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Michael S. Pauley, Author
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Posted 01-02-20 APOD: A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence Reflected (2019 Dec 27) Image Credit and Copyright: Majid Ghohroodi
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Posted 01-20-20 F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 approaches the flight deck
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Posted 02-06-20 Moonrise. Photo credit and copyright: john Skiba Photography
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Posted 02-24-20 Ensign Darrell Bennett stood beside his FM-2 Wildcat 'Smokey's Lucky Witch', USS Gambier Bay, 1 August 1944.
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Posted 03-12-20 A Well lit SC coastal river! Photo Credit and Copyright: Mike Barber
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Posted 03-30-20 Aft flight deck of USS Hornet while en route to the launching point of the Doolittle Raid, Apr 1942; note USS Gwin and USS Nashville nearby.
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Posted 04-16-20 Moonlight Shadow in Sydney, Australia Photo image and copyright: seasaltphotography
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Posted 04-05-20 Source: Douglas P Cox to History, War & Politics
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Posted 05-21-20 Morris Island Lighthouse. Folly Beach SC. Photo Credit and Copyright: Homer M. Pace III
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Posted 06-09-20 The U.S. Had The B-17 And Britain Had Their Lancaster.
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Posted 06-25-20 The Five Sisters of Kintail. Photo Credit and Copyright: Steve Taylor
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Posted 07-20-20
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Posted 08-06-20 Sands Beach Sunrise 11.19.19 Photo Credit and copyright: Tina Kelly via South Carolina Picture Project
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Posted 08-24-20
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Posted 11-19-20 Solar eclipse from Space. Source: Earth Pictures
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Posted 01-06-20 The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) pulls into the port of Rio De Janeiro for UNITAS 2019, August 18, 2019. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Timothy M. Ahearn Released)
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Posted 01-23-20 Morris Island Lighthouse, Charleston Co., SC. Photo Credit & Copyright: Norma Armstrong
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Posted 02-10-20 Messerschmitt Bf109 D-FWME, Hurricane R4118, Spitfire P7350 and Spitfire PL344 in flight at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. By tataquax – CC BY-SA 2.0
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Posted 02027-20 Wintry day on Mt. Verstovia in the U.S. Forest Service - Tongass National Forest [in Alaska] Photo Credit and Copyright: Ellis Handler
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Posted 03-16-20 A B-25 taking off from USS Hornet for the Doolittle raid
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Posted 04-02-20 Folly Beach, SC. Photo Credit and Copyright: Palmetto Portrait Studio
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Posted 04-20-20 Pair of Zeros take on a pair of Hellcats. Source: Fight to Fly Photography
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Posted 05-07-20 The Exact Moment Lightning Strikes Water (Boat). Source: Dale Herring
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Posted 05-25-20
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Posted 06-11-20 Spectacular shot in North Myrtle Beach from Chris Murphy. Source WMBF
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Posted 06-29-20 The Fairey Firefly was a two-seat fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the British during WWII.
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Posted 07-24-20 Source: NASA
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Posted 08-10-20 Part of the anti-aircraft gun crew of the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62), watching helplessly, as a Japanese kamikaze plane prepares to strike the aircraft carrier Intrepid (CV-11) on 25 November 1944
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Posted 08-29-20 APOD: The Valley of Orion (2020 Aug 28)
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Posted 12-02-20 Aerial View of B-17 Bombers Dropping Bombs Over Target
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Posted 01-09-20 APOD: Quadrantids over the Great Wall (2020 Jan 03) Image Credit & Copyright: Cheng Luo
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Posted 01-27-20 Source: US Naval History Buffs
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Posted 02-13-20 Fisheye view! Source: the Aurora Chasers
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Posted 03-02-20 James Stewart served as a pilot in World War II, initially rejected by the army for being underweight, despite wanting to serve.
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Posted 03-19-20 The supermoon on Folly Beach. Photo Credit and Copyright: Shane McGeehan
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Posted 04-06-20 Two U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft from Bombing Squadron 11 (VB-11) bank over the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) before landing, following strikes on Japanese shipping in the China Sea, circa mid-January 1945.
