo\/Ja_5UCp9wnoXqxYLhpI0XSB-D_RwaC2KACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1211\/nyc-parade-wwi-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1211\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4xwAeDSE-ZU\/YLsmxci6zXI\/AAAAAAAEGwo\/Ja_5UCp9wnoXqxYLhpI0XSB-D_RwaC2KACLcBGAsYHQ\/w634-h640\/nyc-parade-wwi-2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ELooking down Fifth Avenue, from 61st Street. That is the Arch of Jewels in the distance.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwRE-7y2Xp0\/YLsmxlzVACI\/AAAAAAAEGws\/zIK-Onp9C6oAxNkSvTgaVo31kVMOeTFQgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1205\/nyc-parade-wwi-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1205\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwRE-7y2Xp0\/YLsmxlzVACI\/AAAAAAAEGws\/zIK-Onp9C6oAxNkSvTgaVo31kVMOeTFQgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w638-h640\/nyc-parade-wwi-3.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ELate in the parade, as the sun was low in the sky. That might be, at top left, the Pulitzer Fountain in Grand Army Plaza, outside the Plaza Hotel.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nn5Fx1fNeTc\/YLsmx6RyZUI\/AAAAAAAEGww\/SH2iLCJNFjIXB876__IkuCxND0keofRHACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1205\/nyc-parade-wwi-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1205\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nn5Fx1fNeTc\/YLsmx6RyZUI\/AAAAAAAEGww\/SH2iLCJNFjIXB876__IkuCxND0keofRHACLcBGAsYHQ\/w638-h640\/nyc-parade-wwi-4.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESoldiers on parade, marching north on Fifth Avenue. Note the street sign on the light pole: 59th Street and 5th Avenue. A part of the Arch of Jewels is visible at top right.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2SlPYKgEQ9Q\/YLsmyDVJnNI\/AAAAAAAEGw0\/xV2e47hSaTAcLZ8Sd2Ef8D5MPjf3HoCsACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1200\/nyc-parade-wwi-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1189\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2SlPYKgEQ9Q\/YLsmyDVJnNI\/AAAAAAAEGw0\/xV2e47hSaTAcLZ8Sd2Ef8D5MPjf3HoCsACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h634\/nyc-parade-wwi-5.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAn artillery gun. This one may have been captured from the Germans.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/06\/nyc-parade-wwi.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1351672849659174521\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/06\/nyc-parade-wwi.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1351672849659174521"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1351672849659174521"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/06\/nyc-parade-wwi.html","title":"Rare Photographs of New York City’s Parade at the End of World War I"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SHBZ_bCZzPc\/YLsmvzMtcSI\/AAAAAAAEGwQ\/n7rlZ1sp0dcypA_wTSU0keMpTYB0Rr3NQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w632-h640-c\/nyc-parade-wwi-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-2990068253014686281"},"published":{"$t":"2021-05-19T13:20:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-05-19T13:20:12.050+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"France"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Paris"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War I"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pyramid of Cannons on Place de la Concorde in Paris, 1919"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Pyramid of captured German cannons on Place de la Concorde in Paris on the eve of the Victory Parade on July 14, 1919.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBritish cavalry in the procession of the Victory celebrations in Paris, 14 July 1919. This celebration was held on the day the French celebrate Bastille Day, an annual event held on the Champs Elysee in Paris to commemorate the spiritual beginnings of the French Republic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4_TXDvSH_jc\/YKQTt0YRhaI\/AAAAAAAEEb0\/_wMWSUvnJ1otqWEoWvDGVRhbYP3lVAsuwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/pyramid-of-cannons-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"740\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4_TXDvSH_jc\/YKQTt0YRhaI\/AAAAAAAEEb0\/_wMWSUvnJ1otqWEoWvDGVRhbYP3lVAsuwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h474\/pyramid-of-cannons-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FU-lIyL2Kbg\/YKQTt7MY8WI\/AAAAAAAEEb4\/y77xr-8-8_keOSVwMPApS4Bbjtmtspq6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/pyramid-of-cannons-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"698\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FU-lIyL2Kbg\/YKQTt7MY8WI\/AAAAAAAEEb4\/y77xr-8-8_keOSVwMPApS4Bbjtmtspq6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h446\/pyramid-of-cannons-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-A5RnXGMwGDA\/YKQTtyoBAWI\/AAAAAAAEEbw\/9rKld5lFoJMABOK1CdhErgGyXgK2wMDVACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/pyramid-of-cannons-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"635\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-A5RnXGMwGDA\/YKQTtyoBAWI\/AAAAAAAEEbw\/9rKld5lFoJMABOK1CdhErgGyXgK2wMDVACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h406\/pyramid-of-cannons-3.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sB6n9GMBmEQ\/YKQTu1Na48I\/AAAAAAAEEb8\/jVoIprYLUOAJmygETUwkeMbZ9cS20EmFQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/pyramid-of-cannons-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"662\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sB6n9GMBmEQ\/YKQTu1Na48I\/AAAAAAAEEb8\/jVoIprYLUOAJmygETUwkeMbZ9cS20EmFQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h424\/pyramid-of-cannons-4.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zxdiYNzo-2Q\/YKQTu8aidfI\/AAAAAAAEEcA\/V1uE7H9iVJU_Qi35Mm_AM8EBkQObZipLwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/pyramid-of-cannons-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"519\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zxdiYNzo-2Q\/YKQTu8aidfI\/AAAAAAAEEcA\/V1uE7H9iVJU_Qi35Mm_AM8EBkQObZipLwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h332\/pyramid-of-cannons-5.