Jim Beam and Vietnam

And Pabst Blue Ribbon.

6:59 AM
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Before there was Brokeback Mountain

There was this.  Okay, they were World War II heroes.  Part of the Greatest Generation.  But still, this is pretty damn gay.     "C...

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Confederate Soldier

A black and white and colorized photo of a confederate soldier.

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Jefferson Coates

Jefferson Coates , who lost both eyes at Gettysburg and was awarded the Medal of Honor ca 1870.

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Operation Yellowstone

Operation "Yellowstone" Vietnam. Following a hard day, a few members of Company A gather around a guitar and play a few songs, Jan...

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Civil War Drum

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Got a Light?

These German soldiers were without a lighter.  So they used a flamethrower to light their cigarettes.

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Mass on Hill 950

Sunday mass on Hill 950, 1967, during the Vietnam War.

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The Red Baron

Baron Manfred von Richtofen, hero fighter pilot of Imperial Germany during WW1, killed in action on April 21, 1918 by a single .303 bullet ...

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Gas Masks for Dogs

These photos are from the Cold War era.

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Taking Cover

Two GIs take cover on the bridge at Worms Nibelungen, Germany on March 28, 1945, as snipers on the other bank of the Rhine take aim. In the...

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Lady POWs

German female prisoners of war outside their tented accommodation in a camp for SS, Luftwaffe and civilian women prisoners at Vilvoorde on t...

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The Firing Squad

German commando Gunther Billing in US Army fatigues as US Army MPs tie his hands behind him before facing the firing squad. Billing was one ...

7:30 AM
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Waiting for the Election Results

Corporal James E. Mull, 21 (Rushville, Indiana) listens intently as the Presidential election returns are broadcast over Armed Forces Radio,...

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Rare Images of the Battle of the Bulge

From December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, American, British, Canadian, Belgian, and French forces fought to stop the final major German of...

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RIP Ernie Pyle

Taken at Ie Shima near the end of World War II.  Ernie Pyle was a journalist from Indiana.   His reporting of the campaigns in North Africa,...

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One Ride with Yankee Papa 13

If you have never seen the Life photo essay by Larry Burrow's entitled "One Ride with Yankee Papa 13", you should view it here...

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Ghosts of War

This has to be one of the most fascinating projects I've ever seen.  Dutch historian  Jo Teeuwisse  creates each image by first trac...

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