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This image was taken during the battle at The Victory Show at Cosby, Leicestershire.
These Airborne troops are part of a large scale battle with re-enactors from both allied and axis perspectives.
Whilst the battle is a large attraction of the show it is just one part of a 3 day event.
[Taylor, young drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops (USCT) Infantry, in uniform with drum]
[between 1864 and 1865]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 11 x 6 cm (carte de visite format)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)
Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, May 2016.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
United States.--Army.--Colored Infantry Regiment, 78th (1864-1866)--People.
African Americans--Military service--1860-1870.
Boys--1860-1870.
Musicians--1860-1870.
Drums (Musical instruments)--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Albumen prints--1860-1870.
Cartes de visite--1860-1870.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.52169
Call Number: LOT 14043-2, no. 402
Most of the figures are basically copies of each other, with a few small changes, but I had fun making the one kneeling down and the one crouched down.
Tauntaun, Hoth Turret and Laser Cannon. Tauntaun and turret are my own builds; laser cannon is based on an official set with some variations.
In World War II an army of performers from ballerinas to magicians, contortionists to impressionists, went to help win the war by entertaining the troops. Risking their lives they ventured into war zones, performing close to enemy lines.
( thanks to Adrian J Walker for photo of WW2 re enactor entertainers, background photo from Bing Images )
Landsturm either in an assault course or the designated assault troops of their battalion gather for a postcard photo.
Insect-like cyborgs are not very common, but there are several models of this type used in Tesla Troops. "Locust" Is clearly the fastest among them. It has jet boosters mounted on the longer rear legs and force field generators on the shorter ones. That allows it to make long and high leaps without risk of being shot in the air and also turning that cyborg into a self-propelled ramming weapon. For long range attacks there are two small missile lanchers. Some modifications may have a customized weaponry like air defence machine gun or Lightning cannon.
Summer of 1970, just before we climbed on the Jolly Greens and headed out on a week-long S&D mission. 1st Marine Division, Republic of Viet Nam, Quang Nam Province, outside Da Nang. I snapped this shot with my old Minolta 35MM and quickly hid it back inside my gas mask case.
Back then, it was just another day, just another mission. Nowadays, it gives me sweats, just thinking about it.........
We sure as hell don't want our troops coming home to what I came home to, back in September of 1970.........this time around, it's God Bless our Men and Women who wear the uniform!
The following poem was allowed with gracious permission from Scandblue:
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BURY ME NEXT TO A MARINE
Bury me next to a Marine,
When my time comes to a end,
So I can spend eternity
Beside my brother and friend.
I’ve served beside them for years,
And they inspired me every day,
They’ve never ask for anything’
So a debt I can never repay.
None of them served for money,
None for glory or fame,
But they’ve served in every clime and place,
Heroes with but one name.
No one will ever out do them,
Their honor is never outdone,
They will go down in history’
As America’s favorite sons.
Marines will never fail you,
And their guard will never cease,
Please bury me next to a Marine,
So I may rest in peace.
Written by Robert L. Owens, a 2nd Class
Corpsman serving with Marines in Iraq.
Born to Be Wild!
For "Task Force Phantom" RPG Group.
L to R
1st Luietenant Lycon, Cpl Downe
And a "OmG Dat M16/M9 is AwEsUmE!" will result in a warning/ then block. Its annoying as hell. Their pieces of plastic for crying out loud.
I have yet to see any of the CP Military units but when I heard CP 6644 was in the area I thought I better get it. Here it is trailing on 475-01 at Rutledge IA going past a Milwaukee Road searchlight.
• Bicol Isarog Transport Systems, Inc. 215
Manufacturer: Del Monte Motor Works
Model: DM16 Volvo B8R
• Legazpi St. Jude Transport, Inc. 922
Manufacturer: Del Monte Motor Works
Model: DM22T Scania K360
Date Taken: May 19, 2023
Shot Location: Bicol Isarog Terminal, Cubao, Quezon City
Čičva Castla Ruins stand on a hill in Ondavská Highlands above the village Sedliská. The castle was built in the 14th century and became a guard fortress at the "Polish Gate".
