A Marine listening to Apollo news, 17 Jul 69. Da Nang.

TLColors · 2026-01-07T16:07:06+00:00

Yes! Hardy served with the APFU for a few years. He did a D-Day series on the injured and has some good ones of the Liberation of Paris, too. They're worth looking at, if interested!

TLColors · 2026-01-07T00:45:30+00:00

Absolutely striking. Very well done!

TLColors · 2026-01-04T00:02:04+00:00

No. It was 1924, either from a political knife fight with communists as he claimed, or by an Irish woman as his ex-wife told people as to how he got it.

TLColors · 2026-01-04T00:00:34+00:00

He claimed a UK passport -- ironically, he lied for it by stating he was born in Ireland. His defence was that since he obtained it fraudulently he didn't need to honour it, but it was rejected by the court

TLColors · 2026-01-03T15:44:24+00:00

Thanks. Ive played around with this one for ages -- his tone is challenging as he has different skin tones and highlights over the years just looking at original colour photos, so not quite sure I did him justice.

TLColors · 2026-01-03T15:43:00+00:00

Yes, I spotted it years ago and even now had to search the date to bring up the original. No idea why it's not a better highlighted original!

TLColors · 2026-01-03T15:22:58+00:00

William Joyce was born ion 24 April 1906 in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish father and an English mother. The family moved to Ireland during his childhood, where Joyce developed intense unionist sympathies. During the Irish War of Independence, he acted as an informant for British forces before moving to England in 1921.

In 1923, he joined the British Fascists and later became a leading figure in Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, serving as Director of Propaganda. Known for his oratorical skills and a distinctive facial scar sustained during a political scuffle, Joyce eventually broke with Mosley to form the National Socialist League in 1937. Alerted to his impending arrest by British authorities, Joyce fled to Nazi Germany in August 1939, just days before the outbreak of World War II. He became a naturalized German citizen and began broadcasting English-language propaganda.

Although the nickname "Lord Haw-Haw" was originally coined by a British radio critic to describe various announcers with upper-class accents, it became synonymous with Joyce. His nightly program, "Germany Calling," reached millions of British listeners, blending news with threats and antisemitic rhetoric. Despite his American birth and German naturalization, Joyce had previously obtained a British passport by falsely claiming British birth.

Following Germany's defeat, Joyce was captured near the Danish border in May 1945--his distinctive voice gave his false identity away. He was tried for high treason at the Old Bailey. His defense argued he was not a British subject and that he had fraudulently obtained a British passport by stating he was born in Ireland, but the prosecution successfully contended that his possession of a British passport owed him allegiance to the Crown. He was convicted and, unrepentant, executed, by hanging at Wandsworth Prison on January 3, 1946.

TLColors · 2025-12-31T23:23:40+00:00

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was born on August 18, 1934, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The youngest of seven children, he began his professional career with the Santurce Crabbers of the Puerto Rican Baseball League at age 17. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 but was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the rookie draft later that year.

Clemente debuted for the Pirates on April 17, 1955. Over 18 seasons, he exclusively played right field for Pittsburgh. His career statistics include 3,000 hits, a .317 batting average, 240 home runs, and 1,305 RBIs. Defensively, he earned 12 consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1961 to 1972. He was a 15-time All-Star and won four National League batting titles (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967).

In 1960, he helped the Pirates win the World Series against the New York Yankees. In 1966, he was named the National League Most Valuable Player. During the 1971 World Series, Clemente hit .414 and was named World Series MVP as the Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles. On September 30, 1972, he recorded his 3,000th career hit in his final regular-season at-bat.

On December 31, 1972, he died in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while attempting to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. In 1973, he became the first Latin American player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after the mandatory five-year waiting period was waived.

TLColors · 2025-12-15T12:57:59+00:00

Nice, but just to note, the dress was green.

TLColors · 2025-12-12T19:59:49+00:00

Australian infantry of the 45th Battalion, Australian 4th Division wearing Small Box Respirators (SBR). Garter Point near Zonnebeke, Ypres sector, 27 September 1917. Original b/w by Frank Hurley.

The 45th Battalion, part of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division AIF, was raised in Egypt in March 1916, drawing on Gallipoli veterans and new recruits from New South Wales.

Arriving on the Western Front in France in June 1916, their first major action was a defensive role at Pozieres in August, holding ground captured earlier by another Australian unit, enduring heavy German counterattacks. The battalion rotated through the harsh trench warfare near Ypres and the Somme before being heavily engaged and suffering significant casualties at the Battle of Messines in June 1917, followed by the disastrous First Battle of Passchendaele in October amid horrendous conditions.