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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It was paired with a short, cropped haircut. Why? Because while the ladies love glorious flowing locks, so do lice. And the ratio of lice to available women in the trenches was pretty much 1 billion to one, so off the hair went.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EClean cut, mustached, with nice high collars that made it difficult to look from side to side, the officers of 1918 cut a dashing figure. Well, you know, the ones that weren’t covered in mud.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hh_iQdGmK9E\/YJjJwA6hGxI\/AAAAAAAED4o\/l-Gr7l0ST6gFajZ4-MxkWKUyaKZsPyYGgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/getting-haircut-wwi-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"552\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hh_iQdGmK9E\/YJjJwA6hGxI\/AAAAAAAED4o\/l-Gr7l0ST6gFajZ4-MxkWKUyaKZsPyYGgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h442\/getting-haircut-wwi-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nE3EVKA6AVs\/YJjJyX6b6DI\/AAAAAAAED5M\/51zj5MmRdmg_Yg7yZ8ffGsKYgyt8q_xbgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/getting-haircut-wwi-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"619\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nE3EVKA6AVs\/YJjJyX6b6DI\/AAAAAAAED5M\/51zj5MmRdmg_Yg7yZ8ffGsKYgyt8q_xbgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h496\/getting-haircut-wwi-2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8lL_WyhsGEU\/YJjJzHxtwVI\/AAAAAAAED5U\/__bemZy9gkMSKdYPk3yW90IPddfSz1XsACLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/getting-haircut-wwi-3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"613\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8lL_WyhsGEU\/YJjJzHxtwVI\/AAAAAAAED5U\/__bemZy9gkMSKdYPk3yW90IPddfSz1XsACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h490\/getting-haircut-wwi-3.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xY_IOh_iJlc\/YIwc_x-kwNI\/AAAAAAAEDtA\/a2tVAFVLiBk7K_eAhiSJH6Csoct7NgD8ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1573\/night-glasses.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"657\" data-original-width=\"1573\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xY_IOh_iJlc\/YIwc_x-kwNI\/AAAAAAAEDtA\/a2tVAFVLiBk7K_eAhiSJH6Csoct7NgD8ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h268\/night-glasses.jpeg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFitted with dark lenses, the glasses reproduce the visibility conditions that would be encountered at night. In this way, the young soldiers learn to recognize the landscape as it appears in darkness, and acquire skill in taking “pot shots” when they cannot see their rifle sights. In the photograph above, several cadets are using the glasses which turn day into night.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/8397462220416631317\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/05\/night-glasses.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/8397462220416631317"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/8397462220416631317"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/05\/night-glasses.html","title":"“Night Glasses” Train Soldiers To Fight in the Dark, 1940"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xY_IOh_iJlc\/YIwc_x-kwNI\/AAAAAAAEDtA\/a2tVAFVLiBk7K_eAhiSJH6Csoct7NgD8ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h268-c\/night-glasses.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3525593617386597545"},"published":{"$t":"2021-04-11T17:42:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-04-11T17:42:12.961+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1900s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1910s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cards \u0026 postcards"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"celebrity \u0026 famous people"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"France"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Humorous Musique du General Oku Postcards From the Early 20th Century"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), a French postcard company produced a set of several postcards mocking General Oku Yasukata, whose name is a near-homophone for the phrase “au cul” — French for “of the ass”.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThough not involved in the fighting, the French were allied with Russia: hence the petard- humor directed at the Japanese. Unhappily for European leaders, not to mention Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Japanese nonetheless prevailed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OeUSDgZVm_o\/YG_qdLTMjbI\/AAAAAAAECe0\/dB65yqPyjWA8hLaAKCu5xbhmYcNpopjswCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/musique-du-general-oku-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"638\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OeUSDgZVm_o\/YG_qdLTMjbI\/AAAAAAAECe0\/dB65yqPyjWA8hLaAKCu5xbhmYcNpopjswCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h408\/musique-du-general-oku-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-W_ARrTOhvpg\/YG_qeBvzU7I\/AAAAAAAECe8\/t6HcbrCQlPAOyAdMgjfvSY51Z-hA231mwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/musique-du-general-oku-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"655\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-W_ARrTOhvpg\/YG_qeBvzU7I\/AAAAAAAECe8\/t6HcbrCQlPAOyAdMgjfvSY51Z-hA231mwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h418\/musique-du-general-oku-2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ll0CDEyO5xk\/YG_qeVca3WI\/AAAAAAAECfA\/PmvzdZkc_pYn0nSPy4qNL0bA36ZL9d24ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/musique-du-general-oku-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"637\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ll0CDEyO5xk\/YG_qeVca3WI\/AAAAAAAECfA\/PmvzdZkc_pYn0nSPy4qNL0bA36ZL9d24ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h408\/musique-du-general-oku-3.