It was the centre of the vast estate, which included more than 60 villages. In 1527, during the reign of Drughet family it was a meeting place and headquarters of the archive of Zemplínska stool. In the same year John Zápoľský conquered the castle and set it in fire. During the fire also the archive of Zemplin Stool had burned. However, the castle was renovated and repaired again.
In 1684 it was captured by the Thokoly troops. In 1704 it was seized by troops of Francis II Rákóczi. The damaged parts were repaired and secured the castle. It was until 1711 in the hands of the Rákóczi insurgents. Then Count Francis Barkóci gave it to imperial troops, who put him to demolish.
All of my geared up AMA troops...
Decided to take another (better) group shot of them all...
Armor, shields, helmets, goggles by HAZEL
Weapons by BA and AMA
Sheaths by UAS
Bain News Service,, publisher.
U.S. troops in France
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.26086
Call Number: LC-B2- 4469-2
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Kansas City Southern engine 4006 leads NS train 219 southbound at sunrise passing through Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Terra Cotta warriors were commissioned by Qin Shi Huang Di, first emperor of China (enthroned 246 BC), to accompany him on his journey to the afterlife. They were discovered in 1974 by workers in Xi'An, Shaanxi Province, PRC.
After my comeback yesterday and posting someting from WW2...
My new urban warfare troops.
The guy on the left is new, the one on the right side is revised.
Everything is painted with Revell, only the weapon from the left soldier is printed by brickarms.
And, yes, inspired by MW3.
What do you think? Should I make more modern military?
I made also an german modern military soldier, but he need his G36C, which I must buy by warehouse 19, than he is finished.
So enjoy and give me your assessment. :)
"For the Empire BOOM!"
Platinus troops specializing in firearms for the Legends of Brickdom join here: legendsofbrickdom.boards.net/thread/2/lob-started-general...
The cannon will hopefully be replaced with a nice brick built one
Not sure which helmet I like better, what do you think?
Trailing a nice, dark exhaust plume, the Strasburg Rail Road's former Norfolk & Western 12-wheeler #475 rolls through Groff's Picnic Grove on a cool afternoon in November of 2008. During the summer months, all of the trains stop here to drop off and pick up passengers who want to take advantage of the pastoral picnic grounds here. This is also a stop which allows patrons to visit the nearby Cherry Crest Farm, which is a busy attraction from the late spring until the end of October. Today however, things are pretty quiet here. It's Veteran's Day weekend and the train pictured here is participating in the railroad's "Trains & Troops" weekend, an event that was held for several years during the mid and late 2000s.
Once he was fully outfitted in his battle armor, Chieftain Texulu gave a nice little motivational speech to get everyone ready for the ensuing battle.
This is what the Civil War's Peach Tree Creek Battlefield of the Atlanta campaign looks like today.
The Confederate line under Gen. John Bell Hood faced U.S. Army troops under Gen. George Henry Thomas, who came up the hill like the oncoming traffic in the photograph. That battleground would have been here. Imagine Confederate cannons and rifle barrels firing downhill.
After Atlanta fell, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman wrote General Hood to ask for a temporary truce in order that Hood's Confederate troops could accommodate Atlantans who decided to go further south instead of north when they were removed from the city. Hood agreed to the temporary truce but angrily wrote back about the expulsion of Atlanta's civilians on September 12, 1864:
"we will fight you to the death. Better die a thousand deaths than submit to live under you or your Government and your negro allies….
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.B. Hood"
It seems Hood's beef was about a U.S. government that wanted blacks to be equal to whites. He just could not accept a world like that– of a colored soldier, a voting black man, a black landlord, a black businessman, a black mayor. Having to replace a white-supremacist world with a more egalitarian one for blacks would turn Hood's view of his place in the world upside down. In the same letter to Sherman, Hood explained:
"You came into our country with your Army, avowedly for the purpose of subjugating free white men, women, and children, and not only intend to rule over them, but you make negroes your allies, and desire to place over us an inferior race, which we have raised from barbarism to its present position, which is the highest ever attained by that race, in any country in all time."
