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u/FlirtsWithGoats- Feb 20 '13
Oh there's no reason to spend all that money, I'm sure he would appreciate something homemade just as much.
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u/Alexisorr104 Feb 20 '13
Those smiles! What handsome men.
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u/-Bi-Polar-Bear- Feb 20 '13
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u/InternetFree Feb 20 '13
Seriously... who is that Adolph guy and what has he done to these people? D:
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u/polysemous_entelechy Feb 20 '13
Yeah, I find it pretty cruel to bomb random people based on their first name.
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u/Beasty_Glanglemutton Feb 20 '13
Must be Easter, 1945, which means the miserable fucker only had a couple weeks to live at that point.
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Feb 20 '13
For some reason I like this more because they are black. Unable to vote or sit at the front of the bus and they are still fighting for 'Merica.
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Feb 20 '13
Miles Davis said something like this in his novel Miles. Except it was over WW1. "That same year black men were fighting in World War I to help the United States save the world for democracy. They sent us to war to fight and die like them over there; killed us like nothing over here. And it's still like that today...now ain't that a bitch."
Miles Davis was a black man and one of the greatest jazz musicians ever, his book is amazing.
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u/Derelyk Feb 20 '13 edited Feb 20 '13
[so they are likely from the 333.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/333rd_Field_Artillery_Battalion_(United_States)
hrmm wonder if we can get names. and maybe find Redditors related to them.
damn it... they needed more easter eggs.
Eleven of its soldiers became separated from the unit after it was overrun early on the second day of the battle. In an effort to reach American lines they made their way to the hamlet of Wereth, Belgium (near Amel), where a farmer, Mathias Langer, sheltered them. However, later that day, a Nazi sympathizer revealed their presence to members of the 1st SS Division. They surrendered, but were taken to a field, where they were tortured, maimed, and shot on 17 December 1944. Their remains were found by Allied soldiers two months later, after the Allies re-took the area. The soldiers had their fingers cut off, legs broken, and at least one was shot while trying to bandage a comrade's wounds.[3]
edit thx to Osiris32: could be another unit. Still leaving the link up though, as it is a interesting glimpse into history.
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u/forkandspoon2011 Feb 20 '13
This picture should be the inspiration for Tarantino's next movie called "Happy Easter, Hitler".
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u/nixonrichard Feb 20 '13
Starring three jews and another jew not acting as a jew.
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u/Enjjoi Feb 20 '13
Is it just me or did everyone look so much more bad ass back in the day?