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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It ended on 8 May 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECivil rule was effectively assumed by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen (Reich Commissariat of Norway), which acted in collaboration with a pro-German puppet government, while the Norwegian King and legitimate government continued to operate in exile from London.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis period of military occupation is in Norway referred to as the “war years” or “occupation period”.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Sa3WSMIkTwE\/YD-EJzoFzpI\/AAAAAAAEAhY\/UNEUPnfUk_IM0c3lIEb_iaKYfw2y2DEwQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s801\/norway-after-liberation-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"801\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Sa3WSMIkTwE\/YD-EJzoFzpI\/AAAAAAAEAhY\/UNEUPnfUk_IM0c3lIEb_iaKYfw2y2DEwQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h640\/norway-after-liberation-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGerman prisoners of war from Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners play cards to pass the time at the embarkation camp at Mandal prior to boarding boats for Germany.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1I-Htgc6io\/YD-EM8E3LKI\/AAAAAAAEAh4\/EoHGMyA_ragzN0nTqTmaZ73O6vlel97wQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/norway-after-liberation-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"797\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1I-Htgc6io\/YD-EM8E3LKI\/AAAAAAAEAh4\/EoHGMyA_ragzN0nTqTmaZ73O6vlel97wQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h638\/norway-after-liberation-2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGerman prisoners of war being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners rest at the embarkation camp at Mandal prior to boarding boats for Germany.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8qAWxg0CsmM\/YD-EM-6ZIoI\/AAAAAAAEAh8\/tNJdhczpuusrtR1epDmKvmHa74HQNAtSgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/norway-after-liberation-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8qAWxg0CsmM\/YD-EM-6ZIoI\/AAAAAAAEAh8\/tNJdhczpuusrtR1epDmKvmHa74HQNAtSgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h640\/norway-after-liberation-3.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGerman prisoners of war at Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners repack their belongings after the interrogation and search processes.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YpbYRi_FNng\/YD-ENJKLLiI\/AAAAAAAEAiA\/mUWEfYnWohIIeUaDeSHCrgVhpGRLimRSQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/norway-after-liberation-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"796\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YpbYRi_FNng\/YD-ENJKLLiI\/AAAAAAAEAiA\/mUWEfYnWohIIeUaDeSHCrgVhpGRLimRSQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w636-h640\/norway-after-liberation-4.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGerman prisoners of war at Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Here prisoners prepare to move to the embarkation camp at Mandal.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F42894ZLHQg\/YD-ENlpme1I\/AAAAAAAEAiE\/LPDQwBGdsQwsxpaxZY8ch_fr8UPEuQBfwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s800\/norway-after-liberation-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"794\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F42894ZLHQg\/YD-ENlpme1I\/AAAAAAAEAiE\/LPDQwBGdsQwsxpaxZY8ch_fr8UPEuQBfwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w636-h640\/norway-after-liberation-5.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EGerman prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Before leaving the embarkation camp at Mandal a final screening of prisoners was carried out by walking the prisoners past two Gestapo men and one ‘Quisling’ woman who were to identify any of their former colleagues trying to pass themselves off as ordinary German soldiers.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/norway-after-liberation.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/5707310734934326137\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/norway-after-liberation.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/5707310734934326137"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/5707310734934326137"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/norway-after-liberation.html","title":"Norway After Liberation: Historical Photos of German Prisoners of War in Norway, 1945"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Sa3WSMIkTwE\/YD-EJzoFzpI\/AAAAAAAEAhY\/UNEUPnfUk_IM0c3lIEb_iaKYfw2y2DEwQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h640-c\/norway-after-liberation-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-1352423015768731277"},"published":{"$t":"2021-03-09T13:20:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-03-09T13:20:49.061+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Austria"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"male"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photography"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Candid Photograph of Two Young Soldiers Taken in Austria, 1945"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In 1945, these two soldiers had hiked up into the Austrian Alps and a friend took their picture as they embraced in the snow.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dNkO-d7bZv8\/YEZlmyn4X8I\/AAAAAAAEAqI\/lhoDaMbYxEMXTI9BlflZqLdJ33Z20On0QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1010\/two-soldiers-in-austria-1945.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"641\" data-original-width=\"1010\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dNkO-d7bZv8\/YEZlmyn4X8I\/AAAAAAAEAqI\/lhoDaMbYxEMXTI9BlflZqLdJ33Z20On0QCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h406\/two-soldiers-in-austria-1945.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOne soldier kept these snapshots hidden in a shoebox until the early 1990s when he handed them to a relative, along with the ring that he was wearing in the Alps photo, with the request: “Please keep these safe for me.”