" YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL " WORLD WAR I DRAFT CARDINAL HAYES 1930 ITALY EARTHQUAKE 56044

[@markrowland1366]

These steel helmets were shaped like rain hats first to protect from shells exploding underground as it was that which killed more soldiers on the western front, when what was blown up came falling down. Trenches were good for protecting from bullets and shrapnel. Soil, rocks and bricks falling out of the sky truly were the greater danger. German helmets blocked hearing so the next model was shortened. The Brodie was the cheapest, the most effective and the only that protected from rain and glear

[@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid]

At 8:29 - 8:30 she can be seen in front of one of the “Modern” WWI Vintage “Flush-Deck Destroyers” of the Wickes-class or Clemson-class. The two classes were nearly identical with just a few minor cosmetic changes distinguishing the two. We built several hundred of these from 1917 to 1920, starting with DD-75: USS Wickes in 1917, and ending with DD-347 USS Pruitt in 1920. The Farragut-class, starting with DD-348 would become the new standard in “Destroyers” in 1932, when the USA again began to build new Destroyers. But even the new Farragut-class Destroyers, called by men in the Navy the “Gold-Platers,” for what was seen as opulent living conditions compared to the older Destroyers, were vastly outclassed by the newer “Special Type” Destroyers of the IJN, beginning with the Fubuki-class Destroyers, having six 5” Guns in 3 Turrets. The USA would eventually surpass even these with the Porter-class and Somers-class Destroyer-Leaders, who mounted EIGHT 5”/38 Guns (but which were not usable for AA fire, as were the other US Destroyers of the period) in four Turrets.

[@abdalqadr1]

Great USA 👍 Greetings for USA from Iraq

[@gunfuego]

four legged recruits lol Gotta love that 1900's humor

[@lenisbennett3062]

We must indever to persevere

[@charlesseymour1482]

News from Syria is the same today.

[@satanofficial3902]

Pffft. The last season of Blackadder was a whole lot closer to the truth.