WWII Canadian flying aces Robert “Bob” Middlemiss (1920-2013) and George Frederick “Buzz” Beurling (1921-1948). 1943, Surrey.
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Hello, my name is Isabelle. I just followed you, and I already love your blog immensely. Anyway, I wanted to share my History Crush. This is Sgt. Mike Strank of the UMSC. He’s not the most famous man ever, but he is well known for being one of the six flag-raisers atop Mt. Suribachi. Thank you for sharing my History Crush. Keep up the good work. ;)
Freshly liberated American paratrooper Jack Pulliam who was captured weeks before on his 20th birthday, January 7, 1945, at the Battle of the Bulge. He’s wearing a German officer cap, without the eagle, and his eyes tell us more of his story than words ever could; the haunting thousand yard stare.
But he survived the war, and lived until 1993.
WWII sailors in formation, by Wayne F. Miller, 1943.
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Did I dream, you dreamed about me…
Aboard the USS Farragut, named after the first US Navy Admiral David Farragut. This photo was most likely taken between 1934 and 1945 when the ship was in commission.
Boys riding train after the liberation of Holland, by Menno Huizinga. 1945.
Pfc. Gino Merli, 21, holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, returned to Blakely High School to complete his senior year while undergoing periodical treatment at England General Hospital, Atlantic City. He is shown at his desk, trying to concentrate as starry-eyed classmates gaze in admiration-thoughts of lessons far, far away. September 9th, 1945. Peckville, PA.
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Two servicemen guarding the Queen Mary. NYC, Pier 90, c.1940.
Today is the 72nd Anniversary of D-DAY, on June 6th, 1944.
D-DAY Landing at Normandy Beach (D-Day +1), by Walter Rosemblum.
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Marines teaching new recruits knife fighting techniques. The Raider Training Center, Camp Pendleton, CA, c.1942.
Cheerful British troops leaving for the Western front. England, September 20, 1939.
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August 1941. “Chickens raised by FSA borrowers is good right down to the bone. Sunday dinner for flying cadets at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama.” Medium format negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
Mio nonno in guerra/My grandad during the war.
Wait For Me Daddy, by Claude Dettloff. New Westminster, British Columbia. October 1, 1940.
When reality is stranger than fiction. Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne served in three armies: Finland’s infantry, Germany’s Waffen-SS when as a POW he escaped from a British camp, and the US Army special forces he helped organize and train. He died at 45 in a helicopter crash while serving in the Vietnam war. By then he wore the rank of Major with two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.
(1919-1965)
Edited to add this important note: Törni couldn’t care less about Hitler’s ideology. When Finland signed a peace treaty with the Soviets after the Winter War (in which he also participated), and Russia asked to gain the Eastern territories of his country, Törni would have none of it. He enlisted with the Germans to fight them. History is a complicated beast.