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Old Photos: American Soldiers Observing Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1944
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Posted on 04/14/2017 4:29:18 PM PDT by Lorianne



TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; mountvesuvius; photography; pompeii; romanempire; vesuvius
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To: Lorianne
March 17, 1944: The most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Video of eruption

41 posted on 04/14/2017 6:47:45 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: CGASMIA68
In the folks 1st home after the war in 1945 he painted a mural size of a Mauldin page on the cellar wall, 6 feet high at the bottom of the stairs. It read, Don’t startle him Joe, its almost full”.


42 posted on 04/14/2017 7:22:03 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: doorgunner69

I remember that one. As kids we flipped those pages for years and tears.


43 posted on 04/14/2017 7:25:45 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: MuttTheHoople

Thats the one.At class reunions neighborhood kids still bring that up.
Our house was the one all the other kids hung out at.


44 posted on 04/14/2017 7:27:47 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: MuttTheHoople

My favorite Up Front cartoon is Willie and Joe in a foxhole with a Panzer parked above them. Joe is on the field telephone: “Able Fox Five to Able Fox. I got a target but ya gotta be patient”.


45 posted on 04/14/2017 7:50:50 PM PDT by alpo (Resist we did.)
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To: PAR35

From the link in post 25:

“...and even tipped some B-25s onto their tails from the weight of the ash and tephra.”

I guess they became tail-draggers!


46 posted on 04/14/2017 8:01:45 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

I don’t know why the control surfaces were fabric. Does anyone know why? Most WWII planes were like that for some reason.


47 posted on 04/14/2017 8:07:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

I have no idea why they were fabric - I’m sure vets will reply with the correct answers. My guesses would be to conserve on the metal and maybe less weight? They might have been easier and quicker to repair if damaged?


48 posted on 04/14/2017 8:12:23 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

I googled it. Something about “flutter” and less control pressure for the pilot. whatever.


49 posted on 04/14/2017 8:22:12 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: CGASMIA68
As weird as it sounds, I went through darn near the same thing with a bunker-mate that decided to shoot the rats inside our bunker. Damn things would rustle around all night.

He decides to ambush them, me with a flashlight, he with a M-16. C-rats chocolate laid out on the tinfoil wrapper. Sound of the rustle, lights on and the crazy bastard lights them up.

And my wife still wonders how my hearing got so bad? Of course, I was the one that lost it with them rattling about in our C-rats cans outside the bunker and went out and went to war with a .45. Took quite a few point blank shots to nail one.

50 posted on 04/14/2017 10:00:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: central_va

Probably a weight factor


51 posted on 04/15/2017 4:17:33 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: EC Washington

Wow. Maybe they knew each other. My Pop was a crew chief in the Army Air Core stationed in Corsica.


52 posted on 04/15/2017 5:33:23 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (If you work for living,why do you kill yourself working?)
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To: 4yearlurker
EC Washington and anyone else interested in this should check out this site. Tons of great old pics. www.warwingsart.com
53 posted on 04/15/2017 5:48:55 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (If you work for living,why do you kill yourself working?)
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To: T-Bird45; Lorianne

The thanks for the thread goes to Lorianne, who posted the very first photo of the soldiers looking at Mt. Vesuvius erupting.


54 posted on 04/15/2017 7:13:27 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Parley Baer

Ah yes, the Volkswagen produced Kubelwagen.


55 posted on 04/15/2017 7:15:01 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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Note: this topic is from 04/14/2017. Thanks Lorianne.

56 posted on 04/14/2020 1:22:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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