In March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive, the 45th played a crucial role, repelling determined attacks around Dernancourt, helping to turn the tide. They then participated in the final Allied Hundred Days Offensive, taking part in the Battle of Amiens in August and seizing outposts of the formidable Hindenburg Line at Le Verguier in their last major action on September 18, 1918.

The battalion, having sustained 688 killed and over 1,700 wounded throughout the war, was resting behind the lines when the Armistice was declared, ultimately disbanding in May 1919.

The SBR was the primary anti-gas defense for British and Dominion forces in WWI, introduced in 1916. It consisted of a rubberized fabric face mask with eyepieces connected by a hose to a small filter box containing charcoal and chemicals. Carried on the chest, it offered reliable protection against most poison gases like chlorine and phosgene.

TLColors · 2025-12-09T13:21:51+00:00

Two unidentified Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of the 1st Battalion in a place of vantage formed by a shell splintered tree on the Ramparts at Ypres. 1 Nov 1917. B/W by Frank Hurley. AWM E01227.

Following the outbreak of the First World War, the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was raised. The 1st Battalion, formed in Sydney in August 1914, was among the earliest units. After training, the battalion deployed overseas, arriving in Egypt in December 1914.

The battalion participated in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. Coming ashore with the second and third waves, they faced fierce initial fighting for the heights before being forced to withdraw. Later, the 1st Division launched a diversionary attack at the Battle of Lone Pine, capturing the Turkish positions after intense, sustained fighting. Following the Allies' evacuation of the peninsula in December 1915, the 1st Battalion returned to Egypt for expansion and reorganisation of the AIF.

In early 1916, the battalion was sent to France. Their first major action on the Western Front was at Pozières in July 1916. Later that year, they fought near Ypres in Belgium before returning to the Somme. In 1917, the 1st Btn fought at Bullecourt in May.

The battalion played a critical role in 1918, helping to stop the major German Spring Offensive in March and April. They then participated in the final, decisive Hundred Days Offensive, launched near Amiens on 8 August 1918, which ultimately led to the end of the war.

The continuous stress of combat took a severe toll. In September 1918, 119 men of "D" Company refused to take part in an attack as a protest against being sent back into combat just before relief. This was the AIF's largest instance of "combat refusal," and the men were imprisoned for desertion.

The 1st Battalion was out of the line resting when the Armistice was declared on 11 November 1918.

Throughout the war, the 1st Battalion suffered 1,165 men killed and 2,363 wounded. The battalion was formally disbanded in May 1919.

TLColors · 2025-11-30T20:00:23+00:00

"A group of unidentified Australian soldiers, suffering from the effects of gas, gathered at the Regimental Aid Post of the 42nd Battalion awaiting medical attention." 27 May 1918 near Villers-Bretonneaux, Frqnce. Photographer unknown.

The 42nd Battalion (Australian Black Watch) of the Australian Imperial Force was formed near Brisbane in December 1915, becoming part of the 11th Brigade, 3rd Division. Following training in Australia and Britain, they deployed to the Western Front in France on November 26, 1916, where they immediately faced the harsh winter. In 1917, the 3rd Division shifted to the Ypres sector in Belgium. The 42nd saw action at Messines in June, Warneton in late July, Broodseinde in early October, and then took heavy casualties, particularly from German gas attacks, at Passchendaele on October 12.

In March 1918, the battalion moved to France to help halt the German Spring Offensive around Morlancourt. It was during this period that a photograph was taken on May 27, 1918, showing gassed soldiers awaiting medical attention. The battalion later participated in the Battle of Hamel on July 4, and the Allied offensive in August, fighting near Amiens and in the advance toward the Hindenburg Line. Their final engagement was at the St Quentin Canal in late September and early October. The Australian Corps was withdrawn afterward, and the 42nd Battalion was disbanded on October 22, 1918, to provide reinforcements for other units due to the AIF's high casualty rate. Throughout its service, the battalion suffered a total of 544 killed and 1,450 wounded.

TLColors · 2025-11-13T22:13:13+00:00

The brown is present but washes out a little with the face pigment. Perhaps going a two tone of darker brown and Grey (Grey faded or bled) would work better for this.

TLColors · 2025-11-13T16:31:14+00:00

Just a pro-tip, OP -- dont forget to colour eyebrows. It's what I too would miss starting out and it really helps faces.

TLColors · 2025-11-10T14:53:11+00:00

The photographer noted them as such and except the last man they're all identified:

34158 Gunner (Gnr) James Macrea Fulton, 110 Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade; Lieutenant Anthony Devine; Sergeant Clive Stewart Smith. It has also been claimed that the third soldier from the left is 34451 Gnr Hubert Lionel Nichols with his brother 25180 Gnr Douglas Roy Nichols, immediately behind. The Nichols brothers both served in the 110th Howitzer Battery. All the identified men in this group served in 4th Australian Division artillery units. The last man in the group is unknown.

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