NATO Ministry of Information video thread

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I saw in an interview with Kurt Vonnegut where he told of being berated in a war-buddy’s kitchen by the buddy’s wife just prior to departure for a research trip through Europe. She accused him of planning yet another war novel that will lie about the maturity of soldiers doing the killing and dying. This is largely why the characters in Slaughterhouse Five are so obviously young and childlike.

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My uncle was shot down and died a pilot of a B-26 in WWII. He was 22 yrs old.
Yeah, they were young.

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The average age of an Australian soldier during the Vietnam War was 19…

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Same for US soldiers IIRC.

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I seem to remember that same statistic @Aginor.

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I regularly think the same thing when I see Police conducting traffic stops :grin:

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USS Gerald R. Ford sailing in the Oslo fjord.

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Could this be any lovlier?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helicopters/comments/141ob90/impressive_most_impressive/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

And sorry. Life’s great mystery is getting reddit videos to link as a video.

VVVV Thanks @Freak!

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Awesome video!

Let me try the link from my lovely app (Infinity) before it gets shut down:

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When I watch that clip my mind automatically plays ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ in the background :grin:

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