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAccording to the relative, the soldier, nearing the end of his life, wanted to preserve the one thing that meant more to him than anything else. He passed away two years later.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E(via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.loving1000.org\/\"\u003ELOVING 1000\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1352423015768731277\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/two-soldiers-in-austria.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1352423015768731277"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1352423015768731277"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/two-soldiers-in-austria.html","title":"A Candid Photograph of Two Young Soldiers Taken in Austria, 1945"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dNkO-d7bZv8\/YEZlmyn4X8I\/AAAAAAAEAqI\/lhoDaMbYxEMXTI9BlflZqLdJ33Z20On0QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h406-c\/two-soldiers-in-austria-1945.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-4745288907036283815"},"published":{"$t":"2021-03-03T14:41:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-03-03T14:41:29.274+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Norway"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stavanger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War II"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Captured German Kar98k Rifles at Stavanger, Norway, After the Surrender of Germany in 1945"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Storeroom at Solar aerodrome, Stavanger, holding some of the estimated 30,000 rifles taken from German forces in Norway after their surrender.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9NuMRAiG3Js\/YD8i9Vh-YpI\/AAAAAAAEAdA\/zhzmUgIgMmE8Pl7Ob0ZfZdGH8pJRVphRgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1205\/captured-german-kar98k-rifles.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1205\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9NuMRAiG3Js\/YD8i9Vh-YpI\/AAAAAAAEAdA\/zhzmUgIgMmE8Pl7Ob0ZfZdGH8pJRVphRgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w638-h640\/captured-german-kar98k-rifles.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E(Photo: Imperial War Museums)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn Operation Doomsday, the British 1st Airborne Division acted as a police and military force during the Allied occupation of Norway in May 1945, immediately after the victory in Europe during the Second World War. The division maintained law and order until the arrival of the remainder of Force 134, the occupation force. During its time in Norway, the division was tasked with supervising the surrender of the German forces in Norway, as well as preventing the sabotage of vital military and civilian facilities.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe German Instrument of Surrender was delivered on May 8 to General Franz Böhme, the commander of all German forces stationed in Norway, and the 1st Airborne Division landed near Oslo and Stavanger between May 9 and May 11. The majority of the transport aircraft carrying the division landed safely, but three planes crashed with a number of fatalities. The division encountered little of the expected German resistance.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOperational duties included welcoming back King Haakon VII of Norway, looking after Allied ex-prisoners of war, arresting war criminals and supervising the clearing of minefields. The division was also able to confirm the deaths of the British airborne troops that had taken part in Operation Freshman, an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the German atomic weapons program in November 1942. The division returned to Britain at the end of August and disbanded two months later.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4745288907036283815\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/captured-german-kar98k-rifles.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4745288907036283815"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4745288907036283815"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/03\/captured-german-kar98k-rifles.html","title":"Captured German Kar98k Rifles at Stavanger, Norway, After the Surrender of Germany in 1945"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9NuMRAiG3Js\/YD8i9Vh-YpI\/AAAAAAAEAdA\/zhzmUgIgMmE8Pl7Ob0ZfZdGH8pJRVphRgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w638-h640-c\/captured-german-kar98k-rifles.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-1111982203641367673"},"published":{"$t":"2021-01-31T18:07:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-01-31T18:19:37.354+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russia \u0026 Soviet Union"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Early Cluster Bomb: The Molotov Bread Basket"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EThe RRAB-3, nicknamed the Molotov bread basket (after Vyacheslav M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister) was a Soviet-made droppable bomb dispenser that combined a large high-explosive charge with a cluster of incendiary bombs. It was used against the cities of Finland during the Winter War of 1939–1940. The bomb consisted of a cylinder 2.25 meters (7.4 ft) long and 0.9 meters (3.0 ft) in diameter.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TYNXNXalMxA\/YBED4EboG1I\/AAAAAAAD-nQ\/-WcOGFuAH1wJskf8fJmtYuN9h54REcAbQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1629\/molotov-bread-basket-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1629\" data-original-width=\"1281\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TYNXNXalMxA\/YBED4EboG1I\/AAAAAAAD-nQ\/-WcOGFuAH1wJskf8fJmtYuN9h54REcAbQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w504-h640\/molotov-bread-basket-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YDsV8WHAAM0\/YBED3EoouRI\/AAAAAAAD-nI\/V6lkNU_8s7IUflvRZay5yUzba_vCo51RwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s784\/molotov-bread-basket-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"784\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YDsV8WHAAM0\/YBED3EoouRI\/AAAAAAAD-nI\/V6lkNU_8s7IUflvRZay5yUzba_vCo51RwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/molotov-bread-basket-2.