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A guardsman of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards riding a motorcycle with a Tommy gun fitted to a special mounting. Swanage, Dorset, England, 9 April 1941 [1300 × 977]

October 17, 2025

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A guardsman of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards riding a motorcycle with a Tommy gun fitted to a special mounting. Swanage, Dorset, England, 9 April 1941 [1300 × 977]

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A guardsman of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards riding a motorcycle with a Tommy gun fitted to a special mounting. Swanage, Dorset, England, 9 April 1941 [1300 × 977]

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80 years ago today, USS Enterprise, “the fightingest ship in the navy”, sails up the Hudson River prior to Navy Day celebrations in New York. 17 October 1945. [1024 × 744]

It might not have worked with superheavy tanks or massive battleships, but sometimes, bigger really is just better.

Oregon’s all-time most bizarre moments