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Family member died

One of my family members died with cancer he didn't make it I'm losing everybody I love why? 😭😭😭 I love my uncle he was a good person to a certain degree but he was stubborn and I will always love it when he told me stories when he was a marine or in the navy with the battleships and I loved it... read more

On This Day in History - November 27, 1942

November 27, 1942 #OTD World War II: Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of German hands. The French destroyed 77 vessels, including 3 battleships, 7 cruisers, 15 destroyers, 13 torpedo boats, 6 sloops, 12... read more

Why does Norway put barcodes on their battleships?

So they can Scandinavian!

On This Day in History - November 11, 1940

November 11, 1940 #OTD World War II: Battle of Taranto At 2300 hours, 21 Swordfish aircraft of British carrier HMS Illustrious flew over Taranto Italy, where the Italian fleet was harbored. 11 aircraft attacked with torpedoes, sinking battleship Conte di Cavour was sunk, and damaging battleships... read more

On This Day in History - October 25, 1944

October 25, 1944 #OTD World War II: Battle off Samar During the Battle of Leyte Gulf off Samar Island, in the Philippines, the USS Johnston (DD-557) a Fletcher class destroyer would lead an attack alongside a handful of light ships which had inadvertently been left unprotected in the path of a... (edited) read more