A destroyed T-26 surrounded by dead Red Army soldiers by the border crossing between Soviet occupied Poland and Nazi Occupied Poland, June 1941
September 05, 2012, 2:57pm / 43
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September 05, 2012, 1:54pm / 136
Hitler Youth rally (composed of Hitlerjugend, for male youth ages 14–18; Deutsches Jungvolk for ages 10–14; and the girls’ section Bund Deutscher Mädel) in the Olympic stadium, Berlin 1937
September 05, 2012, 12:56pm / 20
Please, pass around so maybe Troops might benefit from the info. These pups are a life line for Our Troops and it kills them have to leave them behind. =(
1. For anyone who has a furry friend, pet/mascot they wish to rescue from Afghanistan, please send an email to: anna@ thepuppyrescuemission. org Please use the subject heading “Package”. All requests for rescues must go via this email address from your personal email. Thank You!
2. nowzad. com
3. spcai. org /baghdad-pups/requesting-help. html If you have questions concerning a dog or cat in Afghanistan, please contact us directly.
[Fifth picture is Eslinger and Smoke. Eslinger was injured and returned stateside not long after adopting Smoke. At six months, Smoke was reunited with him here in the States thanks to Nowzad and other charities. -R]
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September 05, 2012, 11:59am / 5350
92yr-old USAAF WWII vet kills intruder with single shot
92-year-old World War II veteran Earl Jones, of Verona, Ky., had already been the target of three separate break-ins in August, deputies said, according to WLWT-TV. So when the Boone County farmer heard a bang in his basement early Monday morning, Jones was ready, quickly grabbing his loaded .22-caliber rifle from his bedroom.
When the intruder kicked open the door leading up from the basement, Jones fired a single shot.
“He kicked the door and as soon as he got inside, it was all over. I was hoping another one would come up–I aimed right for his heart,” Jones, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941 through 1946, told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
“Was I scared? Was I mad? Hell no,” Jones told the Enquirer. “It was simple. That man was going to take my life. He was hunting me. I was protecting myself.”
September 04, 2012, 11:29pm / 103
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