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Texas Beaches Washed Up With Stacks Of WWII-Era Nazi Cargo

15 May 2023

Credit: Australian War Memorial

A park ranger at the island nature reserve south of Port Aransas shared a video Wednesday showcasing materials found on the beach during a recent combing.
Ranger Eric explained that the rubber dates back to 1944 and was originally carried on a Nazi cargo ship transporting raw materials as part of the war effort.
In Brazil, there have even been reported vehicle accidents on the beach due to the volume of rubber pallets washing ashore.

If you’re walking the shores...

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Thousands Of Bombs From World War Two Still Ticking !

28 December 2022

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There are potentially thousands of unexploded World War Two bombs around Wales.
With the coastal towns of Cardiff and Swansea key German targets, many are thought to be in these areas.
Emergency services are still dealing with up to 20 callouts a year.

Mr. Day said this was consistent with a “farcical approach” at the start of the conflict, with kit typically consisting of a hammer and chisel, ball of string, and maybe a stethoscope if they were lucky.

Nightmari...

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How Merchant Marines Delivered Goods in World War 2

17 July 2020

The world wars affected the merchant marines as much as the navy and the armed forces. Here’s a memoir of one such World War 2 experience of a mariner named John Keane, whom everyone fondly remembered as “Jack”. So hear it from Jack who lived to tell this tale

Let’s hear his story from the several stories published in Legion.org as part of today’s throwback to the past

A Modest Beginning

Like many children who grew up during the Great Depression, I had a very modest upbringing in the farm country...

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World War 2 Warship Sank by a Japanese Submarine Discovered After 77 Years

24 April 2019

SS Iron Crown bathymetric map shows the ship on the sea floor.

An Australian second world war freighter has been discovered 77 years after it was sunk in a deadly Japanese submarine attack, reports the Guardian.

The second world warship SS Iron Crown had sunk after it was torpedoed, killing 38 of its 43 crew

What happened?

The SS Iron Crown was carrying a cargo of manganese ore through Bass Strait when torpedoed and sunk within 60 seconds, killing 38 of its 43 crew on 4 June 1942.

The ship was found about 100km off the Victorian coast south of the border...

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