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The most decorated unit of World War II…The 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- 21 Medals of Honor 🇺🇸
- 29 Distinguished Service Cross
- 371 Silver Stars ⭐️
- Over 4000 Bronze Stars 🎖️
- Over 4000 Purple Hearts 💜
- 7 Presidential Unit Citations 🪖
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81 years ago today, a soldier of the 10th Mountain Division ties down a load to a mule as the traverse the Italian countryside near Roffeno. 🪖
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When 6 sailors were trapped on the USS Arizona’s burning deck screaming for help, badly burned, & with no way off…one man aboard the USS Vestal refused to let them die. ⚓️
Meet the forgotten hero: Joseph George. A WWII🧵
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Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division advance under the cover of a Sherman tank through Rue Fond Leval in Spirmont, Belgium. 🪖
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John Basilone, wore a big smile in the press room at the Navy Department in 1943, when a reporter asked about his Italian-born father.
Asked what his father thought of him serving in the Marines, Basilone smiled & answered simply:
“My father likes this country.”🇺🇸
Larry Alan Thorne is the only former SS member to be buried at Arlington. 🪦
Formerly known as Lauri Allan Törni, the Finnish native fought under three different flags, 🇫🇮🇩🇪🇺🇸, ultimately achieving the rank of major with the US Army.
He died in combat in Vietnam in 1965. 🪖
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The “1 man submarine” was converted from a torpedo from which the war head was removed & a control cockpit put in its place. Beneath that, a fastened regulation torpedo which can be released at a target.
The vessel was used by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine between 1943 & 1945.
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5. In 2017, long after Joe passed in 1996, the Navy finally tracked him down.
His daughter received the Bronze Star with “V” for Valor posthumously alongside the Arizona’s Donald Stratton.
Documentaries & the survivors’ families made sure the world finally learned his name.
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In April of 1945, soldiers of the 84th Infantry Division look over confiscated rifles and other weaponry in Salzuflen, Germany. 🪖
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Using his fluent German, Sgt. Dows of the US 3rd Army spoke to a hidden group of Germans in an area under American attack in France, telling them to surrender.🪖
He thought there were 6 or 7, but to his surprise, when his surrender invitation was accepted, 56 Germans came out.🇺🇸
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82 years ago today, Sgt William Hill poses with four Axis dud shells recovered at Anzio, Italy. 🪖
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In April of 1945, 22 men of the US 7th Army pose for a picture while standing on a captured French (used by the Germans) railroad gun near Rentwertshausen, Germany. 🪖
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In April of 1945, a U.S. 9th Army Ordnance Unit moves thier prize Panther Tank. 🪖
The German tank was knocked out by American forces near Gereonsweiler, Germany. 🇺🇸
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If you’ve never seen the paperwork of Captain Sobel threatening Dick Winters with a court martial over a latrine inspection, now you have. 😎
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81 years ago today, Navy Personnel on the USS Missouri shoot down multiple Kamikaze attempts on their ship, staving off all but the one pictured here. ⚓️
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Pfc. Terry Paul Moore of the 7th Infantry Division lights his first cigarette of the day on Okinawa soon after the dawn attack on the town of Yonabaru.🪖
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During World War II, Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams gave up what could have been some of his best playing years and over 40k dollars for three seasons, nearly 700k a year in today’s money, to join the Marines and do his part. 🇺🇸
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In 1945, a BAR man takes aim as another prepares to pull the pin on a grenade during the Battle of Okinawa. 🪖
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In April 8th of 1945, the final moments of B-17 Flying Fortress "Wee Willie" of the 8th Air Force, on its 128th mission, going down after being hit by anti-aircraft artillery over Germany. ✈️
Nine crew members would be killed with 1 taken prisoner by the Germans. 🪖
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During the Battle of Okinawa, American soldiers advance on the Japanese in the early months of the campaign. 🪖
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The great Mickey Rooney’s 1st show during WW2 took place in front of 60 soldiers during a Belgian snowstorm, between 2 parked Sherman tanks as a stage. 🪖
He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in the Army for entertaining troops in combat zones. 🎖️
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6. Joe George was the epitome of the Greatest Generation…a tough, quick-thinking sailor who chose to risk everything in the first minutes of America’s war.
He never boasted about his heroics, never needed a medal…just a rope to save his fellow sailors in their time of need. 🇺🇸
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When 6 sailors were trapped on the USS Arizona’s burning deck screaming for help, badly burned, & with no way off…one man aboard the USS Vestal refused to let them die. ⚓️
Meet the forgotten hero: Joseph George. A WWII🧵
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In April of 1945, Nisei soldier Sam Yoshihara leads a column of German prisoners taken by the 100th Infantry Battalion through the village of Vallecchia, Italy. 🪖
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In April of 1943, a Navy Radioman-Gunner of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aims his aircraft's twin 7.62 mm (0.30 in) caliber Browning M1919 machine guns aboard the USS Independence. ⚓️
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84 years ago today, the flight deck of the USS Hornet, some 800 miles off Tokyo Japan, showing some of the 16 B-25B Mitchell Bombers under the command of Major Jimmy Doolittle, just before they were guided off flight deck for their historic raid on Tokyo. ✈️
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During WW2, General Patton
played a crucial role in preserving the Lipizzan horses. He issued orders to relocate them away from the war zone for their safety. 🐎
Here he is riding 'Favory Africa,' a horse originally intended for Emperor Hirohito but confiscated by the Allies. 🇺🇸
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And now…Mr. Serling.
- CIB 🪖
- Jump Wings 🪂
- Glider Badge 🛬
- Bronze Star 🎖️
- Purple Heart 💜
- Good Conduct Medal 😇
- Army Occupation Medal 🇺🇸
- Pacific Campaign ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Philippine Liberation Medal 🇵🇭
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81 years ago today B-29 Radio Operator Henry Erwin dropped a faulty phosphorus smoke bomb that exploded, blasting white phosphorus into his face at 5,000°F.
Erwin grabbed the bomb, dragged it through the fuselage, & threw it out a window, saving all 11 crewmen.
Medal of Honor🇺🇸
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81 years ago today, a burial at sea aboard the USS Hancock for those killed by a kamikaze attack two days prior, off Okinawa. 🇺🇸
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