Sherman was perplexed on why the Confederate States had not already surrendered after Vicksburg fell, or New Orleans, or Chattanooga. Surely, his fellow military classmates from the South must have seen what he strategically saw. And yet they continued after so many had fallen. Now the successful Western Theater was converging into the Eastern. What was holding the Confederacy back from throwing in the towel?
I think Hood's angry letter sparked Sherman to escalate his war efforts– to pursue a scorched earth approach in Georgia, South Carolina, and northward in order to not have the war be drawn out for years. If Confederate leaders could not see that Atlanta was the nail in their coffin, then Sherman would have to help them see it through the ravages of war. Armies fighting armies of the past would now turn into modern warfare– a total warfare against a military-industrial complex, a people, and an economy that supported Confederate war efforts. As his troops would sever rail ties to the north and live off the land as they marched to Savanah, Sherman would convince his friend and commander, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, of the wisdom of a scorched earth campaign. "War is hell," Sherman would later be quoted as saying.
Hood's Confederate army would be destroyed a few weeks later in Nashville by General George Henry Thomas' troops.
General Philip Sheridan and his U.S. Army would move at first cautiously in their efforts to take the Shenandoah Valley. Atlanta would fall to Sherman on September 1. After Hood's reply letter to Sherman of September 12, Sheridan would be the first general to use a scorched earth approach. He used it at Fischer's Hill on September 21-22, 1864. All of Shenandoah Valley in Virginia would soon be Sheridan's.
Sherman's troops would depart Atlanta in November to head for Savannah, taking food from farms along the way and destroying property. Intimidated that his historic ocean city would be burned to the ground, Hardee's confederate army would be destroyed as it became cut off from supplies while defending the city, and its civilian population starved, Savannah's mayor surrendered to Sherman on December 20.
Filed by VBC Correspondent Alfred Lennard
VBC Security Contributor William Parker and I were recently granted access by the Ministry of Defence to visit and embed with units from the 5 (Armoured Infantry) Brigade deployed as part of the Multinational Assistance Force. We traveled with Victorian troops in the third month of their deployment in the region including the Middle East and Southwest Asia.
After spending time in Southwest Asia, we traveled to the Middle East and arrived at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Saif-Ullah. We had the opportunity to tour the base and accompanied a Force Protection Team from the Victorian Rifles as they escort Foreign Service Officer Charlotte Oliver to attend a meeting as part of her mentoring mission to the local government.
We were also invited to accompany the Middle East Regional Battle Group Commander, Colonel Kenneth Thornton, as he visited his Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs) in the region. We met him at the flight line and spoke with him during our helicopter ride.
“What is the overall mission of the battle group here in the Middle East?” asked Parker.
“Our mission here is two-fold,” said Colonel Thornton, “Currently, our first effort is to train and advise the Coalition Force and the local government to defeat the insurgents. That’s our counter-insurgency role. Our second effort is to maintain an enhance forward presence to deter Russian attack.”
“Do you think you are making progress here?” asked Parker.
“We are definitely making progress.” Said Colonel Thornton. “Our overall security situation in this region has definitely improved. Although there are still threats of IEDs and mortar attacks, the number of attacks by insurgents have been decreasing. The capacity of the local government in delivering services to the citizens has also increased.”
“Is the Coalition Force capable of defending against the insurgents and Russia?” asked Parker.
“They are definitely capable.” Said Colonel Thornton. “The Coalition Force is taking the lead in their counter-insurgency operation, and the Assistance Force here is to train and advise them. In terms of Russia, we are here at the invitation of the host nation to maintain a presence here to deter any Russian aggression.”
We arrived at a patrol base where one of Colonel Thornton’s Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team is mentoring the Coalition Force. We were not able to disclose the location of the patrol base due to security reasons.
