Show your gun along with a historic photo of it

My Model 1861 Springfield Rifle .58 caliber with bayonet.



Federal troops and stacked arms at Appomattox Court House



Me with my Model 1855 Harper's Ferry Rifle .58 caliber on Bolivar Heights in Harper's Ferry.



In full gear with the M 1855 Harper's Ferry Rifle



Soldier carrying the same rifle.

H20 MAN,

This photo you posted is of Mike Monsoor, recent posthumous Medal of Honor winner. You may have known that, but I wanted to share the story with everyone. This Navy SEAL intentionally threw himself on a grenade to save his fellow operators. He was the only one positioned to escape; however, the made the calculated decision to grip it to his chest, lay down, and use his body to absorb the blast. It is difficult to imagine a more bold sacrifice.



"CORONADO, Calif. - A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.

"He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it," said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. "He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs' lives, and we owe him."

Monsoor, a 25-year-old gunner, was killed in the explosion in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was only the second SEAL to die in Iraq since the war began.

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"Full metal jacket" is historical?

Full metal jacket" is historical?

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I am thinking Stanley Kubrick is going to be studied for a long time coming.

Great collection and pictures, ZEN.45.

Anybody notice the VC in the hooch above is wearing US boots.


Tinpig

THis is the coolest thread ever! EVER!

I wish that I had a scanned copy of my Grand Father or Great Uncle in France (WWII), my other Great Uncle in the Pacific (WWII) or my Great (don't know how many greats) civil war photo. But this still the coolest pic thread ever.