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Warship Wednesday, June 12, 2019: The End of l’Ancien Régime, Beginning of...
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Warship Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Coming Full Circle, OTD 104 & 75 Years Ago
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Versailles at 100
One hundred years ago today, the tragically flawed treaty was inked at the Paris Peace Conference between Germany and the Allies in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, ending the Great War...
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Same as it ever was
From the National WWI Museum and Memorial, this 1919 Independence Day flyer, with a sentiment that is 100 years old today, and is still on target. Don’t think so? Check out this Pentagon Hall of Heroes...
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Warship Wednesday, July 17, 2019: Willy’s Vulture
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American Mosins in Russia
This view inside the boxcar quarters of troops of the American Expeditionary Forces, North Russia, who are fighting the Reds along the line of the Vologda railway in early 1919, shows something...
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Buckeye in the Bay, 115 years ago today
Here we see the USS Ohio, Battleship # 12, drydocked at Hunter’s Point, San Francisco, California, on 19 July 1904. Note her bow scroll. Photographed by Turrill & Miller, San Francisco. Donation of...
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Warship Wednesday, July 31, 2019: “80 Sen,” or a young Yamamoto’s Italian...
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Happy birthday, All Americans!
Drawn from all 48 states at the time, (hence it’s designation as “All American”) the 82nd Infantry Division was formed in the new “National Army” on 5 August 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into...
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Warship Wednesday, Aug.7, 2019: The Muddy Seabird of Manila Bay
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Do you know this daring young man?
New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson has a serious interest in the Great War. This includes owning some 60, often period, WWI aircraft. In one of these, he recently discovered a rolled-up portrait of a...
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You don’t see that everyday
This image from the VDKM, the Lithuanian national archives, shows infantrymen of the newly free Lithuanian Armed Forces mugging with a (Bactrian?) camel reportedly seized from the Bolsheviks. The photo...
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Salute to Springfield Sporters…
When it comes to military surplus gun dealers in the U.S., there have been some icons that have sadly come and gone. It all started with Bannerman’s in New York, which hit its stride by first cleaning...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade, Audregnies installment
On this day some 105 years ago, British Army Cpt. Francis Octavius Grenfell– aged 33 and a noted polo player– led the 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers into combat against the Germans at Audregnies, a small...
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Warship Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019: Last gasp of the Mainz
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 4, 2019: The White Lady
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 11, 2019: The Leader of the Pack
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Melting pot, 101 years ago today
Official caption: “Foreign-born soldiers made citizens, Washington, D.C. Sept 13, 1918. Group of naturalized soldiers, the following are represented: L-R: Front Row Armenian, Austrian, Russian Pole,...
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 18, 2019: The Red-Shirted Scourge of the Ottomans
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Warship Wednesday, Sep 25, 2019: The Unsung Hero of Dutch Harbor at 100
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