Historical Pictures

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1912: Woodrow Wilson campaigns in Chicago.

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He really does look like Max Schreck in Nosferatu.

Revealing!

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San Geronimo, Mexico Sat. May 27, 1916: Taking a breather from chasing Pancho Villa,
soldiers of Company A, 16th Infantry relax around the campfire.

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Somewhere in Korea Friday, October 26, 1951: Here is an actual MASH unit in action during
the Korean War. A hard, grim but necessary job.

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[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Somewhere in Korea Friday, October 26, 1951: Here is an actual MASH unit in action during
the Korean War. A hard, grim but necessary job.

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I hate that show.

Many GIs who would have otherwise died were saved in such hospitals. Wounds that would have killed a man in WW2 were not often fatal in Korea and Vietnam because of quicker access to aid.

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Somewhere in Korea Friday, October 26, 1951: Here is an actual MASH unit in action during
the Korean War. A hard, grim but necessary job.

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I hate that show.

Many GIs who would have otherwise died were saved in such hospitals. Wounds that would have killed a man in WW2 were not often fatal in Korea and Vietnam because of quicker access to aid.

I prefer the movie. The MASH units did save many a life.

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Baker Field, Columbia University Sat. Oct. 8, 1932: Football mascots are nothing new.
Here the Columbia Lion and the Princeton Tiger cut up with William "Wild Bill" Donovan,
then the GOP candidate for NY Governor but later head of the wartime OSS which
preceeded the CIA. Columbia was the victor 20-7.

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[Peter1469]

You should have seen our hospital at Balad, Iraq.  I used to sit outside at night and watch the helicopters come in throughout the night - carrying the best America has to offer.  Helicopter after helicopter....  We got a request from Congress after a Congressional delegation was given a tour of our little emergency room.  We were in the process of building a real hospital; our emergency room was a large tent- very MASH - like.  The Congress-critters sent a request that once the new hospital was built that we should preserve the threshold of the tent and the concrete slab where so many of our best soldiers were operated on- most of whom survived, but of course many did not.  It will be at the Smithsonian as an exhibit if all goes as planed.  I provided the legal opinion for the issue and thought about carving my name in the concrete- but concluded that would be in poor taste since I have not sacrificed enough for such an honor. 

When I see these protesters I support their right to protest.  But I don't see greatness.  I see selfish, petty, immature people.  When I see those wounded Soldiers I see our future.  And what a future!

And that was the problem with this deployment for me: I was a staff weenie while real soldiers bled and died.  The Gulf War was much better for me- as a 20 yr old infantry soldier kicking much ass in Mesopotamia I was in the mix. 

[OswaldTheOsprey]

You should have seen our hospital at Balad, Iraq.  I used to sit outside at night and watch the helicopters come in throughout the night - carrying the best America has to offer.  Helicopter after helicopter....  We got a request from Congress after a Congressional delegation was given a tour of our little emergency room.  We were in the process of building a real hospital; our emergency room was a large tent- very MASH - like.  The Congress-critters sent a request that once the new hospital was built that we should preserve the threshold of the tent and the concrete slab where so many of our best soldiers were operated on- most of whom survived, but of course many did not.  It will be at the Smithsonian as an exhibit if all goes as planed.  I provided the legal opinion for the issue and thought about carving my name in the concrete- but concluded that would be in poor taste since I have not sacrificed enough for such an honor. 

When I see these protesters I support their right to protest.  But I don't see greatness.  I see selfish, petty, immature people.  When I see those wounded Soldiers I see our future.  And what a future!

And that was the problem with this deployment for me: I was a staff weenie while real soldiers bled and died.  The Gulf War was much better for me- as a 20 yr old infantry soldier kicking much ass in Mesopotamia I was in the mix. 

Fascinating. Great post, Peter.

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[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Ditto.

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The Yale Bowl, New Haven, Sat. Nov. 25, 1922: Here is the broadcast booth at the annual
Yale-Harvard game. Cutting edge technology of its time. Harvard was the victor 10-3.

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[Mr. Dirlewanger]

German photo of a British paratrooper killed attempting to help an injured comrade-Arnhem, 1944

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German Commander General Kussin, killed in an ambush by the 3rd Parachute Battalion-Arnhem area, 1944

[spunkloaf]

German Commander General Kussin, killed in an ambush by the 3rd Parachute Battalion-Arnhem area, 1944

Cool!

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Saturday, June 16, 1922: Guglielmo Marconi, the Father of Radio, is shown
in his radio laboratory. Quite the natty attire for lab work!

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[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Saturday, June 16, 1922: Guglielmo Marconi, the Father of Radio, is shown
in his radio laboratory. Quite the natty attire for lab work!

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Italians have a certain flair. It's a Latin thing I guess...Then again, those could be his chef's pants!