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  1. Half Track

    Half Track Well-Known Member

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    A fond farewell…………I hope he returned,
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    "The King George V class battleship HMS Anson in the Pacific, late 1945 [1190 x 421]."
     
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    "B-36 Peacemaker at night (10479x8481)."
     
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    "A left side view of an SR-71 Blackbird moving toward a KC-135 Stratotanker for inflight refueling. The SR-71 is from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. (2840x1870)"
     
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    "Wildcats on Fighter 1 airstrip Guadalcanal 1943."
     
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    "F-51D Mustang fighters at an airfield in Korea, 1952.[1,800x931]"
     
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    "The Netherlands East Indies Army had over 70 B-339 Brewster Buffaloes, most were lost during the three month campaign against Japan. During the battle of Semplak on 19-January-1942, 35 Japanese aircraft were intercepted by 8 Buffaloes. 11 Japanese aircraft were shot down vs. 4 Buffaloes."
     
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    "Operation Sandy was the codename for the post-World War II launch of a captured German V-2 rocket from the deck of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway on September 6, 1947. (700x489)"

    Operations Sandy and Pushover - Wikipedia
     
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    "B-17G bomber 384th BG 546th BS 42-107083."
     
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    "Repulse vs Renown vs Hood in 1941 Configuration - Many argue that if Hood had received her proposed re-build (similar to Renown's rebuild when compared with Repulse) she would not have been so easily sunk by Bismarck [1425 x 1112]"
     
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    I kinda half expected Luke Skywalker and company to have used one of these in an effort to stop the trash compactor in the Death Star, resulting in its stubby appearance.
     
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    "USS New Jersey (BB-16) at Boston Harbor, sometime in 1919. Note that her 6-inch guns have been removed.(7667x4896)"
     
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    "HMS Valorous, known as "Lucky Loo" from her pennant number (L00), along side HMS Viceroy in 1944 [1000x750]."
     
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    "Imperial Japanese submarine aircraft carrier I-401, captured after WWII.[4953 × 2946]"
     
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    "(1258 x 886) HMS Sheffield and the White Star Line Britannic behind in Valletta Grand Harbour, Malta, 1957."
     
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    "A B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed 'Little Miss Mischief' Belly lands in an airfield in Britain after a Bombing run (Colorized by me)"
     
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    "The crew of an up-ended (M4A1) Sherman tank of the 7th Armoured Brigade enjoy a ‘brew’ beside their vehicle while waiting for a recovery team, on the "Gothic Line" in Italy, 13th of September 1944. Their tank overturned after slipping off a narrow road in the dark."
     
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    Repulse's mid-1930s modernization was not as extensive as Renown's, but it did include deck armor over engines and magazines to protect against plunging shells or aerial bombs.
     
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