The real meaning of Keep calm and carry on”—Milkman during the London blitz, 1940.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
B-17 Flying Fortress crew members Gus Palmer (left), and Horace Poolaw (right), citizens of the Kiowa nation stand near their aircraft in 1944.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) member of the ‘London District, shows her brand new tattoo to her fellow enlistees, ca 1943-44.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
2nd Lt Owen J. Baggett, shooting down a Japanese aircraft with an M1911 pistol. Owen hit the pilot in the head while he was parachuting out of his own damaged B-24 Liberator, becoming the only pilot in history to down a plane with a handgun.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
American Civil War soldier clowning around for the camera, ca. 18633yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
🔥 Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) Photo by Muhamad Ikhsan3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Town square in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany- during the Battle of the Rhine, April 1945 and 20213yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
“The Thousand Yard Stare”—USMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was KIA a month later, 1944. [640x505]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
In 1964, Ringo Starr snapped a photo of some high school students who had skipped class to see the Beatles during their first trip to the US. 50 years later, the group reunited and recreated the photo. [892x960]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1944: American soldier of the 5th Infantry Division in Montrabot, Normandy, France. 2020: Dave in Montrabot, Normandy, France.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Rotterdam, the Netherlands during German occupation 1940-45 and again today3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
For the first time in 76 years, WWII veteran Robert White stands in the vicinity in which he landed after jumping into Germany in March of 1945. He was as a paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
This imbecile who caused a massive pile up at the Tour de France today3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/Instantregret
WTF would cause someone to murder their own grandfather? And record it??2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/NoahGetTheBoat
Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard, of Coronado, CA, aims a flaming arrow at a bamboo hut concealing a fortified Viet Cong bunker on the banks of the Bassac River, Vietnam, December 8, 1967. [Cold War]2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/CombatFootage
Freddie Mercury taking time off with his parents at his Kensington flat at the height of Queen's popularity, c. 1977.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
War is Hell: Finnish soldier looks on at a burning town in Karelia, Russia, 1944.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/CombatFootage
Johnny Clem, “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.” He was the youngest soldier in the Union Army, shot a Confederate colonel, and retired with the rank of General in 1915. [456x603]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
In 1944-45, Jimmy Stewart (yes, that Jimmy Stewart) flew 20 combat missions as a B-24 command pilot, wing commander or squadron commander, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Stavelot, Battle of the Bulge, then (2nd Jan 1945) and now (2020). [778x1165]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
P-51 Mustang looking so sexy this might need an NSFW tag. [736x702]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
“The Thousand Yard Stare”—USMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was KIA a month later.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Captain Lewis Nixon of Easy Company, 506th PIR the morning after VE Day, 1945.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
On this Memorial Day, lest we forget- November 26, 1944: the surviving members of USS Intrepid’s crew gather to pay their respects to 69 men, killed by kamikaze attacks the day before. [957x960] (Colorized) Link to original black and white in comments.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lt. Richard Dick Winters of the 501st PIR during training at Camp MacKall - 19433yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
An allied soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to have a bath in the port city of Tobruk, Libya. 17 February 1942.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
“We didn’t like the name Hitlerjugend at all, as it made us sound like boys. We wanted to be real soldiers. The youngest ones weren’t given cigarettes. They didn’t smoke. They were given sweets instead.” 12th SS Panzer Division soldiers captured during the Battle of the Bulge.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
