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  1. OpanaPointer

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    "Yakovlev Yak-3M ZK-YYY, at the Classic Fighters 2015 airshow, Blenheim, New Zealand [1920 x 1080]."
     
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    Pretty plane!
     
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    "Australian soldiers after being liberated from Japanese captivity, Singapore, September 5th 1945. [1536x2326]"

    :salute:
     
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    The mother-in-law.




    Yak, yak, yak.
     
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    Yakety Yak...Don't talk back...
     
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    Looks like they are sitting on an ambulance...new socks...cup of tea and a cigarette...Bet that was a simple dream for most. The newspaper says something about the Atom bomb..."Atomic age"?
     
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    "I finally found a good picture of the Dutch destroyer HNLMS Isaac Sweers. [2126x1521]"
     
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    "Column of Panther tanks on the road to the Vosges. France, January 1945."
     
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    "[3952 x 2840] Gneisenau at a Norwegian Port, circa 1940."
     
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    "HMS Superb a WW2 Minotaur class light cruiser. She was commissioned in Nov 1945, too late to take part in the war. (1600x987)"
     
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    "Atomic Plague". Bit of foreshadowing?
     
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    "USS Indiana underway at sea, 1944. [3852x4175]"

    If you look closely you can see where I went to high school.
     
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    FW Condor....

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    A handsome aircraft...
     
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    Way, way over there on the horizon.
     
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    "The captured A6M Zero fighter, known as the Akutan Zero, is seen landing at San Diego, California, in September 1942. It carries the standard medium blue over light blue scheme typical of carrier-borne aircraft of the early war."

    Akutan Zero - Wikipedia
     
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    Indiana's a LOT flatter than the Pacific. You could start a marble rolling south at Notre Dame and the folks at Indiana U. would hustle to get out of the way.
     
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    "[1657X1187] Late July 1943, Auckland. New Zealand light cruiser HMNZS Leander shows her port side damage caused by a Japanese Type 93 torpedo hit in the Battle of Kolombangara. This marked the end of her WWII service."
     
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    "P-51 Mustang fighters viewed through a window of a B-29 Superfortress bomber, 1945."
     
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