Awesome collection of WWII photographs.
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devilof76
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Wow. That's a lot to take in. Thanks for posting.
Reinhardt
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Wow, simply amazing. Thanks for posting!
Gebhi
Freakzoid
Great link, impressive pics had to take second look at first
Nice use of the search function, noob.
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98996&highlight=WWII+photographs
But, yeah... there are some pretty great photos.
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98996&highlight=WWII+photographs
But, yeah... there are some pretty great photos.
thenammagazine
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Have you tried using the search function? It's like trying to get a coherent sentence out of a hospice resident.
Have you tried using the search function? It's like trying to get a coherent sentence out of a hospice resident.
Yeah, yeah, I know... Just giving EF some ____ like he would to someone who may have done the same thing he did.
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My grandad flew Avengers in Torpedo Squadron 4 aboard the Essex, Ranger and Bunker Hill. A buddy of his wrote a book detailing most of the events, it's called "A cockpit view of WWII". It's available online if anyone's interested
https://www.airgroup4.com/book/index.htm
One story reports from my grandads gunner, "It was a terrifying moment. I was riding in the turret facing toward the tail. I felt this big thump on my back. I thought, 'Oh my God! to hit behind me it must have got Mr. Ward.' Was I glad when he pulled out of the dive. We made it back with a big hole in the starboard wing."
Kamikaze on Bunker Hill.
Ultimate Soldier released a 1:18 scale Avenger that I got in Bunker Hill colors, very happy about that
https://www.airgroup4.com/book/index.htm
One story reports from my grandads gunner, "It was a terrifying moment. I was riding in the turret facing toward the tail. I felt this big thump on my back. I thought, 'Oh my God! to hit behind me it must have got Mr. Ward.' Was I glad when he pulled out of the dive. We made it back with a big hole in the starboard wing."
Kamikaze on Bunker Hill.
Ultimate Soldier released a 1:18 scale Avenger that I got in Bunker Hill colors, very happy about that
Deak Starkiller
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Awesome photos, but where is Ben Affleck?
EVILFACE
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A thread is better coming from me.
And who goes into a Art thread.
His face fell off.
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Damn! 
Nice find E (even if you did find it second). I'm going to have to take a long look once I'm home from work.
Nice find E (even if you did find it second). I'm going to have to take a long look once I'm home from work.
thenammagazine
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Waiting for them to post pics of Point Du Hoc (hopefully they will). Maybe I can find my wife's grandfather in them. 
the angry orc
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awesome pics.
that...is seriously cool. went not too long ago with my wife and man, standing at the top and looking over...holy crap. i couldn't do it with people not shooting at me. and those guys, under fire, with all that gear. damn.
i became friends with a 1st infantry division vet that was a 2nd lt. and landed in the 2nd wave on omaha. he had sketched a little diagram of a spot in coleville where he and a few of his men had to take out an mg42 on this little porch of a house in this narrow street. laid out where he was when he threw his first grenade, where so and so was when they did x-y-z, etc. found the house and street and little porch. just wow. he had so many amazing stories and was so incredibly humble about all of it. he said his kids never asked him about any of it. i think he was happy to have someone interested in listening.
Waiting for them to post pics of Point Du Hoc (hopefully they will). Maybe I can find my wife's grandfather in them.
that...is seriously cool. went not too long ago with my wife and man, standing at the top and looking over...holy crap. i couldn't do it with people not shooting at me. and those guys, under fire, with all that gear. damn.
i became friends with a 1st infantry division vet that was a 2nd lt. and landed in the 2nd wave on omaha. he had sketched a little diagram of a spot in coleville where he and a few of his men had to take out an mg42 on this little porch of a house in this narrow street. laid out where he was when he threw his first grenade, where so and so was when they did x-y-z, etc. found the house and street and little porch. just wow. he had so many amazing stories and was so incredibly humble about all of it. he said his kids never asked him about any of it. i think he was happy to have someone interested in listening.
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thenammagazine
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Yup. The wife's Grandfather used to tell stories of climbing the cliffs and getting to the guns only to discover that they were just telephone polls painted black. Another story he used to tell was when he and two other Rangers covered themselves with a white sheet and fell asleep. A German woman stumbled on them and thought they were all dead. Started screaming when they sat up.
Unfortunately, he didn't really tell that many other stories about Operation: Overlord, WWII and Vietnam. Though he did wind up at the base of Hill 937 with the 101st. Great stories of heroism that were never shared.
thenammagazine
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Not really, no. The days of grandiose world wars is over because the next one will be the last one. Everybody knows there's too much at stake given the global killers at just about everybody's disposal.
the angry orc
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yeah, one of my wife's grandfathers was in europe and would talk. the other was in the pacific and wouldn't talk about it.
Unfortunately, he didn't really tell that many other stories about Operation: Overlord, WWII and Vietnam. Though he did wind up at the base of Hill 937 with the 101st. Great stories of heroism that were never shared.
100% truth. i just finished a book on 937/HH/dong ap bia as well as one called a cat from hue (both of which were recommended to me and were very well done).
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