This photo, taken a few days after the death of George S. Patton in December 1945, shows his faithful dog Willie, lying next to the General's personal belongings. The legendary Commander of the U.S. Third Army absolutely loved his white bull terrier who followed him everywhere.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Sits Down Spotted”- Crow Nation, Fort Keogh, Montana, 1881. Photo by L.A. Huffman.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A German soldier sitting with his head in his hands by a destroyed heavy artillery gun and the corpse of one of his compatriots during the Kursk battle of July 1943.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Mocking der Fuhrer- British Royal Signals soldiers laugh at “Adolf's” gestures, October 3, 19393yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Photographer caught a good shot just minutes before the more famous image was taken on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 19454yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A German saboteur, captured while wearing a U.S. Army uniform during the battle of the Bulge, is lashed to a stake moments before his execution by a firing squad in Belgium. (Photo: U.S. Army Military History Institute)3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Harry Hudec of the 82nd Airborne stands ready for a combat jump in 1944. Wounded in Normandy, he was hidden away and cared for by French farmers. They remained lifelong friends and he returned to visit the man who rescued him in 2004.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Daddy’s home! October 1945, Tulse Hill, London- Gunner Hector Murdoch greeted by his beloved wife Rosina and his son John. Captured by Japanese forces, Hector spent more than three years in a POW camp in Singapore, where he almost died of Cholera.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Major Dick Winters, commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Holland, 1944.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A weary and exhausted Marine weeps amid the rubble after the tough battle for Hill 200 near Peleliu Airport, August 1944.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
In honor of my annual viewing of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, here’s Beverly D’Angelo’s tits in the original Vacation movie3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/NostalgiaFapping
Jubilant Soviet POWs celebrate their newfound freedom with their American liberator, 1945.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
During WWII, Joe Medicine Crow completed all 4 tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
The dead German soldier in this June 1944 photo was one of the last stand defenders of German-held Cherbourg. Captain Earl Topley, right, who led one of the first American units into the city on June 27, said the German had killed three of his men.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/wwiipics
B-25 bombers fly over Mount Vesuvius in Italy while it erupts in March 1944 during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Colorised.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Daddy’s home! October 1945, Tulse Hill, London- Gunner Hector Murdoch greeted by his beloved wife Rosina and his son John. Captured by Japanese forces, Hector spent more than three years in a POW camp in Singapore, where he almost died of Cholera.3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
Remember when Brach’s Pick A Mix was the best thing about going to the grocery store? (1970s)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/vintageads
Janet Lupo, Playboy's Miss November 1975. With a bust size of 38DDD, many believe her to be the largest-breasted Playmate in the magazine's history.4yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/vgb
For the first time in 76 years, WWII veteran Robert White stands in the vicinity in which he landed after jumping into Germany in March of 1945. He was as a paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
73 years old today! Happy birthday old man, and thanks for what has been the soundtrack to my life 💀🌹⚡️3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/gratefuldead
“Band of Brothers “- Pvt. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Liebgott takes a break in the streets of Eindhoven. In the back sit an unknown trooper (often misidentified as Eugene G. Roe) and Burton P. Christenson, September 1944, The Netherlands.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ww2
“Band of Brothers“ - Pvt. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Liebgott takes a break in the streets of Eindhoven. In the back sit an unknown trooper (often misidentified as Eugene G. Roe) and Burton P. Christenson, September 1944, The Netherlands. [1443x1951] (Colorized, link to original B&W in comments)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A rare gathering of six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator at the Thunder Over Michigan airshow. (Photo by Norman A. Graf)3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Jimi Hendrix jamming out in the US Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1961.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/ClassicRock
Georgia's secretary of state has a fact check board for Trump's accusations of fraud today3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/Georgia
I had the NFL lunchbox in the 70s, I loved seeing these everyday at lunchtime2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine washed up on the beach at Deal in Kent, 7th February 1940.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Patriotic display at the Beecher Street School in Southington, Connecticut. Memorial Day, 1942. And a reminder to “Eat Fruit”2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
VE Day, 76 years ago today- A massive crowd celebrating the surrender of Germany in Times Square, New York City, on May 8, 1945. [736x949]3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
It’s the Spitfire’s 85th birthday! Captain Joseph Summers flew the first prototype on this day in 1936. R. J. Mitchell’s famous design became the symbol of the British resistance in WWII..3yr ⋅ DiosMioMan2 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
