“They buried him among the kings because he had done good toward God and toward his house.” The coffin of the Uknown Warrior before his internment in Westminster Abbey, a memorial to all British and Commonwealth troops killed during WW1 with no known grave. 11th November 1920 [570×800] 27 Comments Vintage
Albert Preziosi the supposed Father of the Lybian dictator Mouammar Kadhari, photo taken somewhere in France before his death in 1943 (662×1024) Comment Vintage
The French Battalion being relieved by the Ethiopian Kagnew Battalion in the Sataeri Valley, Korea, 1951-52. (Collard Pierre/ ECPAD) [1013×700] Comment Vintage
Doris Miller, Ship’s Cook Third Class , is credited with shooting down several Japanese planes with a machine gun from the deck of the U.S.S. West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery. [1502 x 1844] 2 Comments Vintage
Crew of a Consolidated B-24 of the 8th Air Force at a base somewhere in England, 1943. [795×596] 1 Comment Vintage
Londoners flocked to pay their respects as the funeral procession of the Unknown Warrior passed the Cenotaph, London, on November 11, 1920. (1280 x 773). 1 Comment Vintage
