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A soldier from the 1st Polish Armoured Division letting a Dutch girl ride on his BSA M20 motorcycle during the liberation of Breda, The Netherlands. October 1944
Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943.
Raymond Theodore Robinson, a disfigured man from Pennsylvania, became an urban legend due to his nighttime walks. At age eight, in 1919, he was severely injured by an electrical line while climbing a pole, losing his eyes, nose, and right arm.
French civilians made a memorial for an American soldier who died liberating France from Nazis. Carentan, France. June 17, 1944.
1945 poster
”Restating Russian Religion” – American cartoon published in ”The Grand Forks Herald” (artist: Stuart McDonald), November 1961
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1860’s photo of Russian general Grigory Von Zass, notorious for his brutal role in the still officially denied “Circassian genocide,” that killed from 1-1.5 million people. Zass openly encouraged the murder, rape & torture of Circassian civilians & was known for collecting their body parts (342×435)
18 year old GI John Wauthier with his BAR near Bütgenbach Belgium, January 1945. He survived the war and married Ursula Ann Hoffman, they had ten kids together. John passed away at the age of 71 on Nov 7, 1997 and is buried at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
American elections. Soviet Union, 1970s
British pro women’s suffrage publication(1912. )
My grandfather third on the right bottom row. Shot down on his 17th mission. 2 KIA the 8 POW’s. Top turret gunner Technical Sergeant Lowell T Jolley was lynched. Tail gunner SSG James H Wayne chute failed. My grandfathers after action report will be put in the body text & I have a few POW stories.
Indonesian President Sukarno (right) formally handing power over to General Suharto (left) 1966. Suharto had killed hundreds of thousands of dissidents & effectively worked to overthrow him behind the scenes for months. He went on to rule for 32 years & acquired a $15-35 billion fortune (1024×682)
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