WWI PATCH

A few tank corps. 78th Division 6th Division 3rd Division 6th MG Battalion, USMC, 2nd Division  42nd Division 29th Division 7th, 13, 11th and 10th Divisions. 18th Division 39th Division – Graphic dynamite! Triangles, black cats, crescent moons, Native American profiles–World War I patches from various US division and battalions. via US Militaria images via TrenchBuff

RAINBOW DIVISION

Rainbows in the military—The ‘Rainbow Division’ was the nickname given to the U.S. 42nd Division. It comprised units from 26 states across the country. Colonel Douglas MacArthur remarked that “the 42nd Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of America to the other”. 1. Rainbow Division officers from WW1 2. Michigan 42nd Rainbow Division [...]

SS ANGORA

Oh dear. I was drawn in by the rabbits and didn’t read the doomed title until after I inserted all the images—Angora: Rabbit Raising in Nazi Concentration Camps The Angora rabbit project was an SS-administered program to breed rabbits for their soft, warm fur, one use of which was to line the jackets of Luftwaffe [...]

TIN MEN

Gorgeous photographs of Civil War soldiers. 1. Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer 2. Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with knitted stole 3. Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and forage cap 4. Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform Close to 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs highlight both Union and [...]

WWI.

These bleak images reveal some brazen & necessary design work. Note : long wool scarf, Damn the War signage, winter fur protection, and crude wooden screen – erected to deprive the enemy artillery spotters a longer view along this obviously long stretch of road. images link to source via flickr

MO USO SHOW.

Missouri State University’s Theatre & Dance Department travel the world on a USO tour. Or maybe just Berlin & Greenland but looks like a good time. Nice sweaters ladies. via Leslie Irene Coger Collection – MSU Library

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