Official Cool Picture - Video Thread.

[easy rider]

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Can't look at that picture without hearing Ride of the Valkyries playing in my head.

 

[topduarte]

Can't look at that picture without hearing Ride of the Valkyries playing in my head.

Very true. My dad loves these pics. Vietnam vet 11th ACR from 67-68

 

[pronstar]

Being the son of a VN Vet (my dad) and a Vietnamese immigrant (my mom), pics like those have a lot of special meaning for me


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[Texasgordo]

Being the son of a VN Vet (my dad) and a Vietnamese immigrant (my mom), pics like those have a lot of special meaning for me


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There's a lot of Vietnam War pictures on Pinterest if you are interested.

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[DubiousDan]

A captured Japanese soldier is surrounded by American troops in full uniform and brandishing their rifles.

 

[DubiousDan]

Cpl Robert E Voorhees standing while carrying supplies during the Battle of Tarawa at Red Beach, Bieto, Tarawa. A number of other US troops lay on the beach as others sit and chat.

 

[DubiousDan]

A group of fighters, led by a Marine with a wounded hand, charging from the shore around opened barbed-wire entanglement to battle firmly entrenched Japanese in pillboxes on Tarawa.

 

[DubiousDan]

US Marines try to make advance against Japanese positions during the invasion of Tarawa in late November 1943.

 

[DubiousDan]

Moving off the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned landing craft, Marines move ashore onto Tarawa.

 

[DubiousDan]

US Marines wading through surf from landing boats and barges to the beach during the invasion of Tarawa. The US laid siege to the Tarawa Atoll between November 20 and November 23, and was America's first offensive in the Pacific region.

 

[DubiousDan]

Marine giving a scared kitten peeping out of a tank's track a drink of water following America's assault on the Tarawa Atoll.

 

[DubiousDan]

US Marine Corps assault party storm a Japanese stronghold on top of a mound. Japanese forces fought until the last man, with just one officer and 16 troops of the 3,500 plus enlisted men surrendering.

 

[DubiousDan]

Marines alongside an LVT-1 Alligator on Tarawa.

 

[DubiousDan]

165th Infantry assault wave attacking Butaritari, Yellow Beach Two, find it slow going in the coral bottom waters. Japanese machine gun fire from the right flank makes it more difficult for them. The US paid a heavy price for their victory in Tarawa, with more than 1,000 killed and a further 2,000 wounded.

 

[DubiousDan]

 

[Texasgordo]

Beached U-boat after WWI

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[Texasgordo]

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[vmax]

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Who took that pic?

 

[BRD@66]

Who took that pic?

Same answer for two pictures: Grandpa. He drove those guys to work, then took their picture.

 

[vmax]

Same answer for two pictures: Grandpa. He drove those guys to work, then took their picture.

from where? a constrution crane? Thats what I meant.
Where was the person /camera that took the shot of those guys standing on that spire?
maybe it was a double spire and the camera was on the other one