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My mother, 20, posing in her white satin gown on her wedding day. 1947
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.
My great grandfather and his daughters Texas 1930s
A victim recovered after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912.
Future WWII hero & French president Charles De Gaulle with his daughter Anne in the 1930’s. Anne was born with down syndrome but was never institutionalized, as was common at the time, & lived with her family until the end of her life. She died of pneumonia in 1948 at the age of 20 (1310×900)
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My GG Grandfather James William Doherty. I was named after him. That’s me he’s holding in 1963. He was born in 1873. He died in 1966.
British carrier HMS Eagle in the mid 50s. On the deck there are de Havilland Sea Venom fighters (foreground), Hawker Sea Hawk fighters (mid) and turboprop Westland Wyvern strike aircraft (background). (1211×2048)
Spitfires ready for action in 1939.
Johnny Clem, the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga” who shot and killed a Confederate officer and rose through the ranks to Major General at the time of his retirement in 1916.
‘Let’s protect children from the priest’s claws!’ (USSR, 1962)
A man in Afghanistan is condemned to death for being a supporter of the communist regime. He would later be shot and beheaded 1980.
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