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US Army Rangers awaiting the invasion signal in a landing craft in an English port, circa early June 1944; note the bazooka with the flash deflector.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

It always feels weird knowing that statistically, almost half of the guys in the photo would likely not be alive an hour or so later.

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, so we're off to die because a maniac ended up in charge of a country, again.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 4 points 17 hours ago

Mmmm. Lucky Strikes.

this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2026

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