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Walts Daughter
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Okay guys and gals. After reading a post by Frank G, I thought we'd start a new post. Here's my quote from his post...

 

I always loved when the GI's painted names on their guns, etc. Hitler's Hell is no exception. Some were very creative, some right to the point. Just gave me an idea; we should start a new post with the painted phrases from various GI's throughout the war. Ya, that would be cool.

 

So here we go. A little bit of history. A little bit of fun! Go for it!!! I'm looking up some right now...

 


Marion J Chard
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OUPS !!

 

 

VEE :blush:

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Of course one of the most famous and widely used...

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Good one VEE! :D


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Yes, the infamous...

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American fresco probably dating back to World War II was discovered in a house in Saint Lô.

 

Vee

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Nose art was very popular...

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From the Diekirch museum:

 

Anti aircraft canon with its name.

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On a Willy's Jeep.

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And on a truck.

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We are paratroopers. We are supposed to be surrounded.

Captain Winters in Bastogne 1944.

Liberation of Noorbeek and Roy Booher tribute:

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Hell's Angels , B-17 Thunberbird

 

 

Vee

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This one:

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was apparently was too risqué for family air shows and was then repainted:

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This one is not from WWII but I couldn't resist

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A beautiful Mustang

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another one

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one more

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And an handsome Corsair

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Impressive how many flights this plane already made.


We are paratroopers. We are supposed to be surrounded.

Captain Winters in Bastogne 1944.

Liberation of Noorbeek and Roy Booher tribute:

http://www.12-09-1944.nl/index_en.php


   
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THE GARIAN LADY.

 

70 miles south of Tripoli towards the edge of the Sahara high in the Jebel lies the old WWII Italian army barracks

of Garian. In March 1943 while serving with the 8th Army as a volunteer ambulance driver, American Clifford Saber

painted a large mural depicting (in pin-up style) a girl lying on her side in the form of the Libyan coastline with

various places marked on.

After the war this became a popular tourist attraction and I visited it in 1965 whilst serving with the RAF in

North Africa.

 

Colin.

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I had never heard of the "Lady of Garian" although its is mentioned in several Google hits. The fact that there are not many hits, however, would indicate that it is still not very well known.


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Hey it's great to see my post has taken off... Yeah!

 

I had not heard of the Garian Lady either. That' what's so great about a forum like this!


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