Uniforms worn #othisday in 1944 by the the 555th Parachute Infantry Company--the "Triple Nickels"--at Fort Benning in Chattahoochee County, GA. The first all-Black paratrooper unit to graduate from Airborne School consisted of 16 handpicked college graduates and elite athletes. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Rear quarter view of a Lancaster, letters 'JN-X', crashed in front of houses. IBCC Digital Archive item 48955
Returning to RAF Mepal from an operation to Dortmund, 75 (NZ) Squadron Lancaster ND801 JN-X 75II overshot the runway and hit house in Sutton. #OThisDay 3 Feb 1945. Four of the crew were injured. #History #WW2
Dec 5, 1934: Japan concerned about creation of Soviet submarine flotilla in Vladivostok #othisday #japan #asia #90yearsago
