1500m silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) gifts Olympics champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) his bracelet. Cheruiyot has won 12 out of 13 of the pair's career clashes to date but Ingebrigtsen finally beats the great Kenyan to land the Olympics 1500m title.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Sir Pita Simogun KBE BEM, a New Guinean policeman who served as a coastwatcher. On New Britain island between Oct 43-Apr 44 he lead a guerrilla campaign, only losing two of his men while killing around 260 Japanese soldiers.3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
A B-25's payload of para-frag bombs fall toward a camouflaged Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally at Old Namlea Airfield, Buru Island, Dutch East Indies, 15 Oct 1944. Note - rear gunner's spent cartridges also visible.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
An American and Australian soldier trade Japanese loot taken during the New Guinea campaign.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Track & Field - Italy's Lamont Jacobs (100m) embraces teammate Gianmarco Tamberi (High Jump) after both win Gold in their events minutes apart.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Heptathlon athletes pose for a group photo after competing in their final event2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Charles Hansen working on a 40mm quad machine gun mount onboard the USS Missouri (August 1944)2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Israel's Linoy Ashram wins Gold in the Individual All-round final. Scores 107.800pts to beat 3 time World Champion Dina Averina (ROC) by 0.150pts2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
'The Warship Yakumo of the Empire of Great Japan' (1909) [4301x3317]3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Recently liberated Australian POWs from Changi Prison display artificial limbs made in the camp by a fellow captive Warrant Officer Arthur Purdon. Changi, Singapore, 1945.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Track & Field - Italy's Filippo Tortu beats GB's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake by 0.01sec to win Gold in the Men's 4x100m Relay final.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
A Chinese soldier crouches under the shade of a umbrella rigged to a rifle as he stands guard over the Hwitung Bridge, Salween River, Burma. 1944.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Bristol Beaufighters Mk X's from No 455 RAAF Squadron and No 489 RNZAF Squadron (together these two Squadrons formed the ANZAC Strike wing) attack German ships Off Heligoland, Germany. 12 Aug 1944.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Conan graces the cover of Rolling Stone on September 19, 19962yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/ConanBeingAwesome
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Gold for Bulgaria, scoring 92.100 in the Group All-round final. It's their country's first ever Olympic Gold in the sport2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Kiwi pilots of 488 NZ Squadron show of tail fin of a Ki-46 Dinah, the first Japanese aircraft shot down over Singapore, Jan 1942.3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Track & Field - Norway's 🇸🇯 Jakob Ingebrigtsen runs a phenomenal 3:28.32sec to win Olympic Gold and set a new OR in the Men's 1500m final2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Track & Field - Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali takes Gold in the 3000m Steeplechase. First time since 1980 that a Kenyan hasn't won this event.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Track & Field - Sweden's Armand Duplantis vaults 6.02m to win Gold in the Men's Pole Vault Final2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Canoe Sprint - 🇳🇿 Lisa Carrington 🇳🇿 wins her 5th Olympic Gold in the Women's K-1 500 final. And becomes the most successful New Zealand Olympian in history 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥉2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
US Military Police Officer, Pvt Roy Zimmerman riding a Harley-Davidson 42WLA at a crossroads in Saint-Lo, France. Some road signs have been retouched by a military censor. (27 July 1944)2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Flamethrowing Sherman tanks set fire to Japanese aircraft in Sasebo, Japan (2 Nov 1945)3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Track & Field - Mariya Lasitskene (ROC) jumps clear of 2.04m to win Gold in the Women's High Jump final2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Sergeant Tom Derrick hoists the Australian Red Ensign at Sattelberg, New Guinea (25 Nov 44). The previous day became known as 'Derrick's Show' when he almost single-handedly destroyed 10 enemy posts in the final assault to take Sattelberg. His actions earned him the Victoria Cross.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/wwiipics
Strait of Malacca (June 18, 2021). The USS Ronald Reagan transits the South China Sea with the USS Halsey. [3719 x 2092]3yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A B-25's payload of para-frag bombs fall toward a camouflaged Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally at Old Namlea Airfield, Buru Island, Dutch East Indies, 15 Oct 1944. Note - rear gunner's spent cartridges also visible.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Track & Field - Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah takes the 200m Gold, becoming the first woman to successful defend her previous Olympic 100m & 200m titles.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Dina Averina (ROC) tops the individual all-round qualifying rounds with 106.300, just 0.125 ahead of her twin sister Arina2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
Womens Rugby 7s - Australia's reign as Olympic champions ends in the quarter-finals with defeat to the impressive Fijians.2yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/olympics
My brother (early 80's) sitting on a wing section of downed B-17 bomber, New Guinea islands.10yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
My brother (early 80's) sitting on the wing section of a downed B-17 Bomber, New Guinea Islands.10yr ⋅ SmileyUnchained ⋅ r/ww2
