Thank you for sharing and for your service.
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Thank you sir.
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Where were the uncover nazi's back then?
Back then a man usually became a man around 14 years old unlike today's sissys who still live with their moms until their 28. I also think that if someone told someone else to 'uncover' during a football game there would be a brawl. There's too much fear of suspensions and lawsuits to put the "uncover nazis" in their place.
Thank you so much for your service '44! You are a great Aggie, American, and Hero. Great pics.
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I can't say thank you enough. Truly awesome
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GREATEST GENERATION
Wow! Thanks so much!
Excellent pics. Thanks for sharing.
Imagine in 50 years or longer when they look at photos from the 1990s and 2000s and see such antiquated equipment as ribbon boards and HD screens...and only 1 MNC!!
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Incredible. Thank you for sharing those amazing photos! I, like many others, would also like to offer my sincere thanks for your service to our country.
I was especially touched by the Christmas photos. The look of wonder on the children's faces as they were gathered around Santa brought me to tears. I realized that these were children that had never known a life without Nazi occupation. Germany invaded in 1940 and none of the children looked to be more than five or six years old. This was their first experience with freedom. Pretty dang cool.
Again, thank you, sir!
I was especially touched by the Christmas photos. The look of wonder on the children's faces as they were gathered around Santa brought me to tears. I realized that these were children that had never known a life without Nazi occupation. Germany invaded in 1940 and none of the children looked to be more than five or six years old. This was their first experience with freedom. Pretty dang cool.
Again, thank you, sir!
I have a 1910 panoramic of Austin on the wall of my office. The shots of Kyle, Memorial, and downtown Austin are great.
So is the old school bonfire. This is an outsiders view, but they should bring it back on campus in that form.
As someone with family who served then and family who is serving now I really enjoy the WWII photos. My BIL in the Navy is now attached to the French Embassy and we are going to visit this summer. Normandy and a few other WWII spots were already on the schedule, I may have to look for a few of these as well.
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thank you for your service and for sharing these photos. I wanted to ask your permission before downloading copies of some of the photos.
So is the old school bonfire. This is an outsiders view, but they should bring it back on campus in that form.
As someone with family who served then and family who is serving now I really enjoy the WWII photos. My BIL in the Navy is now attached to the French Embassy and we are going to visit this summer. Normandy and a few other WWII spots were already on the schedule, I may have to look for a few of these as well.
aggie44,
thank you for your service and for sharing these photos. I wanted to ask your permission before downloading copies of some of the photos.
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Thanks for sharing the pics and for your service!!!
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Bon Fire 1940
Holy crap, We were NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
Very cool. Thank you for sharing.
My grandfather, Jack Barton, was class of '44 as well...D-Company Infantry.
Wonder if you knew him?
My grandfather, Jack Barton, was class of '44 as well...D-Company Infantry.
Wonder if you knew him?
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Thank you so much for sharing these pictures!
Incredible
Thank you
Thank you
good bull ... those are some awesome pics! thank you so much for sharing!
thanks you for sharing that part of your life with us. im going to send an email to all of my friends to look up this thread! gig'em 44
I was intrigued by the border and could only google something related to the following...
These pictures are amazing.
Also found this:
[This message has been edited by AGSPORTSFAN07 (edited 1/27/2010 1:59p).]
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I Googled ELKO Photo Printing and only found this one article with the picture of the little girl that no one knows who it is. I have also attached the photo of Dad and his brother's with Grandma Brittingham taken sometime in the early 1940's with the same border.
Elko Pictures
Elko Photo Co was in Kansas City, MO. These pictures have Elko printed on borders (cut from most to enlarge these).These seem to all be from two rolls. The first two from one and the rest from the other.
These pictures are amazing.
Also found this:
[This message has been edited by AGSPORTSFAN07 (edited 1/27/2010 1:59p).]
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As others have said - Thank you so much. This is just awesome!
TexAgs should have an Old Army section with posts and pictures like those on this thread and the stuff OkAg44 posted a while back on his WWII experience. The WWII Ags are the foundation of what A&M has been built up to today.
As someone mentioned previously, this man needs an Ag Tag. What more proof do you need???!!!
The response to this thread has been overwhelming and warms my heart.
All the thanks are greatly appreciated but not necessary as I'm confident that each of you would have done the exact same when faced with the same or similar circumstances.
We didn't go to war just because we wanted to, although that did weight heavily, but there was also something that told us we simply had to. The only way I've ever tried to convey the feeling was to compare it to a house fire. If you were to awake to or arrive home to your house on fire, would you fight it with everything you possibly could, or rather step aside to let it burn to the ground and spread to your remaining neighborhood? That war was one big fire that just had to be dealt with before it spread to the rest of the world.
Sophomore year 1941 "Sully" wash
I was no longer a fish so I got to bark as opposed to being barked at.
Company Yell Practice
German Tank
Another German Me 109
P47 & P51
Destination Norway June 1945
Fully loaded and awaiting deployment
Convoy begins
En route
American Parade at Norwegian Airfield
Americans pose by British Bomber
Parade in Oslo July, 4, 1945
British Spitfires
British Mosquitoe
Bremerhaven, Germany 1946
All the thanks are greatly appreciated but not necessary as I'm confident that each of you would have done the exact same when faced with the same or similar circumstances.
We didn't go to war just because we wanted to, although that did weight heavily, but there was also something that told us we simply had to. The only way I've ever tried to convey the feeling was to compare it to a house fire. If you were to awake to or arrive home to your house on fire, would you fight it with everything you possibly could, or rather step aside to let it burn to the ground and spread to your remaining neighborhood? That war was one big fire that just had to be dealt with before it spread to the rest of the world.
Sophomore year 1941 "Sully" wash
I was no longer a fish so I got to bark as opposed to being barked at.
Company Yell Practice
German Tank
Another German Me 109
P47 & P51
Destination Norway June 1945
Fully loaded and awaiting deployment
Convoy begins
En route
American Parade at Norwegian Airfield
Americans pose by British Bomber
Parade in Oslo July, 4, 1945
British Spitfires
British Mosquitoe
Bremerhaven, Germany 1946
Once again...great post! You are truly part of the greatest generation!
Wow - such great pictures. Thank you so much for sharing.
Amazing pictures!
We can't ever thank you enough for your service to our country. All of us living the American dream owe you a debt of gratitude.
We can't ever thank you enough for your service to our country. All of us living the American dream owe you a debt of gratitude.
this thread is definitely EPIC ... what a treasure trove full of great photographs of the period! thanks again for sharing to the board and this grateful Aggie!
Outstanding!
And thank you for your service sir.
Mrs. Finn's grandfather was class of '39, Hubert Henry Olsen. Sadly, after surviving WWII in the Navy's Pacific Fleet he was killed in the Texas City Explosion of 1947 when my MiL was 3 months old. He was identified by his Aggie ring, I have his Fish Pennant on the wall in my study along with a framed ticket stub from the A&M-t.u. game in '39.
And thank you for your service sir.
Mrs. Finn's grandfather was class of '39, Hubert Henry Olsen. Sadly, after surviving WWII in the Navy's Pacific Fleet he was killed in the Texas City Explosion of 1947 when my MiL was 3 months old. He was identified by his Aggie ring, I have his Fish Pennant on the wall in my study along with a framed ticket stub from the A&M-t.u. game in '39.
Amazing. Thank you for sharing
Amazing. Thank you, Sir for posting them for all of us to see. Gig 'Em.
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