Posted on Nov 27, 2013
What is your favorite historical military photo?
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Please post your favorite (historical) military photo in this thread and vote for your favorite. I'll start off with what is one of the greatest moments captured on film, the flag raising on Iwo Jima, plus a few more angles that are rarely seen.<div><br></div><div>Please add your favorite historical photos... they can be as old as the Civil War or as recent as Afghanistan (they don't need to be black and white!).</div>
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The difference between good guys and bad guys? Do they get in front of or behind the innocents?
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Life Magazine cover photo at the end of war in the European Theater of WWII
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CMDCM Gene Treants
The Sailor in this famous photo from WWII just died on March 9, 2014.<div><br></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20140314-eisenstaedt2_082595_2991699.jpg.ece/BINARY/original/EISENSTAEDT2_082595_2991699.JPG"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140314-man-known-as-kissing-sailor-in-photo-from-end-of-wwii-dies-in-benbrook.ece">Man known as 'kissing sailor' in photo from end of WWII dies in Benbrook</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">A mail carrier and semi-pro baseball player after the war, Glenn McDuffie saw his life become more exciting about six years ago when a forensic artist ID'd him as the young man leaning over the woman ...</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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LTC Stephen C.
SPC Charles Brown, here's MSgt Jack DeYoung's narrative regarding the photo. "V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, 'In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers.' I feel that this photo showed us that the greatest generation fought hard and loved harder!"
CMDCM Gene Treants PO3 Shaun Taylor
CMDCM Gene Treants PO3 Shaun Taylor
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CMDCM Gene Treants
Actually MSgt Jack DeYoung my dad was in the Battle of the Bulge and my mom worked in the steel mills of the Ruhr Valley. They are also both gone now. and like you they gave ma a work and love ethic that is still alive and well.
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Although this is not a "famous" picture, It depicts the crew of the USS Liddle from the battle in the gulf of Leyte. My grandfather is in this picture, unfortunatly I dont know which one, and he has since passed. I am proud of my family heritage in the Military, My Granfather was a PO3 in WWII, Other grandfather was a CPL in the Army WWII, I have an uncle who was a Marine CPT in Vietnam, my father a SSGT in the Air Force in Vietnam, myself and my son who was a SGT combat medic in Iraq.
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Suspended Profile
SPC Brian R. A Canadian member of the joint American-Canadian landing force squints down the sights of a Japanese machine gun found in a trench on Kiska Island, Alaska, on August 16, 1943. After the brutal fighting in the battle to retake Attu Island, U.S. and Canadian forces were prepared for even more of a fight on Kiska. Unknown to the Allies though, the Japanese had evacuated all their troops two weeks earlier. Although the invasion was unopposed, 32 soldiers were killed in friendly-fire incidents, four more by booby traps, and a further 191 were listed as Missing in Action. Warmest Regards, Sandy
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<span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);">A Tribute video for the six flag raisers who raised the second flag on Iwo Jima in 1945. I didn't make this but felt that it was worth sharing. </span><div><span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);"><br></span></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xYu2eKQ8_Wk/hqdefault.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYu2eKQ8_Wk">Iwo Jima Flag Raisers Tribute</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">This is a Tribute video I made for the six flag raisers who raised the second flag on Iwo Jima in 1945</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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I think I have this right.... it was said of this photograph that it would ensure the existence of the US Marine Corps for the next 500 years.
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Late 1943 on the Eastern Front. Russian 1st Lt S M Smirnov stands beside his tank from which the bodies of 2 of his crew were removed. Smirnovs Tank ran over 4 anti tank guns and killed 30 Nazis as part of a Successful attack. He was 28 years old when he was KIA June 1944
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A neighbor and schoolmate, James Farley, flying out of Da Nang.
Life Magazine April 16, 1965 - “One Ride With Yankee Papa 13″
http://time.com/3879815/vietnam-photo-essay-larry-burrows-one-ride-with-yankee-papa-13/
Life Magazine April 16, 1965 - “One Ride With Yankee Papa 13″
http://time.com/3879815/vietnam-photo-essay-larry-burrows-one-ride-with-yankee-papa-13/
Sudden Death in Vietnam: 'One Ride With Yankee Papa 13'
A searing portrait of young men fighting for their lives in Vietnam -- photographed in 1965, at the very moment that America was ramping up its involvement in Southeast Asia.
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My Dad's B-24 Bomber - Le Petit Fleur - Found in Adriatic Sea
The Consolidated B-24 Bomber, Le Petit Fleur, serial number 42-51874, took off from the 15th Air Force, 451 Bomb Group, 727th Bombardment Squadron base at Amendola / Castellucio, Italy, and attacked an oil refinery at Blechhammer, Germany on November 20, 1944.
The aircraft was severely damaged and ditched in the Adriatic Sea, at 14:50 hours, in the waters off Hvar Island, Yugoslavia. All crew members bailed out, except the Pilot (Eddie Doherty) and one Waist Gunner (Name Not Known) who spilled his parachute inside the aircraft.
The Le Petit Fleur was the first B-24 to land successfully on water. All crew members returned to allied lines. The Le Petit Fleur is located in 135 feet of water.
The Consolidated B-24 Bomber, Le Petit Fleur, serial number 42-51874, took off from the 15th Air Force, 451 Bomb Group, 727th Bombardment Squadron base at Amendola / Castellucio, Italy, and attacked an oil refinery at Blechhammer, Germany on November 20, 1944.
The aircraft was severely damaged and ditched in the Adriatic Sea, at 14:50 hours, in the waters off Hvar Island, Yugoslavia. All crew members bailed out, except the Pilot (Eddie Doherty) and one Waist Gunner (Name Not Known) who spilled his parachute inside the aircraft.
The Le Petit Fleur was the first B-24 to land successfully on water. All crew members returned to allied lines. The Le Petit Fleur is located in 135 feet of water.
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