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nBWF7GZ3rUg\/YBED4PWHGEI\/AAAAAAAD-nM\/sVWtzvCjlI4T8Nnd5grIsovM4QFx6JqcgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s886\/molotov-bread-basket-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"886\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nBWF7GZ3rUg\/YBED4PWHGEI\/AAAAAAAD-nM\/sVWtzvCjlI4T8Nnd5grIsovM4QFx6JqcgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/molotov-bread-basket-3.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAs it fell from an aircraft, a small turbine on the nose turned to release a spring loaded casing which, on opening, scattered 100 or more incendiary bombs; the main HE charge in the tail of the weapon continued to fall as a conventional bomb.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOther descriptions make no mention of a main charge and instead describe a large cylinder with vanes at the back that open out when the weapon is dropped. The vanes cause the bomb to spin and this has the effect of opening the sides and scattering the submunitions by centrifugal force.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--ge9A5fzW-c\/YBEEG0v_qHI\/AAAAAAAD-ng\/suoufX61vW0RCBDDwLBCuVPGYCqCBZQ7QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s830\/molotovs-bread-basket-6.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"820\" data-original-width=\"830\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--ge9A5fzW-c\/YBEEG0v_qHI\/AAAAAAAD-ng\/suoufX61vW0RCBDDwLBCuVPGYCqCBZQ7QCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h632\/molotovs-bread-basket-6.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMolotov diagram\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn 1939, Vyacheslav Molotov claimed the Soviet Union was not dropping bombs on Finland, but merely airlifting food to starving Finns. The Finns were not starving, and they dubbed the RRAB-3 cluster bomb “Molotov’s bread basket.” They also named the improvised incendiary device that they used to counter Soviet tanks, commonly known as the Molotov cocktail, “a drink to go with the food.”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Soviets had several versions: RRAB-1, RRAB-2, RRAB-3, with capacities of 1000, 500, and 250 kg respectively, each capable of holding various types of submunitions including HE, incendiary, and chemical.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rMN-2r6q3dk\/YBEEBItHepI\/AAAAAAAD-nU\/Q9W3lvT2UQgzDP7AP3vh3NcjymdrbRSYACLcBGAsYHQ\/s998\/molotov-bread-basket-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"998\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rMN-2r6q3dk\/YBEEBItHepI\/AAAAAAAD-nU\/Q9W3lvT2UQgzDP7AP3vh3NcjymdrbRSYACLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/molotov-bread-basket-4.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VS0Q3P51q40\/YBEEBG2k-wI\/AAAAAAAD-nY\/xQgfLx4mY9wUGU1IqQ5hMzcSWCBDN90TgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s640\/molotov-bread-basket-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"480\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VS0Q3P51q40\/YBEEBG2k-wI\/AAAAAAAD-nY\/xQgfLx4mY9wUGU1IqQ5hMzcSWCBDN90TgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/molotov-bread-basket-5.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1111982203641367673\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/01\/molotov-bread-basket.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1111982203641367673"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1111982203641367673"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/01\/molotov-bread-basket.html","title":"Early Cluster Bomb: The Molotov Bread Basket"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TYNXNXalMxA\/YBED4EboG1I\/AAAAAAAD-nQ\/-WcOGFuAH1wJskf8fJmtYuN9h54REcAbQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w504-h640-c\/molotov-bread-basket-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-9018672947415764086"},"published":{"$t":"2021-01-17T16:43:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-01-17T16:44:27.575+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Germany"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War II"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Krummlauf (English: “curved barrel”) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by Germany in World War II. The curved barrel included a periscope sighting device for shooting around corners from a safe position.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGerman engineers during the war were perhaps the best and most creative in the world. They were literally weeks from producing their own atomic bomb when Berlin finally fell. And it’s no surprise they were the first to invent a gun that could shoot around corners.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThey started with a standard STG44 assault rifle, and outfitted it with a special barrel attachment that curved either 30 or 45 degrees. How the heck do you aim something like that from a position of safety? The Germans thought of that and installed a periscope sighting device that allowed the weapon’s operator to at least have a chance of hitting the target. Tests at the time showed that a skilled marksman could put a group of bullets in a 35x35cm square at 100 meters. There were a few problems to be overcome before the so-called “corner shot” rifle could be pressed into service on the battlefield.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAlmost immediately, engineers realized that the curved barrel would have a short life span. For the 30 degree model, 300 rounds was the maximum number of bullets that could be safely fired before the barrel failed and broke apart. The 45 degree version was even less sturdy, firing only about 160 rounds. The curved trajectory put both barrel and round under great stress. Bullets tended to break apart into multiple fragments, like a shotgun, from the undue pressure of having its path forcibly changed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe workaround solution the engineers came up with was to drill small vents in the barrel to release the gas pressure driving the bullet. The result was a slower velocity (and shorter range) for the weapon. There was no discernible effect in making the barrel longer-lasting. The vents created an unintended consequence when the hot gases from the vent would blow back into the user’s face.