2020 New Random Pics

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Lt. (jg.) Carl H. Williams was the antisubmarine officer aboard STAFFORD. He and a nucleus crew kept the ship afloat following the kamikaze attack. Also pictured are fragments from the plane collected by Lt. Williams. These items were graciously donated to the museum in 2021 by his son, Peter Williams.



Many have heard of the famous Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock Lode of Nevada. Lesser known is the town of Sutro that was developed at the mouth of the tunnel. Sutro peaked at around 800 residents, and was an active town for around 40 years.

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Crystal palace (Tombstone 1880)

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Napoleon Hart's Saloon 1900

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Johnny Ringo
real vs hollywood

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Tombstone



Dodge City

[GH85Carrera]

Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Puller is the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses




Men of the 4th Royal Welch Regiment construct a dug-out by the side of a knocked-out German StuG III assault gun near Weeze, 3 March 1945.

[Seahawk]

Love the old town photos.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Many have heard of the famous Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock Lode of Nevada. Lesser known is the town of Sutro that was developed at the mouth of the tunnel. Sutro peaked at around 800 residents, and was an active town for around 40 years.

Still there. I have driven to the site a few times during detachments to NAS Fallon, which is 20 miles away.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Puller is the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses

This book "MARINE!' the life of Chesty puller is very good
https://www.amazon.com/Marine-Chesty-Puller-Burke-Davis/dp/0553271822




The book his son wrote, "Fortunate son" about his life in the Marines and his recovery after having his legs blown off in vietname is equally good to read.

https://www.amazon.com/Fortunate-Son-Healing-Vietnam-Vet/dp/0802136907

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February 27, 1864 – The first Union prisoners begin arriving at Andersonville prison, which was still under construction in southern Georgia .
Andersonville became synonymous with death as nearly a quarter of its inmates died in captivity. Henry Wirz, commandant at Andersonville, was executed after the war for the brutality and mistreatment committed under his command.


Standing at seven feet and nine inches, Martin Van Buren ‘Kentucky Giant’ Bates was an unforgettable figure to encounter on the Civil War battlefield. Date of birth: November 9, 1837 Date of Death: January 19, 1919




French soldier using a periscopic rifle fitted to butt in trench during WWI.

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Have you ever visited London (UK)? If so, you may have noticed this 2,000-year-old piece of wood.
Around AD 50, the Romans constructed a timber bridge across the Thames, possibly the first London Bridge.
Tacked to the wall of the bell tower’s archway at Saint Magnus the Martyr’s Church, this historical treasure dates from 75 AD.






For sale. Dangerous table saw.

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Ma Parker

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James Dean

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Here is a 1930s photo of "The Diamonds Restaurant" & gas station at the junction of Highways 66 -50 & 100, Villa Ridge, Missouri. You can see the Rt. 66 shield in the bottom right corner. The Diamonds was promoted as "The World's Largest Roadside Restaurant" serving one million customers per year. Restaurant employee Louis Eckelcamp and Nobel kay took over the Diamonds in 1935. A fire so intense that it shut down Route 66 destroyed this building in 1948. The business started in 1919 when Spencer Groff set up a stand to sell plums from the family orchard where the Ozark Trail met the Old Springfield Road. A customer said it reminded him of a "Banana Stand", and the name stuck. He opened this facility on July 3, 1927, and name it the Diamonds for the shape of the property.




In January and February 1945, American forces made successful amphibious landings at three locations in the Philippines and paratroopers were dropped into another site. These American forces all began to converge on Manila.
The capital city of the Philippines, Manila was known as “the Pearl of the Orient,” a beautiful fusion of Spanish, Asian, and American architecture and culture, with a million residents. When General McArthur had withdrawn in 1941 he had declared Manila an “open city,” in order to spare it from destruction. He hoped and expected the Japanese would do the same.
Realizing he could not defend the city, the Japanese commander General Tomoyuki Yama****a ordered his forces to abandon Manila and converge in the north, where he intended to fight the Americans. But Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, commanding a force of about 17,000 men (mostly sailors and marines) refused to follow Yama****a’s instructions, believing that as a naval officer he was not bound to. Instead, with the blessing of his naval superiors in Japan, he determined to make a stand in Manila, and there to fight to the death.
Not expecting resistance, the American forces rolled to the outskirts of Manila then began to enter the city. General McArthur proclaimed that Manila had been liberated. But, in fact, the fight had just begun and would go on for another bloody month. Iwabuchi’s men barricaded streets, blew up the city’s bridges and stubbornly contested the American advance, fighting street by street. As they slowly withdrew deeper into the heart of the city, they brutally massacred more than 100,000 Filipino civilians and committed horrific atrocities involving mutilations and mass rapes. After weeks of savage fighting Iwabuchi’s remaining men were pushed back into Intramuros, the old walled colonial city, the oldest party of Manila. There, the Japanese made their final stand. As American artillery pounded the area, destroying all the historic structures, Iwabuchi committed ritual suicide. His entire force fought to the death. Those who weren’t killed in the fighting, committed suicide.
One thousand ten American soldiers were killed in the Battle of Manila and over 5,500 were wounded. Iwabuchi’s entire force (approximately 17,000 men) were killed. By most estimates approximately 200,000 Philippine civilians were killed, but the number could be much higher. The city of Manila was nearly completely destroyed.
After the war General Yama****a was tried by a war crimes tribunal, convicted, and sentenced to death, for having failed to control his subordinates and take appropriate action to prevent the massacres. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and Yama****a was hanged on February 23, 1946.
The Battle of Manila ended on March 4, 1945, seventy-seven years ago today.
The photo is of Intramuros, the old walled city of Manila, after the battle.

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Originally Posted by shadowjack1

Ma Parker

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