Vintage shots from days gone by!

looks like a ford to me !!!!!

 

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June 6, 1944. Image thanks to Duke Today, Duke University.



Headed for Normandy, June 6, 1944. Image thanks to the Orange County Register.


Food and a break, Normandy, June 8, 1944. Image thanks to the Orange County Register.

 

My dad was there part of the first landing wave.

 

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After being driven off Mt. Suribachi by Japanese troops the U.S. Marines take a final, permanent hold on the contested knob and raise Old Glory, symbolizing the hard-fought, costly victory on the island of Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer-Prize-winning photo, thanks to the Orange County Register.

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France in World War I, Yanks fire a 37-mm gun during an assault against the Germans. Photo thanks to the Orange County Register.




The U.S. Air Force makes the perimeter uninviting for the enemy during the seige of the U.S./ARVN base at Khe Sahn, March 1968. Photo thanks to the Orange County Register.







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Photos thanks to FaceBook.



Thanks to WrightUSA, here's Joseph Ambrose in 1982,
a then-86-year-old World War I veteran, attending the
dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who
was killed in the Korean War.



Korean War Memorial in the rain, Veterans Day 2009, thanks to CommercialAppeal.com, Memphis.

 

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Veteran Mario Morrone of Philadelphia pays his respects to friends who died while serving
in Vietnam, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day in Philadelphia, 2009. Photo
thanks to CommercialAppeal.com, Memphis, TN.




Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Honor Guard wait in the rain for ceremonies
to start in 2009 at Arlington National Cemetery. Photo thanks to CommercialAppeal.com.



At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Associated Press photographer Jacqueline Martin shot
this closeup of memorial dogtags that Vietnam veteran Dave Shanaman, of Royersford, Pa., had
made with the names of friends who died while serving in Vietnam. Said Shanaman, "I've been
coming here for a long time, and it just doesn't get any easier."






Image thanks to The Brigade.

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A friend sent me this the other day and I think it fits very well.


You may have served in Combat or in non-combat.

You may have retired out or you may have served for a short time.

You may have been a draftee or a volunteer.

You may have served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard or the Merchant Marines,

BUT YOU SERVED. YOU DID YOUR JOB HONORABLY and for that I am PROUD to call you Brother.

You may have served during WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq or Afghanistan. But you served, you did not run.

You have a DD 214 with these words, "HONORABLY DISCHARGED"; two of the most noble words in the world.

Again I am proud to know each and every one of you.

*Today is "Band of Brothers' Day"; send this to all your brothers, fathers, sons and fellow veterans you know. Happy Brothers' Day!

To the cool men and women that have touched my life: Here's to you!! I was never a hero, but I am thankful and proud to have served among them.

Thank you to all my fellow Veterans
Rich USAF 1965 1969

 

the jump in the original gone in 60 seconds was a world record jump

the pontiac used in the seven ups is a ventura not a le mauns id like to see the seven ups again havent seen it since i was like 8

 

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Bitche, Lorraine (France), March 16, 1945.



These two men were there (my father, on the left).

 

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OMFG - is that a..... a...... a.........................?
I think it is.
Pam, you push so many buttons so, so, so well.
In awe of such innocent flaunting.
Thank you.

 

My Father - Grew Up on the streets of Los Angeles, went to LA High, Manual Arts High, And Dorsey High...He Worked a pulp mill, found interest in early Hot Rod & Lake Racing , drafted into Coast Artillery Army during WW 2 , stationed up at the Dutch Harbor -Armed Services Radio Transmitter - Broadcast Live late nights as Jumpin' Off To Dreamland with Bob Larson.

 

"Lest we forget"

 

i thought just the same, Al, imagine to go outside the house this way today! what would the li'l green men think of us if they meet us up in that?

Cheers, Carsten

 

Rent-a-Trip your father looks like he could be my blood. Looks a lot like pics of my Dad at that age. Thanks to ALL the Vets.

 

"INNOCENT" FLAUNTING? Classic oxymoron there!

 

Ron, ditto! Somebody tried to argue to me that you had to be killed in combat to be a hero, and I said bullshit. In WWII, I think the logistical people numbered about seven for each man on the front lines. And during 'Nam, it was something like 16-to-one. Then, you had all the people back home in the steel mills, factories, shipyards, etc., manufacturing the war materiel. In WWII, many of those folks worked seven days a week. Merchant seamen, SeaBees, Coast Guardsmen, etc., all served, and many put their lives on the line, just like the frontline soldier, sailor, airman, etc.

So, what's a hero? Being a patriot and being willing to put whatever you have on the line to win, for the sake of free people. The formula got more complicated right after WWII, but I believe the heart of the peace lover and the warrior are often the same. And societies in the Free World just keep on producing that kind of dedication in our modern day.

THANKS again -- ALWAYS! -- vets ...

heroes, every one.

 

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Veterans have always been my heros. Thanks to all.

 

My Dad landed at Normandy on June 12, was in the 117th, 30th Div. in the Battle of St. Lo. Got hit with a mortar on July 31st and eventually lost his leg. He kept it quiet from his family for a few weeks, and then sent the following letter Sept 19, 1944. When his brother found out, the wheels started turning and he invented the following prosthetic for his bro and all the others in the same situation. The Greatest Generation for sure, and THANKS to all who served...








...and the two comparing scars in the 1970's in Ventura (he preferred crutches):

 

Gyronaut, that's the collest damn letter I've ever read. In all my years at the VA hospital here in Houston, I NEVER heard a disabled vet complain about his or her disability. Those guys don't sweat the small shit.

 

Thanks, that means so much. My Dad died at the VA in North Chicago just a few years ago. They took the best care of him at the VA. Upon entering there's a huge wooden plaque that reads: "THROUGH THESE HALLS WALK OUR NATION'S HEROES". Those that took care of him were our heroes as well. He would have turned 89 tomorrow...

Here's a quick one: When he was released from Percy Jones Hospital, he was to receive $1,600 credit towards a car, but he wasn't allowed to add to that number. So basically he could buy a new car if he could find one that was less than $1,600. But no dealer was willing to sell him a car, probably because the check was to come directly from the government. By 1947, he was fed up and contacted the newspapers. Ike was in town and here's the rest of the story:















So finally, here he is in one of his favorite cars. By this time, his brother, Alex, was already chosen as the designer for the Tucker and the build for the "Tin Goose" was underway. But that's another story...

 

Similar story, only in the L.A. area, Army vet lost left leg, mounted hand clutch assy.on steering column of new '47 Chevy club coupe & had "Souped up" GMC motor installed.
He belonged to a car club called "The Accelerators" in 1947.

 

His post was about the chase in the "French Connection", which was a 71 4 door Lemans.

Director talks about it.

 

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