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An abandoned infant cries inconsolably in the wake of the 1937 bombing of Shanghai by Japanese forces.
Some people have alleged that this picture is staged, but does it look that way? How could anyone really know? (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Saturday_%28photograph%29 for a discussion.)
Photo by Wong Hai-Sheng via Wikipedia).
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Israeli jets, maybe on their way to bomb Gaza, making a question mark in the sky between Beersheba and Gaza
I just watched War of the Worlds so I was inspired to make a dio. I finished this like a week ago but I didn't have time to post it because I just started high school and I had a lot of homework.
This small war memorial is set into the gable end (which is all that remains) of St Moluag's Church at Kilmaluag in the north of the Trotternish Peninsula, Skye.. It's an isolated area even now and in 1914-18 even more so, yet all these men from a tiny community lost their lives either at sea or in a foreign land. It's all so poignant when you consider that most of them would never have been off Skye in their lives, far less have visited a foreign country. The effect on a small community of losing so many men can only be imagined.
Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam.
The War Remnants Museum (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng chứng tích chiến tranh) is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War.
—Tennessee, 1891: “All railroads carrying passengers in the state (other than street railroads) shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races, by providing two or more passenger cars for each passenger train, or by dividing the cars by a partition, so as to secure separate accommodations.”
—Arkansas, 1903: “It shall be unlawful for any white prisoner to be handcuffed or otherwise chained or tied to a negro prisoner.”
—Oklahoma, 1915 : “The Corporate Commission is hereby vested with power to require telephone companies in the State of Oklahoma to maintain separate booths for white and colored patrons when there is a demand for such separate booths.”
—Mississippi, 1920: “Any person...presenting for public acceptance or general information, arguments or suggestions in favor of social equality or of intermarriage between whites and negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.”
—Maryland, 1924: “Any white woman who shall suffer or permit herself to be got with child by a negro or mulatto...shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months.”
—Atlanta, Georgia, 1926: “No colored barber shall serve as a barber to white women or girls.”
—Missouri, 1929: “Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.”
—Birmingham, Alabama, 1930: “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.”
—Nebraska, 1911: “Marriages are void when one party is a white person and the other is possessed of one-eighth or more negro, Japanese, or Chinese blood.”
Kranji War Memorial - Singapore
The design of the memorial represents the three forces. The Navy is represented by the sail - in the form of a submarine conning tower. The Air Force is represented by the roof - in the form of an aircraft's wings, and the Army is represented by the vertical walls - invoking the image of infantry marching into battle.
The walls actually contain over 30,000 names of people who have died in action, but who's bodies were never recovered. The Kranji War Memorial commemorates the lives of people from many nations; Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, Singapore as well as many other places.
The 25th of April is known as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, and every year on this date a ceremony is held at this site (and others around the world) starting just before dawn to remember all of the Anzac's who have lost their lives in battle since the First World War.
During the Second World War, all three services were open for women to join - the army, air force and navy. Women were also appointed as air raid wardens.
In the army, women joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Like soldiers, they wore a khaki uniform. The recruiting posters were glamorous - some were considered too glamorous by Winston Churchill - and many young ladies joined the ATS because they believed they would lead a life of glamour. They were to be disappointed. Members of the ATS did not get the glamour jobs - they acted as drivers, worked in mess halls where many had to peel potatoes, acted a cleaners and they worked on anti-aircraft guns. But an order by Winston Churchill forbade ATS ladies from actually firing an AA gun as he felt that they would not be able to cope with the knowledge that they might have shot down and killed young German men. His attitude was odd as ATS ladies were allowed to track a plane, fuse the shells and be there when the firing cord was pulled……By July 1942, the ATS had 217,000 women in it. As the war dragged on, women in the ATS were allowed to do more exciting jobs such as become welders (unheard of in ‘civvie’ street), carpenters, electricians etc.
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
Canada participated in the Korean War of 1950-53 as part of the United Nations.
