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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:35 AM Sep 2020

75 iconic pixs of WWII losers and suckers

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/75-iconic-photos-from-world-war-two-idUSRTX7T4FI?curator=upstract.com

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75 iconic pixs of WWII losers and suckers (Original Post) packman Sep 2020 OP

Vietnam, October 1966 dalton99a Sep 2020 #1

That loser in the White House wouldn't last 5 minutes with these heroes. SaveOurDemocracy Sep 2020 #2

Imagine the Balls it Took to Dive bomb Japanese Carriers or Charge Off a Higgins Boat at Normandy Stallion Sep 2020 #3

Had two uncles in WWII packman Sep 2020 #4

My uncle was in ellie Sep 2020 #5

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)

1. Vietnam, October 1966

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:38 AM

Sep 2020

(Larry Burrows; Life Pictures/Getty Images)

SaveOurDemocracy

(4,400 posts)

2. That loser in the White House wouldn't last 5 minutes with these heroes.

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:39 AM

Sep 2020

Stallion

(6,474 posts)

3. Imagine the Balls it Took to Dive bomb Japanese Carriers or Charge Off a Higgins Boat at Normandy

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:47 AM

Sep 2020

my dad commanded a LST on most of the great landings in both Italy and on D-Day. It just makes me sick to see that traitor denigrate all who have served their country

packman

(16,296 posts)

4. Had two uncles in WWII

Reply to Stallion (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

Sep 2020

One commanding an LST also- lost his kneecap when a grenade was thrown into his boat in an island invasion, the other as a medic who treated both German and allied troops. Both never ever talked about their time in the service.

ellie

(6,929 posts)

5. My uncle was in

Reply to packman (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:05 AM

Sep 2020

Merrill's Marauders during WWII. One of the only things he told me was that when the tigers roared, the ground shook.

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