what do you think it was? It's not like the South made huge inroads into northern territories, the war was pretty much fought in the south exclusively The north's everything is what fucked the south. There were tons of northern soldiers that never even saw combat because Lincoln wouldn't throw everything the Union had onto the battlefield. There is no one thing that fucked the south, they had pretty much everything at a disadvantage, and never had a chance.
The top pictures is of the USS Tang and the bottom is of Mush Morton and Dick O'Kane. Two of the most distinguished sub captains from the Pacific theater. O'Kane is a MoH winner and former POW. The US sub fleet absolutely crippled Japan during the war, but you hear very little about them. My family has a house on Cayman Brac. His son is my neighbor who gave me a few books about him a few years ago. "In five war patrols, Dick O'Kane and Tang sank an officially recognized total of 24 Japanese ships. This total was revised in 1980 from a review of Japanese war records corroborated by the Tang's surviving logs and crewmembers to 31 ships totalling over 227,000 tons sunk. This established one of the Pacific War's top records for submarine achievement." He retired in 1957, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor as commander of the USS Tang in South Pacific. The Tang sank a Japanese ship every 11 days on five patrols and rescued scores of US fliers who had been shot down in raids on Japanese ships and bases. During one patrol in Formosa Strait on October 24-25, 1944, the Tang sank 110,000 tons of Japanese shipping, including a destroyer. The submarine then fell victim to her 24th and last torpedo when it malfunctioned, circled back and hit the Tang, killing all but 9 of her 87-man crew. The commander and other survivors were taken prisoner and spent the last ten months of the war in a prison near Tokyo, where they were subjected to beatings and a starvation diet."
i mean yeah i knew it was sunk but i had never seen/paid attention to what the memorial looked like. looked funny in scale and angle to the reagan
According to studies done by anti-slavery groups, there are currently more slaves today than at any time in history! Three quarters are female and over half are children. It is believed that there are around 27 million people in slavery right now. Furthermore, this number does not include people who are not technically slaves but are in a form of servitude tantamount to slavery. This is sometimes called “unfree labor”. The average slave today costs around $90 – whereas in the past they cost upwards of $40,000 (in today’s money). A study done at Berkeley University estimates that there are around 10,000 slaves in the United States at the moment.
William Chadwell (L) & Clell Miller (R) after their demise in Northfield Minnesota, notice the heart shot for Chadwell, and headshot at the hairline for Miller.
yeah, plus I think the USS Reagan is much bigger than the USS Arizona was. If I was driving the USS Reagan I'd be worried about scraping the bottom of my boat on the Arizona and fucking my ship up
1st Victim of Jack the Ripper Mary Surratt - First woman to ever be hanged by the US Gov't 1st Fatality in a plane crash - Thomas Selfridge in 1908
Civil War Photos Ulysses S. Grant (left) at Lookout Mountain, Ga Battle of Nashville Ammunition car exploded leaving the tracks ruined. Confederate Prisoners Atlanta post Sherman's March Post war Richmond Yankees at Chancellorsville Grant Only picture of Rebs marching in Union Territory. (Maryland)
Hiroshi Miyamura 1st American to be awarded the MOH classified Top Secret. Right after his actions he was captured by the Chinese and the award was kept secret until his release for fear of Chinese retribution. His Citation Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company H, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Place and date: Near Taejon-ni, Korea, April 24, and April 25, 1951 Entered service at: Gallup, N. Mex. Birth: Gallup, New Mexico G.O. No.: 85, November 4, 1953. Citation: "Cpl. Miyamura, a member of Company H, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. On the night of 24 April, Company H was occupying a defensive position when the enemy fanatically attacked threatening to overrun the position. Cpl. Miyamura, a machinegun squad leader, aware of the imminent danger to his men unhesitatingly jumped from his shelter wielding his bayonet in close hand-to-hand combat killing approximately 10 of the enemy. Returning to his position, he administered first aid to the wounded and directed their evacuation. As another savage assault hit the line, he manned his machinegun and delivered withering fire until his ammunition was expended. He ordered the squad to withdraw while he stayed behind to render the gun inoperative. He then bayoneted his way through infiltrated enemy soldiers to a second gun emplacement and assisted in its operation. When the intensity of the attack necessitated the withdrawal of the company Cpl. Miyamura ordered his men to fall back while he remained to cover their movement. He killed more than 50 of the enemy before his ammunition was depleted and he was severely wounded. He maintained his magnificent stand despite his painful wounds, continuing to repel the attack until his position was overrun. When last seen he was fighting ferociously against an overwhelming number of enemy soldiers. Cpl. Miyamura's indomitable heroism and consummate devotion to duty reflect the utmost glory on himself and uphold the illustrious traditions on the military service." After capture and suffering from wounds he helped save the lives of several soldiers too wounded to fend for themselves. Had he not they would have been left to die on the march to the prisoner camps.. with his wife and granddaughter. Wife was held in a Japanese internment camp during WWII, GD is a 2nd Louie in the Air Force
