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  1. U.S. weapons used by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

    U.S. weapons used by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

     
     
  2. “ Wireless device “ - FEB - WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

    “ Wireless device “ - FEB - WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

     
     
  3. Homage to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

    Homage to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, WWII - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

     
     
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  6. fired by FEB - Italy 1944

    fired by FEB - Italy 1944

     
     
  7. FEB / World War II museum - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 

    FEB / World War II museum - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 

     
     
  8. Military scientists are trying to determine if a skull found in Pearl Harbor among debris dating to the 1940s belonged to a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, officials said on Wednesday

    Military scientists are trying to determine if a skull found in Pearl Harbor among debris dating to the 1940s belonged to a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, officials said on Wednesday

     
     
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  10. Women’s Airforce Service Pilot

    Women’s Airforce Service Pilot

     
     
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  12. A German armored tank crosses the Aisne River in France, on June 21, 1940, one day before the surrender of France. (AP Photo)

    A German armored tank crosses the Aisne River in France, on June 21, 1940, one day before the surrender of France. (AP Photo)

     
     
  13. obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Navajo Code Talker When the United States Marine Corps recruited twenty-nine young men of Navajo descent during World War II, Joe Morris, Sr. was one of those selected. The idea of using Navajo as a code language was brought to the Marines by Philip Johnston, a son of missionaries who knew Navajo. The idea was well-received and in 1942 the program began. Morris and the twenty-eight others helped create the code language often replacing a military term with a Navajo word that resembled it physically: ink stick = pen; potato = grenade; iron fish = submarine. The work that Morris and his fellow Marines did was so important to the war effort that they were told “if you get captured by the Japanese don’t you ever tell them what you learned…Just die for your country.” Morris was incredibly proud of his service speaking about it frequently: “My weapon was language.” He received both a Congressional Gold Medal and a Congressional Silver Medal for his service. Joe Morris, Sr. died at the age of 85. According to the Navajo Code Talker Association, through the LA Times, there are 65 code talkers still alive. (Although they began with 29, the code talker program eventually recruited 400 Navajos.) (Image courtesy Colleen Anderson/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)

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    Obit of the Day: Navajo Code Talker

    When the United States Marine Corps recruited twenty-nine young men of Navajo descent during World War II, Joe Morris, Sr. was one of those selected. The idea of using Navajo as a code language was brought to the Marines by Philip Johnston, a son of missionaries who knew Navajo. The idea was well-received and in 1942 the program began. Morris and the twenty-eight others helped create the code language often replacing a military term with a Navajo word that resembled it physically: ink stick = pen; potato = grenade; iron fish = submarine.

    The work that Morris and his fellow Marines did was so important to the war effort that they were told “if you get captured by the Japanese don’t you ever tell them what you learned…Just die for your country.”

    Morris was incredibly proud of his service speaking about it frequently: “My weapon was language.” He received both a Congressional Gold Medal and a Congressional Silver Medal for his service.

    Joe Morris, Sr. died at the age of 85. According to the Navajo Code Talker Association, through the LA Times, there are 65 code talkers still alive. (Although they began with 29, the code talker program eventually recruited 400 Navajos.)

    (Image courtesy Colleen Anderson/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)

     
     
  14. Students participate in surveying a WWII era landing craft. (photo from PNC)

    Students participate in surveying a WWII era landing craft. (photo from PNC)

     
     
  15. These WWII era submarines discovered off the coast of Hawaii were at the peak of naval stealth technology for the age and even carried folding-wing planes for sneak attacks.

    These WWII era submarines discovered off the coast of Hawaii were at the peak of naval stealth technology for the age and even carried folding-wing planes for sneak attacks.