Members of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry WWI) wearing the only medals they would receive while living and awarded by France. They spent 191 days in frontline trenches, more than any other American unit. Barack Obama posthumously awarded them their first and only American Medal of HonorDec 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool ⋅ #369th-Infantry-WWI #191
Amelia Earhart prior to becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean - 1928Apr 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool ⋅ #1928
Red Hawk from the Oglala tribe, who was born 1854 and fought with Crazy Horse in 1865 in his first war party against U.S. army troops. He was a fierce warrior and ultimately engaged in 20 battles, including the Custer fight in 1876. (Photo by Edward S. Curtis - Badlands, Great Plains, 1905)Nov 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool ⋅ #1876 #1854 #1905 #1865 #20
William Pester, Pioneer Hippie (playing Slide Guitar) - 1917Nov 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere ⋅ #playing-Slide-Guitar #1917
Rice Council of America - Life Magazine Ad - 1967Dec 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/agedlikemilk ⋅ #1967
Carl Brashear was the first African American US Navy Master Diver. He enlisted in 1948 shortly after the Navy was desegregated by Harry S. Truman. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and earned the rank of Master Diver in 1970 despite having an amputed left leg. (Photo Circa 1970s)Nov 2019 ⋅ WhileFalseRepeat ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool ⋅ #Photo-Circa-1970s #1948 #1970