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E20,000 units of the STG44 Krummlauf were ordered but only 500 were delivered to be used on the battlefield. The curved rifle was intended to be be mounted inside armored vehicles and tanks, on a turret up top, that allowed for a full 360 degree field of fire while the trigger man remained safely inside the vehicle.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C8I8smA9laE\/X-9onXDCdUI\/AAAAAAAD83w\/92mxdmM9_ykOIcjuYzNFWDoWmOhpzjDaACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/krummlauf-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"819\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C8I8smA9laE\/X-9onXDCdUI\/AAAAAAAD83w\/92mxdmM9_ykOIcjuYzNFWDoWmOhpzjDaACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h524\/krummlauf-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1neIUpwsYw4\/X-9oomCvqCI\/AAAAAAAD834\/zQ6wzknUfj0CFdY96uaN2qIUdMH3dDaZACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/krummlauf-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"717\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1neIUpwsYw4\/X-9oomCvqCI\/AAAAAAAD834\/zQ6wzknUfj0CFdY96uaN2qIUdMH3dDaZACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h458\/krummlauf-2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-iQbk3eEiQPY\/X-9oo8yobYI\/AAAAAAAD838\/O3uTzOWtrtA3DW3fm_NAEzZcv9K1ojNpwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/krummlauf-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1000\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-iQbk3eEiQPY\/X-9oo8yobYI\/AAAAAAAD838\/O3uTzOWtrtA3DW3fm_NAEzZcv9K1ojNpwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h640\/krummlauf-3.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_2Z1cRdIOAc\/X-9opY_J4CI\/AAAAAAAD84A\/93SLITlpq6c30s_qNUupRA0sDSyC7lJ6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1000\/krummlauf-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"528\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_2Z1cRdIOAc\/X-9opY_J4CI\/AAAAAAAD84A\/93SLITlpq6c30s_qNUupRA0sDSyC7lJ6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h338\/krummlauf-4.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jAdYIDxUPXw\/X-9opi7KqmI\/AAAAAAAD84E\/eHwsBAlRbOUtu1v91zl9DUEsYLUfdbIDQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1030\/krummlauf-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1030\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jAdYIDxUPXw\/X-9opi7KqmI\/AAAAAAAD84E\/eHwsBAlRbOUtu1v91zl9DUEsYLUfdbIDQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w622-h640\/krummlauf-5.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/01\/krummlauf.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/9018672947415764086\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/01\/krummlauf.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9018672947415764086"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9018672947415764086"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2021\/01\/krummlauf.html","title":"Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C8I8smA9laE\/X-9onXDCdUI\/AAAAAAAD83w\/92mxdmM9_ykOIcjuYzNFWDoWmOhpzjDaACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h524-c\/krummlauf-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-871393721128629622"},"published":{"$t":"2020-12-24T17:48:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-12-24T18:01:54.573+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Christmas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"holiday \u0026 festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War II"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Christmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to gather with loved ones to celebrate the season, which was immensely difficult during wartime, as families were forced to separate: men were battling on the front line, women were serving in the military or working in factories for war effort, and children were evacuated to safer areas far away from home. Nevertheless, people still tried their best to make the most of it. Take a look back at the men and women of the British Army and Royal Navy celebrating the season during the Second World War through 19 fascinating vintage black and white photographs: \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aN3THtUz0jY\/X-HTv0AYicI\/AAAAAAAAKUQ\/IFFY3ukzse0J0w8mrQA0aLvywQq2b0szACLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-01.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"605\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aN3THtUz0jY\/X-HTv0AYicI\/AAAAAAAAKUQ\/IFFY3ukzse0J0w8mrQA0aLvywQq2b0szACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h484\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-01.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMen of the Border Regiment enjoying Christmas dinner at Mouchin in France, 1939. (IMW)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QgmAZh7c1L0\/X-HTv4E_UFI\/AAAAAAAAKUM\/Dhz0IdKEEKMuenPU_HyyskMcu3XvubjAwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-02.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"824\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QgmAZh7c1L0\/X-HTv4E_UFI\/AAAAAAAAKUM\/Dhz0IdKEEKMuenPU_HyyskMcu3XvubjAwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-02.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service kissing a soldier under the mistletoe, 1939. (Hulton)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YFeAOwh8sfQ\/X-HTvw4qHvI\/AAAAAAAAKUU\/acyjxKRp1tYmmBxLcb3uPtlbc3r199qLgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-03.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"823\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YFeAOwh8sfQ\/X-HTvw4qHvI\/AAAAAAAAKUU\/acyjxKRp1tYmmBxLcb3uPtlbc3r199qLgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-03.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA couple kissing under the mistletoe before the soldier leaving London to re-join his unit, 1939. (Gerry Cranham)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TNqFQyvo_cE\/X-HTwDhUADI\/AAAAAAAAKUY\/vV6azzHZkDg-uFY0K_i6Pk8du12Ec7lWACLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-04.