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Friday Foto
June 6th, 2013 – Liberty Jump Team with ‘chutes in the air over Angoville-au-Plain Dropzone, Normandy France.
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WWI Sniper Camouflage – MultiCam circa 1916?
Sharpshooters and Marksmen have been around probably as long as there have been rifles – in fact “rifling” the bore of a musket was originally invented in order to provide hunters with more accurate firearms so that they could take … Continue reading
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Osprey Publishing’s Black Friday Sale
Get 25% off all of Osprey’s books today only the 23rd of November 2012. To mark the traditional start of Christmas shopping in the US, the day after Thanksgiving known as “Black Friday”, Osprey thought it would be a good … Continue reading
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Aces High Gallery release “Advance From Utah” print in support of the WWII Foundation
Christmas is coming. So, what better present to give yourself, or someone special, than a nice piece of artwork? Even better if it depicts First Lieutenant Dick Winters and the dozen men he’d managed to gather after dropping in to … Continue reading
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