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An American paratrooper of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) poses on the Frankrijkstraat in Eindhoven, mister Kluijtmans can be seen in the Background. September 18th 1944.
P.S. I do not condone any extreme political ideologies.
Feel free to comment, suggestions for upcoming posts are always welcome, next post will be a different army.
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PileOfWalthers
Oh no it's Antifa!
4thwalled
I can't imagine what this soldier's reaction would be if you told him then what the US would turn into now.
JulianLake
The HBO series "Band of Brothers" follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne š One of the episodes shows the celebration of them liberating Eindhoven š
cryborg
Is this back when the United States used to fight fascism?
wisher1977
Not for nothing but I canāt imagine how those men would feel about our country as of late, after all they did for us in Europe.
torp
Oh yeah, when US were antifas. Wonder what he would think about that.
splungedude
What is it about Dutch houses that I instantly recognize this picture as taken in the Netherlands?
redmuz4
Watch out āpatriotsā this guy is antifa!
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
#7 Rod Serling's buddy thought him a poor soldier. Rod would only prepare one clip. He would also go off on his own, and had a tendency to get lost.
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JustaguyfromNH
I can hear this Gif...
***TING!***
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Btw just wondering, I see so many wonderfull people commenting and liking, what made you comment/like/interact. Though this is kinda done at the right moment, Is it because of this unit or the picture itself? As on Instagram this has slower traction.
Prunest
@OP this is the shit I love to see on imgur and what brings me back often. Thank you for sharing this and keeping imgur interesting
WRMHistoricalColorization
Glad you enjoy it. I do many other armies from both world wars as well.
Though that also means the less of the good guys. (I get some hate for those at times).
mythm2707
Great bro, You're doing a great job for historical resarch! Thanks!
Misteree8
Soldier looks like he's under 21, and i wouldn't be surprised if he is in this photo
dtritis3
I like his hat. https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlZDVuYWJhNjIyaXRtdWcxZ2dhazh0aXlkemVjcHVpMjIwMzJudWw0NiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/5prQHky2wADzCj8S3U/200w.mp4
TacoFox
101st...the original Antifa... My M1, because fuck nazis....
WillemHellfire
The dude reminds me of Henry Rollins.
SocoFox
OG Antifa.
SometimesOthertimesAnytime
My grandfather was in WWII in the 101st, Glider Infantry.
freewaydog
Glider troopers creed " Once I was infantry now i'm airborne and the pay is exactly the same."
Nengex
Oof. Sorry to hear it. Glider troops got treated like shit.
ababyzarmholdinganapple
Dad had taken a handful of flight lessons as a civilian so he was assigned as a backup glider pilot with the 101st. Got captured immediately after landing. Most of the guys in his glider were killed.
gropnorb
Frankrijkstraat nr. 102 most likely
WhiskyBravo
Easy company, one assumes
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The 506th PIR was about 9 Companies. so there is probably between 900-1200 more men, not just E Company.
DutchBoeremeisie
Oh my goodness, this my hometown. We are celebrating our liberation today (got liberated 18-09-1944) with a huge celebration in town, with a parade and even cyclists bringing a freedom torch all the way from Bayeux. Thank you for this, I appreciate it.
pritolus
Man, we didn't get liberated until May 8th 1945 ...
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Ik moet wel als Nederlander om iets te doen met Market Garden, maar veel is al gecoloriseerd .
xn1992
Bet that house/street hasnāt changed one bit
FredFlipflop
Maybe it was on this block. https://maps.app.goo.gl/ppXpcCnmhwLhZuEZ7
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It is nowadays nr 108 or 110 but used to be 100 or so I read
DutchBoeremeisie
It has not, hahahaha - I know that street well. Used to cycle through it on the way to work. When I saw the photo, for a split second, I thought it was someone in historical costume standing in front of the house.
DemonicFruitfly
InoffensivePablum
Both my grandfathers fought in WWII and I think they would have been just as happy in the Wehrmacht. Like almost every other āGreatest Generationā Americans I knew from the South, they were virulently racist and anti-Semitic and would have been perfectly happy with Hitler at the helm.
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Tbf tho, Hitler was famously skilled at speaking, that's the opposite of Trump.
dingleberrysauce
Trump is somehow good at saying what his followers want to hear, as idiotic as he sounds to the rest of the world. Keep them uneducated and tell them what to think & do, unfortunately an effective strategy.
1stDrunkJoe
Humans have a wonderful gift of filling in the blanks and finding patterns in chaos. He has managed to use this so that his disjointed ramblings fit neatly into the individual preconceived notions' of his audience members.
Gippo53
M1 Garand. The rifle I used for training during my military service. Mine was made by Winchester. It was extremely heavy, they made you march holding it with only one hand. After 10 minutes, you couldn't feel that hand anymore. I only shot it once, through two magazines. I didn't even hit the cardboard target :)
Nengex
Mine is a Springfield, though the bolt is International Harvester. Barrel and furniture are new though and I mostly use if for competitions.
I'm trying to imagine how hot it would get in combat. By the third or fourth clip, the top handguard gets painful to hold. That trooper is carrying 22 clips, or 23 if there's one loaded and they all look to be for personal use.
1stDrunkJoe
My guess is: If your hand is burning then you're still alive to feel it, adrenaline is a hell of a drug.
Nengex
True.
Now, after clip 10, your hand is probably fusing to the wood or the top handguard and you're smelling bacon.
TacoFox
I've been using defender ammo out of NC. About 21.60 a box of 20. My M1 likes them very much.
Nengex
Oh I load my own.
I think my cost per round is somewhere around 60 cents.
Redshadow09
Was that 'Easy Company'? The dude looks like StSgt. William Guarnere
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I did check with the picture of StSgt. William Guarnere however the faces dont seem to be the same, this person has a broader jaw. also he misses the Sgt stripes
ThaneofGlamis
Thereās nothing in the photo itself that indicates itās the 506th. Maybe it was written on the actual photo or handed down from a vet. Even so, the 506th had almost 2,000 soldiers assigned to it. E Co made up a small piece of the total unit.
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I am not sure, only the 506th PIR was mentioned, not sure what company it was.
Redshadow09
Have you watched Band of Brothers before?
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Yep about 20 times and about 5 times the pacific.
Redshadow09
Then isn't the 506 Easy company? From the TV show? It even states it online. I mean I dont have knowledge on regiments, platoons and battalions but there is that Google saying that the 506 was Easy Company.
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A regiment consists about 9 to 12 companies, a company consistis of 100ā250 men.
It could be a member of Easy Company, but it is a 1/9 chance.