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"589\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TNqFQyvo_cE\/X-HTwDhUADI\/AAAAAAAAKUY\/vV6azzHZkDg-uFY0K_i6Pk8du12Ec7lWACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h471\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-04.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA bomber pilot of the British Coastal Command affixing a sprig of mistletoe to his aircraft to acknowledge Christmas, 1940. (Reg Speller)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PtrTSDPjVSQ\/X-HTwU9xp5I\/AAAAAAAAKUc\/Zbe5lnSyuoI2J6FxTqzSsIPgHAG1Pm8SACLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-05.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"649\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PtrTSDPjVSQ\/X-HTwU9xp5I\/AAAAAAAAKUc\/Zbe5lnSyuoI2J6FxTqzSsIPgHAG1Pm8SACLcBGAsYHQ\/w631-h640\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-05.jpg\" width=\"631\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ERoyal Navy sailors drinking rum to celebrate Christmas on a British minesweeper on patrol off the coast of England, 1940. (Popperfoto)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/christmas-british-troops-ww2.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/871393721128629622\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/christmas-british-troops-ww2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/871393721128629622"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/871393721128629622"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/christmas-british-troops-ww2.html","title":"Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aN3THtUz0jY\/X-HTv0AYicI\/AAAAAAAAKUQ\/IFFY3ukzse0J0w8mrQA0aLvywQq2b0szACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h484-c\/christmas-british-troops-ww2-01.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-2686071735401417374"},"published":{"$t":"2020-12-06T16:46:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-12-06T16:46:17.532+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1960s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"female"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"portraits"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vietnam"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Beautiful Portraits of Vietnamese Girls From the Youth of the Republic, 1961"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Youth of the Republic (Thanh Nữ Cộng Hòa) is a paramilitary organization of the Can Lao Party under \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngo_Dinh_Diem\"\u003ENgo Dinh Diem\u003C\/a\u003E. Under the leadership of Tran Le Xuan, the wife of adviser Ngo Dinh Diem, this organization often has monumental force demonstrations, attracting the attention of the press both nationally and internationally.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA veteran of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam commented: “At that time, I went to see these ladies performing bubble shooting at Tao Đan garden. This is mainly sloppy propaganda. These ladies are only here to put up fashion shows for the domestic and foreign media.”\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PSqX_4bYnOU\/X8vChk2a_TI\/AAAAAAAD7R8\/UmpvCKqXhmcNrVZo4fx214JIJvNfXfyeACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1024\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"662\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PSqX_4bYnOU\/X8vChk2a_TI\/AAAAAAAD7R8\/UmpvCKqXhmcNrVZo4fx214JIJvNfXfyeACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h414\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-1.jpg\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4-6qqiRePjw\/X8vCjO9LClI\/AAAAAAAD7SI\/eyqp67sfoFwrcqIQqDFfjUBsvKqyAFxcQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s989\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"989\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4-6qqiRePjw\/X8vCjO9LClI\/AAAAAAAD7SI\/eyqp67sfoFwrcqIQqDFfjUBsvKqyAFxcQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-2.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g7JFOTgyP4E\/X8vCjkfyLRI\/AAAAAAAD7SM\/Zp5iXBnPHp0en8xQHncGaq3HCb3m22y5QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s989\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"989\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g7JFOTgyP4E\/X8vCjkfyLRI\/AAAAAAAD7SM\/Zp5iXBnPHp0en8xQHncGaq3HCb3m22y5QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-3.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yT9z3xyYM6c\/X8vCj-AnTFI\/AAAAAAAD7SQ\/bcaJB6jO0Pw3uWshhvOJLKjbzL_GzqWGgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s989\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"989\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yT9z3xyYM6c\/X8vCj-AnTFI\/AAAAAAAD7SQ\/bcaJB6jO0Pw3uWshhvOJLKjbzL_GzqWGgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-4.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cEVOJ-EbA9I\/X8vCkN2cZjI\/AAAAAAAD7SU\/mi8wsoLHwuQXIcIdb_8b9WytdtSxi5eTgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s989\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"989\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cEVOJ-EbA9I\/X8vCkN2cZjI\/AAAAAAAD7SU\/mi8wsoLHwuQXIcIdb_8b9WytdtSxi5eTgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s16000\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-5.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/youth-of-the-republic.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/2686071735401417374\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/youth-of-the-republic.