warning: gross (union prisoner at andersonville prison, camp sumpter, georgia) elmira prison, elmira, new york
North African Soldiers in WW1 French soldiers operating on a horse French soldiers in trench No man's land from a trench Russian soldiers French and British Soldiers Chillin
http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fr-matrozen-tm.jpg?w=500&h=369 1825 This photograph was only discovered in 2002 and is now known to be the very first permanent photograph ever taken by Nicéphore Niépce – the father of photography. It is an image of an engraving of a man walking a horse and it was made using a technique known as heliogravure. The method involves a piece of copper covered with light sensitive bitumen. This metal plate is exposed to light and creates an image which is then transferred to paper. The image has been declared a national treasure by the French government and it sold for $392,000 at auction to the French National Library.
Seeing as I'm not white trash, such as yourself, I'll refrain from turning this thread into a shit storm. Carry on you simple-minded southerner.
If you guys have a general interest in historic photographs I'd recommend checking out these books; Evidence by Luc Sante is a compilation of old crime scene photos from the late teens/early 20's. Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy consists of news paper clippings of the strange events that occured over a 20 year (I think) period in a part of Wisconsin and photographs of the people who lived there.
Can't remember if I saw this here or somewhere else. Either way...... 1890 photograph of Robert McGee, scalped as a child by Sioux Chief Little Turtle, in 1864.
San Francisco after the great fire and quake of 1906. This is looking down Sacramento St. This is a photograph of breaker boys (1910) – child labour used to separate coal from slate. This image helped lead the nation to outlaw child labour. The photo was taken by Lewis Hine who travelled the United States taking photographs of child labourers. Soviet Union soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev, and Georgij Bulatov raising the flag on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany in May, 1945. After capturing and killing Guevara (Marxist revolutionary), the Bolivian army showed this photograph to prove that he was dead. Resident TMB Overlord Chanman
Don't know German history as well as I should but Hitler burned down the original Reichstag. I guess this was the one rebuilt in its place?
that picture of the USSR flag being raised over the reichstag has been posted plenty of times and was staged
Hitler's Eagle's Nest(featured awesomely on Band of Brothers): on the road to the Eagle's Nest: Lawn furniture at the Eagle's Nest: http://www.skylighters.org/photos/seyler/
my dad was in naval intelligence at the time that happened and was actually listening in when the north koreans boarded the ship
place is amazing. I swear you can see all of Germany from there. Definitely worth the trip. fucking made of solid gold through a shaft directly through a mountain. Pretty unbelievable even by todays standards.
Are there any good Civil War books that discuss how battles happened and what not. I always liked learning about the battles and how each side strategically fought them.
The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1 to November 1 of 1898. Its goal was to showcase the development of the entire West, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. The Indian Congress was held concurrently. Over 2.6 million people came to Omaha to view the 4,062 exhibits during the four months of the Exposition. President William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan were among the dignitaries who attended at the invitation of Gurdon Wattles, the event's leader. 100,000 people assembled on the plaza to hear them speak. The Expo stretched over a 180-acre (0.73 km2) tract in North Omaha and featured a 2,000 feet (610 m)-long lagoon encircled by 21 classical buildings that featured fine and modern products from around the world. The buildings were made of a plaster-like material called staff - that way the buildings could be made to replicate ancient Roman and Grecian buildings and it could be done quickly and cheaply. None of the buildings or the lagoon are still around.
yeah they really do. It's amazing how most of Omaha's residents don't even know about this event. I taught a little lecture about it over the summer at the Western Heritage Museum in town and I couldn't believe how nobody had even heard of it.
In both situations, the buildings weren't meant to be permanent - a major oversight in retrospect. The only building left in Chicago is the Science and Industry Museum. Amazing that not even the lake is left from Omaha.