As we arrived at the patrol base, the Coalition Force was getting ready for a patrol. We were able to watch as the Coalition Force Commander briefing his men.
We observed that the Coalition Force in this region are better equipped than their Southwest Asia counterparts. They have better vehicles, their bases are more fortified, and their individual soldiers have better equipment. We posed this question to Colonel Thornton.
“We just came from Southwest Asia,” asked Parker, “The Coalition Force here seems to be much better equipped. Why is that?”
“The Coalition consists of many nations and different nations have different capabilities.” Said Colonel Thornton. “The host nation here has better resources and that’s why there are discrepancies. Regardless, the Assistance Force is to bridge those gaps to help in defeating the insurgents and deter Russia.”
We visited two more patrol bases with Colonel Thornton before flying back to FOB Saif-Ullah. As we returned back to base, our time in the region has come to an end. Before we leave, we have some closing observations and thoughts.
Although the fighting in the region has became a stalemate, the insurgency in the region is far from over. Despite the fact that there were no Victorian Forces deaths in the past year, soldiers deploy in the region continue to face daily threats from improvised explosive devices, suicide attacks, mortar attacks, and ambushes. The Coalition Forces soldiers bare the heaviest burden in terms of casualties especially in Southwest Asia. On a daily basis, insurgents inflict casualties on Coalition Force and they rely on the Assistance Force to provide medical evacuation by rotary aircrafts and medical support such as the Multinational Role 3 hospital in Zargadbad Airfield.
The situation in the Middle East appears to be more stable due to the amount of financial resources available, however it still requires a heavy blanket of security in order for this stability to occur. All the buildings that we have traveled to are surrounded by high concrete blast walls, T-Walls and barbed wire fences with access only available through a handful of entry control points. In order for Western advisors and mentors to safely improve the local government’s capacity, to strengthens its legitimacy and marginalize the insurgency, it continues to rely on the Assistance Force’s heavy protection.
In addition to the ongoing insurgency in the region, it continues to be under threat by its Russian neighbour. There appears to be a persistent need for the Assistance Force to remain in the region to maintain peace and security. In order for the local government to continue to improve in delivering services to its citizens, it continues to rely on the West including Victoria to provide training, advise, security and support; as well as a heavy armed presence to deter Russian attack and aggression.
It has been a privilege for both Mr. Parker and I to witness the courage, tenacity, and professionalism of the soldiers that are serving in the region. We would like to thank the Ministry of Defence for granting us access and support that make this trip possible.
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
This concludes the VBC Correspondents story line. I hope you enjoyed it.
-all troops concentrate fire-power on that white star-cruiser
-Yes Sir!
-target in view! blam, blam, blam!
we got it sir it is coming down!
-Oh No it is coming down on us!
KRASH-Caboom_Mega_BLAST-Booom, Boom BOOOM!
(broken communicator lying around)
-Krr. krr-shiiich... did you get it?
-Spzzz-krr-schirkrr! commande did you hiot the swhip?
-Krr. krr-sizz-fubrr! ---can anyone answer... krrr.krrsch!
- commande blue do you read me? anyone!
....only subtle fire cracking in reply!
I apologize for using some MB´s as scenery but these criff-shaped MB-Burps are just so perfect to use for space-sceens, all figures and the "underwater-bases and the minifigures are pure real lego though!
Peace and Noise!
/ MushroomBrain lost in space
A local mixed train begins to move westbound onto the main line as a departing express passenger train clears the yard to the east. A scene like this was commonplace 75-100 years ago but is exceedingly rare today....except of course, in a little time warp called Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Of course, we're looking at the Strasburg Rail Road's Canadian National Switcher #7312 as she begins hauling her mixed train consist out of the yard toward the station platform, as Norfolk & Western Twelve-Wheeler #475 departs eastbound with a passenger train in the distance. These moves signaled the kickoff of the second day of the 2008 "Trains & Troops" event held in conjunction with the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This particular image has ended up being one of my very favorites of all time from "The Burg."