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>go to https://catalog.archives.gov/search?availableOnline=true&endDate=1949&page=1&q=German%20aircraft&startDate=1940
>search some relevant term to your interests
>make sure to set filters to "available to access online" and filter for the year range
>bring back something cool
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>Uncle Chester what did you do in the war to get your medal?
"Well Billy I crawled across an open field to take out a machine gun, held that position for two days then 1v30'd a German platoon"
>wowie, what about you Uncle Ken?
"Sailboat accident"
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>This Moselle river bridge north of Trier, Germany, an important route for supply and troop movements of Von Rundstadt's attacking German Army, is undergoing bombardment by 1000-pound bombs from U.S. Army 9th Air Force B-26 Marauders, four of which can be seen.
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>Barrel of a .30 Calibre (Model 19M) Rifle, Split When fired by Sergeant Thomas of the 3rd Cavalry
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Couple Korean photos
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>Pfc 4 Mike Westby of Deerfield, Wisconsin, fires a German MG 42 machine gun in a test pit at an Ordnance Depot in Normandy, France. Tec 4 Peter Gedrys of Camden, New Jersey, feeds ammunition into the gun, which uses it up at the rate of 1500 rounds a minute.
>Photographer: Kenny.
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>W.H. Mallory: Rocket Torpedo
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>>64743314
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Very good view of a B17 dropping a line of bombs
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here's a few videos that are to large to post
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22345
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22344
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24035
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22298
all from the Korean war near the Chosin Reservoir.
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>>64743196
Very good thread OP. Keep it coming
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Report from a Japanese air raid, interesting note about flares allegedy being launched during the attack
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Assortment of planes at an English airbase
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Run?
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>>64743196
Fucking Oswald not paying his bills.
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>American serviceman invites you to admire his weiner
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>In a macabre demonstration, notorious war criminals Bradley, Eisenhower and Churchill demonstrate the lethality of the M1 "Jerry Juicer" carbine against a lineup of German children from Dresden
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>French AT gun (in German service) position overlooking Utah beach
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>giwtwm
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>>64743196
Good thread OP, here is a pic of my Great Grandpas B17. Pretty sure he bombed Dresden
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Too much European stuff, lets see what was happening in the Paci--
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>>64743214
Ah, but that isn't just any sailboating accident, there were FOUR (count 'em, 4) officers in that sailboat. He was getting decorated for sure.
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good stuff ITT
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>>64743196
Too much of a brainlet to figure out how to make webms, but there are some good videos of US observation balloons in combat during WW1 here. One video actually captures a German fighter shooting down a balloon before it too gets shot down by American AA.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24979?objectPage=14
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>>64743196
Really hard to scroll and search with this site
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>>64744462
Is it rubberbanding you to the top of the page?
I have same issue, any help would be grately appreciated.
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>>64744310
Tried a little snippet with my phone
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>>64743196
SEALs from Team 1 returning from a patrol

>>64744310
https://argorar.github.io/WebMConverter/
very cool footage
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Orders to ensure the preservation of art recovered from German caches



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