10104 U.S.A.A.F. Tuskegee Airman, 1943-45 First Legion - Wild West Sometimes the spoils served no

Sometimes the spoils served no discernible purpose to the victor at all

and the Marines specialize in it

Tubman served as a nurse

As well as ‘taking-out’ enemy armour it was also useful against bunkers and other defensive emplacements

meaning “spear” which was quite popular with Vikings as both a naming convention and an implement of war

10104 U.S.A.A.F. Tuskegee Airman, 1943-45 First Legion - Wild West Sometimes the spoils served noThe 99th Pursuit Squadron was the U. S. Army Air Forces first African American fighter squadron. The Army Air Corps established a training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Institute thus earning them the nickname the Tuskegee Airmen. Their other nickname, Red Tails, came after they painted the tail assembly of their fighters a conspicuous crimson. On their 179 bomber escort missions they lost a total of only 27 bombers a good record of