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The Vietnam War, in Vietnam was known as the American War. Having grown up during Vietnam War and only seeing it from the perspective of parents (My father was in the Vietnam War) and the evening news it was all I knew of the war. It was interesting to understand the war from the Vietnamese point of view.
This photo is of a American M41 Walker Bulldog Tank destroyed by a landline in 1970 near Cu Chi Tunnels. The Cu Chi tunnels were part of a underground tunnel network built by the Viet Cong to control a large rural area near Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). The Cu Chi network includes 125 miles of tunnels with many branches connecting to underground hideouts, weapon factories, hospitals, shelters and other tunnels. The entire structure was dug out of the rock by hand tools without the use of cement. The tunnels were first used during the French/Vietnamese War (1946-1954 and later used by the Viet Cong as a base of operation during the 1968 Tet offensive.
This image was pulled off the internet, but I include it here because it shows in clear detail the artwork and the patch under the letter A.
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battallion, 4th Marines, crouch in the cover of a pagoda entrance as their patrol moves through a village along the Ben Hai river in the southern sector of the DMZ in South Vietnam, on May 22, 1967. The pagoda walls are richly decorated with images of dragons and snakes. (AP Photo/Kim Ki Sam)
ID number: 087849
Photographer: unknown
Date: 30 March, 1945
Place: Magnetic Island QLD
Sergeant G Beves (centre) assisted by Sergeant P Broughton (left) and Sergeant M Radecki (right) Enjoying the sea during a picnic at Arcadia on Magnetic Island with Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) personnel and other members of the Northern Territory draft.
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This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au
Persistent URL: www.awm.gov.au/collection/087849
Release: Summer 2017
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Signal Telegraph Machine and operator - Fredericksburg
The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was formed in 1861 following the outbreak of the American Civil War.
David Strouse, Samuel M. Brown, Richard O'Brian and David H. Bates, all from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, were sent to Washington, D.C. to serve in the newly created office. In October of that year, Anson Stager was appointed department head. During the war, they were charged with maintaining communications between the federal government in Washington and the commanding officers of the far-flung units of the Union Army. As such, they played a large part in intercepting and deciphering Confederate communications.
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, there were three major telegraph companies in operation. These companies were the American Telegraph Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the Southwestern Telegraph Company.
The American Telegraph Company's lines occupied the entire region east of the Hudson River and ran all along the Atlantic coast down to the Gulf of Mexico. Cities were connected from Newfoundland to New Orleans. From this main backbone, the American Telegraph Company's lines branched west to cities like Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. At each of these points, the American Telegraph Company's lines met the Western Union lines which occupied much of the remaining northern portion of the U.S. Western Union also extended a line as far west as San Francisco by 1861.
In the southern states, the American Telegraph Company's lines met the Southwestern Telegraph Company's lines at Chattanooga, Mobile, and New Orleans. From these cities, the Southwestern Telegraph Company's lines occupied the rest of the South and Southwest, including Texas and Arkansas.
Due to the dire situation of the railroads and telegraphic communication in Washington,the commercial telegraph lines surrounding the city were seized and Secretary of War Simon Cameron sent a request to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad to send Thomas A. Scott to get the railroad telegraph service in Washington under control. Scott made his way to Washington and began filling positions to help him manage the railroads and telegraph lines. He asked Andrew Carnegie, who was superintendent of the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad to assist him. Carnegie obliged and drafted men from his railroad division to accompany him to Washington in order to help the government take possession of and operate the railroads around the capital.
Carnegie's first task when he arrived in Washington was to extend the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from its old depot in Washington across the Potomac River into Virginia. While extending the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, telegraph lines were built and communication was opened at stations such as Alexandria, Burke's Station, and Fairfax. The first government telegraph line built connected the War Office with the Navy Yard. Carnegie stayed in Washington until November 1861. By the time he left, the military railroad and telegraph operations were running smoothly.
Along with the appointment of Carnegie, Colonel Scott made a demand for telegraph operators who excelled at running trains by telegraph. Colonel Scott called on four telegraph operators from the Pennsylvania Railroad to report to Washington. These operators were David Strouse (who later became the superintendent of the Military Telegraph Corps), D.H. Bates, Samuel M. Brown, and Richard O'Brien. The four operators arrived in Washington on April 27, 1861. Strouse and Bates were stationed at the War Department; Brown was stationed in the Navy Yard; and O'Brien was stationed at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad depot, which was for some time army headquarters. Thus, these four men made up the initial United States Military Telegraph Corps, which would ultimately grow to a force of over 1500 men.
Although the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps played a prominent role in transmitting messages to and from commanders in the battle field, it functioned independently from military control. As mentioned above, the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps employed civilian operators out on the battle field and in the War Department. Only supervisory personnel were granted military commissions from the Quartermaster Department in order to distribute funds and property. All of the orders the telegraph operators received came directly from the Secretary of War. Also, because there was no government telegraph organization before the Civil War, there was no appropriation of funds by Congress to pay for the expenses of erecting poles, running cables, or the salaries of operators. As a result, the first six months that the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was in operation Edward S. Sanford, president of the American Telegraph Company, paid for all these expenses. He was later reimbursed by Congress for his generosity.
Serving as a U.S. Military Telegraph Corps operators, whether in the field or in the War Office was a hard and thankless job. They encountered the constant threat of being captured, shot, or killed by Confederate troops whether they were establishing communications on the battle front, sending messages behind during a retreat, or venturing out to repair a line.
