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“ideology of islam”, 2020, iran

Aluminum Christmas Tree

General George S. Patton with Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. during the allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Roosevelt later famously led the Normandy landings at Utah Beach, which earned him the Medal of Honour, only to die a month later from a heart attack.

“Colonialism is doomed everywhere” Soviet propaganda posters showing Liberation of Goa by India against Portugal 1961

My grandfather, about 1920

Navy

«The empire strikes back» The cover of Newsweek magazine, which was published on April 19, 1982, against the background of an image of the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes heading south from Britain towards the Falkland Islands, which were recently occupied by Argentina. 1982.
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WAVES trainees eating a meal, Naval Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, Feb 1943
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This is a photo of Lou Conter, who passed away today at the age 102. Lou was the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, some sailors were trapped on the USS West Virginia and the USS Oklahoma. One group of men survived 16 days, which they tallied on the wall of the storeroom where they were trapped. No one wanted guard duty because of the incessant banging and screaming.
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King Neptune oversees a “Line crossing ceremony” for crossing the Equator on USS Lexington CV-16 in Early 1944. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are called Shellbacks or Sons of Neptune. Those who have not yet crossed the Equator are nicknamed Pollywogs.
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USS Kearsarge (BB-5) illuminated with electric lights, while visiting Portsmough, England in July 1903.
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The Pacific Navy (1907)
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Totally Straight Navy sub recruitment, US, 1943
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Physical training on the quarterdeck of the cruiser HMS Argonaut, Algeria, December 14-19, 1942.
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Loading 406 mm shells in the main guns of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson
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A Supermarine Walrus amphibian airplane being catapulted from the RN light cruiser HMS Bermuda
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Barracuda aircraft landing on HMS Formidable after attacking Tirpitz, Norwegian Sea, Aug 1944
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Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson quadruple turret with BL 14-inch Mk VII naval guns (355,6 mm) circa 1943
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940.
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HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942
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“The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Isherwood (DD-520) steams off Ie Shima, during the fighting there in mid-April 1945.” Original color WWII photo of artillery shells hitting Japanese positions on the island of Iejima during the Battle of Okinawa, April 1945.
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Strike photo taken from USS Intrepid aircraft showing severe damage to the runways and the surrounding areas on Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1944.
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Casualties next to Vought F4U Corsairs on the flight deck of USN aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill after being attacked by 2 Japanese kamikazes, May 11th 1945.
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USS Ticonderoga steams down Puget Sound, Washington, United States on her trials after substantial repairs from battle damage, Apr 16, 1945.
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North American P-51D Mustang takes off from USS Shangri-La (CV-38) during a test flight on 15 November 1944.
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