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Posted 04-23-20 March 28th - a cosmic triangle was created by the moon, venus, and the star cluster Pleiades. Luckily the skies were clear and I was able to capture it. Scott Aspinall Photography
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Posted 05-11-20 The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off Luzon, Philippines, on 30 October 1944.
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Posted 05-28-20 Photo Credit and Copyright: John Skiba Photography
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Posted 06-15-20 A high-speed bomber was finally realized shortly after WWII in the form of the Northrop YB-49.
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Posted 07-27-20 What’s better than a P/51 Mustang? Well, how about a North American F/82 Twin Mustang !
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Posted 08-13-20 Photo Image and Copyright : David Capps. Source : Tybee Island Georgia
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Posted 08-31-20 383rd Bomb Group B-17G releasing its bombs over Vienna on February 7, 1945
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Posted 12-23-20 Happy Holidays!
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Posted 01-14-20 Crewmen on board the escort carrier USS Attu (CVE-102), her deck packed with Vought F4U Corsairs, observe personnel being transferred by high line to USS Fox (AG-85).
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Posted 01-30-20 Everest. Source: Earth Pictures
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Posted 03-05-20 Isle of Palms, August 9 Source: Nicholas Skylar Holzworth
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Posted 03-23--20 USS Laffey (DD 724) during World War II, packing six dual-purpose five-inch guns and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. Source: U.S. Navy
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Posted 04-09-20 Thank you, Brian Stovall for this stunning pic of a full moon rising over Tybee and the Cockspur Lighthouse. Source: Friends of Cockspur Lighthouse, Georgia
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Posted 04-28-20 B-17G 42-37781 “Silver Bullet” was lost after bombs away when bombs from a higher flying group (379BG) hit this aircraft, knocking tail completely off in front of stabilizer.
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Posted 05-14-20 Corey Brooks captured this breathtaking photograph of our beautiful lady. Source Friends of Cockspur Lighthouse, Georgia
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Posted 06-02-20 The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) steam in formation during a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Pacific.
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Posted 06-18-20 Mount Pleasant - near Remley’s point. Photo credit and copyright : Em Thompson
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Posted 07-06-20 Mount Rushmore
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Posted 07-31-20 Credit : Lorraine Matti. Source : Sky
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Posted 08-17-20 The Mustang had remarkable speed for such a complex and expensive machine. The first model was designed and built in just 117 days.
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Posted 11-12-20 Scotland resident Maciej Winiarczyk got a pleasant surprise when he managed to catch an unexpected Aurora Borealis light show while creating a time lapse of the Milky Way.
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Posted 01-16-20 Crazy Lenticular Clouds Over Fuji, Japan! by planetx44 via fantastic things in the world
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Posted 02-03-20 USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon in the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 October 1945.
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Posted 02-20-20 Lake Erie liquid mountain 1. Photo image and copyright: Dave Sandford
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Posted 03-09-20 Source: Douglas P Cox to History, War & Politics
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Posted 03-26-20 Kodiak's sunrise on March 19, 2020. Image Credit and Copyright: Gerry Cobban Knagin
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Posted 04-13-20 during the Second World War, the USS Missouri successfully repelled an unidentified flying object as it attempted to come within range of US Naval forces in the Pacific.
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Posted 04-30-20 New River Gorge Bridge, in West Virginia. Source: Betty J Almond
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Posted 05-19-20 First Helicopter Rescuing Soldier In Burma
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Posted 06-04-20 Today we remember the brave sailors who fought in the Battle of Midway, one of the most important American naval victories in World War II.
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Posted 06-22-20 The guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) travels in the South China Sea while deployed to support security and stability efforts in the Indo-Pacific region Source: U.S DoD
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Posted 07-16-20 June 23, 2020 Sunset from Kinasslagh Harbor, Co. Donegal. Source: Kevin McBride
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Posted 08-03-20 USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78 enter the Newport News shipyard. Source: Aircraft Carriers
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Posted 08-20-20 Source: Country Dirt
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Posted 11-16-20 A B-17 performing at the 2014 Chino Airshow. Photo Jacek Halick CC BY-SA 2.0
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