Telegraph operators faced a casualty rate of ten percent, a rate similar to the infantry men they served with. Added to these dangers was the strenuous relationship the operators had with the military commanders they served under. Many of the commanders resented the Military Telegraph Corps operators because they were not members of the military, but employees of the Quartermasters Department.] As a result, these commanders felt that the operators were not fit to serve with them and ultimately distrusted these men.
Although the job of an operator in the War Office was not as dangerous, it was still a demanding job. The operators had to be quick and intelligent when receiving messages. Important messages were sent using cipher codes. The cipher-operators had the major responsibility of decoding these viable pieces of information and moving the information along to higher-ranking officials or President Lincoln, who frequently visited the Military Telegraph office in the War Department building.
Along with decoding Union telegrams, the cipher-operators also had to decode Confederate ciphers. By decoding the Confederate cipher codes, plots such as setting fire to major hotels in New York City were averted.
The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps operators served courageously during the Civil War. But, because these men were not members of the military, they did not receive recognition or a pension for their services, even though the supervisory personnel did because of the military commissions they received. As a result, the families of those men killed in action had to depend on charity to continue on. The operators of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps were not recognized for their service until 1897, when President Cleveland approved an act directing the Secretary of War to issue certificates of honorable service to all members (including those who died) of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps. But, this certificate of recognition did not include the pension these men passionately sought.[
Details, it’s all in the details.
One of Bultaco’s , #69K Rick Kohlbus, brought to the BCTRA flat track races at Delta Pa on 083014 was a vintage racer he loving labeled ‘War-Pig, which he uses when conditions are less then ideal for his other “Bull” restoration. More of a collection of parts then a full restoration, this veteran has some Astro in it’s motor and rear disk from a Honda(?) to whoa it down.
"NIK Analog Efex Pro 2"
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From a battlefield emerged a fiery red horse,
And the rider was given the power
To make war with a great sword,
And cause men to slay one another.
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Background by asylum-stock.deviantart.com/art/field-stock-99396341 and/or fairiegoodmother.deviantart.com/art/Premade-Background-St...
Horse tail by emzazasstock.deviantart.com/art/hair-brushes-2-full-hair-...
Done with Daz 3D, and Photoshop CS3.
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Salford, Manchester, IMPERIAL War museum, detail...
SUN GOES DOWN...
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
The Star Wars Blue Ray collection has arrived! Stobist: Cell phone flash light on right (Full Power).
a hdr of man o war in lulworth.this is a 7 shot hdr @ f8 processed in photomatix twice. once for sky and once for forground details. and then edited together in photoshop.
//Mission log 27:// This is a cold war, and I'm beginning to think that we should just give up. But if I have to die, I want to die fighting these alien freaks. Our base, base alpha was attacked by a squad of aliens. Many of my men were killed, but me and two others made it out alive. I hope this war ends soon. //Sargent out.//
Finding time to sort through photographs and discovering ones that I've never uploaded to Flickr. Trying to work my way through and upload as I find them but in no particular order.
Grove City College's Emily Bartlow ’16 and Tristan Slater ’16 emerged as winners on the Food Network's "Cake Wars" in a broadcast Feb. 1.
Hand Stencilled Edition of only 15 - available online Monday 2nd Feb 3pm (GMT)
As you know, I like to play around with established brands and logos as the basis to my art and this is no exception….. For me this piece sits within the "Desensitisation Theory" pigeonhole i.e. the more we see war, political and religious unrest on our screens (and there's tons of it around) the more it becomes like a common everyday consumable - i.e. the *Mars chocolate bar.
DESCRIPTION: Hand stencilled (not a print) using Montana Gold spray paint (Gold Chrome, Black, White Cream and Ketchup Red) on 350gsm Colorplan black art paper - Signed, numbered and blind stamped - SIZE: approx. 760mm x 480mm - 30" x 20" - PRICE: £125.00 + Shipping.
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Star Wars Cookies from Hello Naomi | Cakes Cupcakes Cookies
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Oh, and that's my replica Han Solo blaster in the top corner...
I fear for our great nation however take solace in the fact that I will be gone long before Armageddon comes. Yuma AZ These Helicopters and Jets fly over my house constantly before They go to War
The poor Red-Bellied Woodpecker couple have been defending their nest for a couple of weeks. Today - bird wars started up again but this time it was different. A pair of Downy Woodpeckers were moving in on them. Ended up with Chickadees in the tree top too and they were all in a big, noisy fight over who could stay.
Later, I went out and found the Red-Bellied and the Downys teamed up against a squirrel. Everything's quiet so I'm guessing the tree has two families thinking of nesting. Hope it works out for them!
We left the huge old elm that expired on us after several years of drought. No matter how much water we poured on it - nothing helped. When I noticed the holes in the top of the tree it was decided - no one is cutting down my dead elm and I'll fight the civic club over this one if they happen to notice the tree. My woodpecker family will have their home as long as they stay around. (Yes - we've cut the tree back to the core to be sure no limbs fall and do any damage. In fact, we did that shortly after Ike when the core was damaged. Poor tree didn't stand a chance!)
Civil War reenactment at the 24th Annual "Great Island Festival", at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, Vonore Tn.
Shot with a Sony a6000 with the Canon EF 70-300 L. (lost many shots due to OOF, need a long tele for the sony but really don't want to invest)
War has come!...
The Roman legions occur everywhere....
They also do not stop at our holy places....
We need to grant them leave....
They burn the temple on the holy mountain....
They will pillage and kill us all!...
War has come! ....
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