As a former Japanese possession, Korea had been divided between the USSR, occupying the North, and the US, occupying the South, following the Second World War. The country remained divided and a Communist government was installed in the North. The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 when forces from Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States led a United Nations coalition to repel the invaders. Canada joined the UN coalition and sent its armed forces to fight on the Korean peninsula to help stop Communist expansion.
The first Canadian contribution to the conflict came with the dispatch to Korean waters of the destroyers HMCS Cayuga, Athabaskan and Sioux on 12 July 1950. The RCAF also began regular trans-Pacific flights to Japan to support UN operations in Korea.
Canada's peacetime army in 1950 was tiny, consisting of some 20,000 all ranks. The government therefore decided to raise a volunteer force, the Canadian Army Special Force (CASF) for service in Korea. The majority of CASF volunteers were veterans of the Second World War. Later, regular Canadian army units were rotated to the front in Korea.
Canada participated in Korea for three years, on land, sea and in the air. Much of the land combat took place in very harsh conditions. Canadian units distinguished themselves during these actions, including the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, which received a US Presidential Unit Citation.
In all, 26,791 Canadians served in the Korean War. Of these, 516 lost their lives. Canada had shown it was willing to stand by the United Nations and its allies to stop aggression.
Sherman tank of the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), 1952.
Photo credit Department of National Defence
For lots of Civil War living history videos and photos see: www.areaguides.com/civil-war
photo by CraigShipp.com
The fireman of no.3 Holy War switches the points at Bala, while the loco runs round the train, ready to return to Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway. This driver, aged 21 was working only his second weekend of full-time driving.
On September 25th at the Trenton War Memorial, New Jersey National Guard's Youth Challenge Academy graduated 57 cadets after 5 months of intense schooling and training.
Several cadets from Class 40 were awareded scholarships, as well as were recognized for their achievements during their time at the academy.
The mission of the New Jersey Youth ChalleNGe Academy is to provide a highly disciplined environment fostering academics, leadership development, physical training and personal growth to educate and train unemployed youth who have ceased to attend high school.
(Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, NJDMAVA/PAO) (Released)
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Newport, R.I.
(June 11, 2021)
U.S. Naval War College President Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield and interim Provost James E. Hickey take the opportunity to pose with graduating students in lieu of an in-person graduation ceremony. The graduating class of 2021 included 403 resident students of the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, federal civilian employees and international students. (U.S. Navy photo by Jaima Fogg/released)
Miedziana Góra koła Kielc-rekonstrukcja historyczna walk obronnych jakie miały miejsce w tych okolicach we wrześniu 1939.
Historical reenactment -Polish campaign 1939
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In memory of 300 soldiers from 74th Infantry Regiment captured and killed on 8 .09.1939 in Ciepielów ,Poland
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Nashville, Tennessee
I do not know what my deal was but I kept drawing buildings with greek columns.
On Sept 2, 1945, after the Japanese surrendered to the US, Navy ships set off artillery shells as fireworks. Many thanks to flizzix for her photo, with it I was able to identify what theses photos actually were of.
Abs in front of the iconic painted wall downtown Auburn next to J&B Bookstore.
Taken during our trip to Auburn for A-Day 2016
A warning sign that was in the queue of the Body Wars attraction inside the Wonders of Live Pavilion. This photo was taken in December, 2007.
other title: Soldiers Monument. Martin Milmore, 1874, Monument Park, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA, sculpture. Photo 2 of 3.
Spray-painted on a footbridge opposite Austin City Hall. The walkway stretches across Lady Bird Lake, a step down from South First street.
1/17 Battalion, London Regiment
Rfmn Willy was reported wounded and missing on 1 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on theThiepval Memorial.
Faces of the First World War
The full story is not always known to us. If you know more, please tell us in the comments below.
Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces.
This image is from IWM Collections.
In the quadrangle of the Chambers Institution, the War Memorial unveiled in 1922 by Field Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde, lists the names of 225 Peebleans killed in the First World War - a veritable decimation of the then male population of 2257. The names of those who lost their lives in the Second World war were added later.
Peebles, Tweeddale, Scotland.