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Once Upon a Time in War's LiveJournal:
| Monday, December 30th, 2013 | |
| 1:00 pm | Sikh recruits practicing with their bayonets at a Frontier...  Sikh recruits practicing with their bayonets at a Frontier Constabulary Training Post, India 1944/Cecil Beaton |
| 12:00 pm | A welder of the Tyneside Shipyards, 1943  A welder of the Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 |
| Sunday, December 29th, 2013 | |
| 5:00 pm | A Gurkha carrying a wounded comrade during the Arakan Campaign,...  A Gurkha carrying a wounded comrade during the Arakan Campaign, January 1943-May 1945/Cecil Beaton |
| 4:00 pm | An RAF bomber crew being debriefed by the squadron intelligence...  An RAF bomber crew being debriefed by the squadron intelligence officer on their return from a night raid over Germany, 1941/Cecil Beaton |
| 3:00 pm | The portrait of a Trans-Jordan Arab Legionnaire, 1942/Cecil...  The portrait of a Trans-Jordan Arab Legionnaire, 1942/Cecil Beaton |
| 2:00 pm | 73-years-ago today, this was the view of the western bell towers...  73-years-ago today, this was the view of the western bell towers of St. Paul’s Cathedral after a heavy German incendiary raid on London, 29 December 1940, during the Blitz. |
| 1:00 pm | Three-year-old Eileen Dunne with her doll at Great Ormond Street...  Three-year-old Eileen Dunne with her doll at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children after surviving a German air raid on London, September 1940. |
| Saturday, December 28th, 2013 | |
| 5:00 pm | British soldiers share a light, c. 1943  British soldiers share a light, c. 1943 |
| 4:00 pm | Like girls from Mars, these “Top Women” at the US...  Like girls from Mars, these “Top Women” at the US Steel’s Gary, Indiana Works clean up at regular intervals around the tops of 12 blast furnaces. The oxygen masks are just a safety precaution, but what they need to worry about is the possible drop to the ground below, c. 1945 |
| 3:00 pm | The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber/Cecil...  The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber/Cecil Beaton, c. 1944 |
| 2:00 pm | Trackwomen of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, 1943  Trackwomen of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, 1943 |
| 1:00 pm | Chippers in a shipyard, 1942  Chippers in a shipyard, 1942 |
| 12:00 pm | RAF ground crew service an Airspeed Oxford/Cecil Beaton, c. 1944  RAF ground crew service an Airspeed Oxford/Cecil Beaton, c. 1944 |
| Friday, December 27th, 2013 | |
| 10:23 pm | The Wren (Women’s Royal Navy Service) uniform, November...  The Wren (Women’s Royal Navy Service) uniform, November 1942 |
| Thursday, December 26th, 2013 | |
| 2:00 pm | Officers and crew of the German uboat U.58, captured by the...  Officers and crew of the German uboat U.58, captured by the USS Fanning, entering the POW Camp at Fort McPherson, Georgia/April 1918 |
| 3:00 pm | "Disabled veteran," ca. 1943  "Disabled veteran," ca. 1943 |
| 4:00 pm | A Scottish soldier being examined at a dressing station during...  A Scottish soldier being examined at a dressing station during the Battle of Meinin Road, Belgium 1914 |
| 5:00 pm |
The Armistice—burial parties engaged on the New Zealand... 
Started by a Turk waving a white flag on Gaba Tepe after a few days of heavy fighting, the Turkish forces had suffered tremendous losses and wanted to negotiate a truce to bury the dead. An armistice was agreed to occur between the hours of 7.30am and 4.30pm on 24th May 1915. A line was pegged out down the centre of No Man’s Land, the Turk burying parties to work their side of the line while the Anzacs worked on theirs. Any dead belonging to the Turks on the Anzac side of the line were to be carried on stretchers to the centre line, the Turks doing the same so each side would bury its own dead. In some sectors the dead lay in heaps and in one area of about an acre 300 bodies were tallied, mostly Turks. It was soon realised that proper burials were out of the question, and it would be impossible to carry all the Turkish dead to the centre line. It was agreed that the Turkish and Anzac burying parties would cover up friend and foe alike on both sides of the centre line. However, it meant that the Anzac dead in the Turkish area were not identified, their discs not recovered, and these men would eventually be described as “Missing, believed killed” by the Court of Inquiry. By 3.00pm over 3000 Turks had been buried and the work was nearly done. At 4.00pm everybody returned to the trenches and for the next half hour a deathly silence reigned. At 4.30pm both sides delivered tremendous volleys at nothing in particular, and then settled down quietly for the night. |
| 1:00 pm | Corporal Larry G. Nabb (Brush, Colorado) finds a moment of peace...  Corporal Larry G. Nabb (Brush, Colorado) finds a moment of peace in front of a gaily decorated Christmas tree at Quang Tri Combat Base. Nabb is serving as a truck driver with 3d Marine Division’s Headquarters Battalion, and is one of thousands of Marines celebrating their Christmas in Vietnam/1968 |
| 12:00 pm | French children eating food provided by the Red Cross while...  French children eating food provided by the Red Cross while waiting on a train/1916 |