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USMC sergeant Elmo ‘Gunny’ Haney on Pavuvu during the Pacific campaign, November 11 1944. One of the oldest marines in his battalion, Haney was noted for his eccentric ‘old breed’ behavior, like scrubbing his genitals with a stiff brush. He was portrayed in the HBO series ‘The Pacific’ (840×605)
‘The 4-2-1 Problem’ — Chinese Cartoon, 2011
(1850 x 1239) A starboard bow view of the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN-701/MTS-701) leaving port. In the background is the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9)
‘You are mine jay walker’— Anti-jaywalking sign in New York City (1924) showing death pointing at pedestrians.
An Iraqi mother and her children were all shot and killed in the family bedroom by U.S. Marines. The only survivor was an eleven-year-old girl, Safa, who hid in a corner near the bed during the shooting. 2005 Haditha, Iraq.
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The ‘Sea Greyhound’ that couldn’t turn: The French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière. Built in 1899 to be the ultimate predator, she had a 2km turning circle and vibrated so much she nearly shook herself apart.
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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.
Ali Kavazoglou and Kostas Misiaoulis. Two Cypriot journalists that advocated for peace between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Both were assassinated by Turkish militants on April 11th, 1965.
German soldier laying down aiming his gun, 1940’s
A water peddler (Oaxaca, Mexico between 1909 and 1920)
Group portrait of a Jewish partisan musical troupe in the Narocz Forest in Belorussia. Among those pictured are Hana Posner (standing in the back row, seventh from the left), her father, Mordechai Posner (fourth from the left) and Yechiel Burgin (sixth from the left). 1943. USHMM
Nora Kerin (1881 – 1970), an Edwardian stage actress, as “Princess Astrea von Streisburg / 2nd Lieutenant Karl Helsburg” in the melodrama play “The Midnight Wedding”. It was performed in the Lyceum Theatre in London in 1907, where this photo was taken.
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