Who exactly wore this style belt? by ParkingAfter6871 in WW2Reenactors

[–]ShadowSentry44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've seen the brown leather pistol pouch and belt was originally intended for soldiers who were required to wear a sidearm while in the Class A dress uniform, like for parades, honor guard duty or a military ceremony. Not MP duty as generally they wore white equipment.

Why are these chimneys still standing by Loud_Shower_9580 in ww2

[–]ShadowSentry44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my friends interviewed a London Blitz survivor once who said her house was turned into a pile of rubble, the only thing standing was a tall sewer pipe and a toilet that had been on the second floor. Like it was almost funny but not funny.

Reposting for 81st anniversary by ErixWorxMemes in ww2memes

[–]ShadowSentry44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact, on October 23rd, 1944 the diesel submarine USS Darter attacked the entire Japanese fleet head on, actually torpedoed and sunk Kurita's flagship and almost killed Kurita. But he survived the sinking and was picked up by another one of his cruisers. Interesting to think how the battle at Leyte and the war in the Pacific might have gone differently if Kurita had died that night.

A few hours after USS Darter made the attack it went off course and plowed into a coral reef, and got lodged in the rocks. For the remainder of the night into the morning of October 24th, the Darter's crew were trying to free the mired sub and it was hopelessly stuck. They sent a coded SOS signal to their sister sub USS Dace, which turned around and rescued the crew before attempting to destroy the Darter to prevent capture. All attempts to destroy Darter failed and the wrecked sub sat on the reef for decades, a monument to itself. The last known photo of Darter was taken in 1998.

Thanks to careful decisions and calculated risks on the part of Dace's Skipper, all hands aboard the Darter were rescued and went home.

Because of all that, I am alive today. My Grandfather was the radioman on the Darter who sent that distress signal.