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2686071735401417374"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2686071735401417374"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/12\/youth-of-the-republic.html","title":"Beautiful Portraits of Vietnamese Girls From the Youth of the Republic, 1961"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PSqX_4bYnOU\/X8vChk2a_TI\/AAAAAAAD7R8\/UmpvCKqXhmcNrVZo4fx214JIJvNfXfyeACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h414-c\/vietnamese-youth-of-the-republic-women-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-1208389873474740769"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-07T17:10:00.004+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-07T17:22:18.637+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1960s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"aviation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"military"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vietnam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Douglas A-1 Skyraider Once Carried a Toilet as an Aerial Bomb During the Vietnam War"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"October 1965, CDR Clarence W. Stoddard, Jr., Executive Officer of VA-25 “Fist of the Fleet”, flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE\/572 “Paper Tiger II” from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. This bomb was unique because of the type... It was a toilet!\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aducCnTfUCk\/X6N3zCYZVoI\/AAAAAAAD6f8\/BCY2klN-Fh8YeHaZedLziKAHLVOSXzYfACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1064\/toilet-bomb.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"708\" data-original-width=\"1064\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aducCnTfUCk\/X6N3zCYZVoI\/AAAAAAAD6f8\/BCY2klN-Fh8YeHaZedLziKAHLVOSXzYfACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h426\/toilet-bomb.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe flight was a Dixie Station strike (South Vietnam) going to the Delta. When they arrived in the target area and CDR Stoddard was reading the ordnance list to the FAC, he ended with “and one code name Sani-Flush”. The FAC couldn’t believe it and joined up to see it. It was dropped in a dive with LCDR Bacon flying tight wing position to film the drop. When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck his airplane. It made a great ready room movie. The FAC said that it whistled all the way down.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe story of the toilet drop was \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/sierrahotel.net\/blogs\/news\/when-paper-tiger-ii-dropped-a-shi-er-over-north-viet-nam\"\u003Etold\u003C\/a\u003E by Captain Clint Johnson, the pilot of another VA-25 A-1 Skyraider. The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. But one of the plane captains rescued it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. Some checkers maintained a position to block the view of the air boss and the Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward. Just as it was being shot off, Johnson said, “we got a 1MC message from the bridge, ‘What the hell was on 572’s right wing?’ There were a lot of jokes with air intelligence about germ warfare. I wish that we had saved the movie film.” CDR Stoddard was later killed while flying 572 in October 1966. He was hit by three SAMs over Vinh.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xq0i9liFnhs\/X6N3c77i1cI\/AAAAAAAD6fo\/HsRCIW_MHPok3hxIV07SQNOPWzt64AT5ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1920\/toilet-bomb-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1270\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xq0i9liFnhs\/X6N3c77i1cI\/AAAAAAAD6fo\/HsRCIW_MHPok3hxIV07SQNOPWzt64AT5ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h424\/toilet-bomb-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EzwN_llEa0w\/X6N3c07SdCI\/AAAAAAAD6fs\/VtkjozdSsXgA5-7aPfQjQljVgptm-HMDwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1920\/toilet-bomb-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1540\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EzwN_llEa0w\/X6N3c07SdCI\/AAAAAAAD6fs\/VtkjozdSsXgA5-7aPfQjQljVgptm-HMDwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h514\/toilet-bomb-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ekz2f9dX454\/X6N3c_ZYqtI\/AAAAAAAD6fk\/PLfYfQUefFUa69f0vrOBPhiAwRzgkXj0ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1920\/toilet-bomb-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1240\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ekz2f9dX454\/X6N3c_ZYqtI\/AAAAAAAD6fk\/PLfYfQUefFUa69f0vrOBPhiAwRzgkXj0ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h414\/toilet-bomb-3.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly AD Skyraider) is an American single-seat attack aircraft that saw service between the late 1940s and early 1980s. The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career; it became a piston-powered, propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, and was nicknamed “Spad”, after the French World War I fighter.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOn September 14, 1966, while Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 25 (VA25) embarked in the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43), CDR Stoddard was leading a two-plane bombing mission over North Vietnam searching for enemy truck convoys. Near the village of Nghi Thiet, his radar detection system warned him of enemy missile activity. Taking evasive action, he withdrew over the Gulf of Tonkin before his aircraft, a single engine, propeller driven, A-1 Skyraider, was struck by enemy surface-to-air missiles. CDR Stoddard was initially listed as Missing In Action. His status was changed in 1973 to Killed In Action.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E(via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/sierrahotel.net\/blogs\/news\/when-paper-tiger-ii-dropped-a-shi-er-over-north-viet-nam\"\u003ESierra Hotel Aeronautics\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1208389873474740769\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/11\/toilet-bomb.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1208389873474740769"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1208389873474740769"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2020\/11\/toilet-bomb.html","title":"Douglas A-1 Skyraider Once Carried a Toilet as an Aerial Bomb During the Vietnam War"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aducCnTfUCk\/X6N3zCYZVoI\/AAAAAAAD6f8\/BCY2klN-Fh8YeHaZedLziKAHLVOSXzYfACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w640-h426-c\/toilet-bomb.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});