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Northrop P-61 Black Widow

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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My uncle (RIP) was a pilot on a B17 in the "Big One".
Shot down over Germany on Jan 30 1944 and spent a year in Stalag Luft One in Prussia.

 

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Vietnam War Memorial...Washington, DC

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

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Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"

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Messerschmitt Me 262A

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Focke-Wulf Fw190

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Late in the war the Germans had this jet which gave the American aircraft hell.

The ME 263.

 

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Fort Knox Gold Bullion Depository...

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"Mad Dog", I like him.

 

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Shooter, recognize that type of blade and the soldiers that carried them.

 

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Its the Gurkhas with their blade of choice......Khukuri.

Bad mo foes right there.

I got a few khukuris made in Naples.

 

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+1 on what SG said...

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Yes sir, Gurkha’s. I thought it was spelled kukri. Looked it up, seems it’s either I guess...

 

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Here's the real thing, Kukri in a Koa wood sheath.