J&L Historical (@Jason_R

J&L Historical

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J&L Historical

@Jason_R_Burt

Educator/Historian 📚 Music producer for WW2 vets of 746th AAF Band Military History 🪖 Occasional war film post 🎥 World War Quotes 🧐

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Joined September 2020

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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 14
It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower. 😭
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 5, 2025
81 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸
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@Jason_R_Burt
Feb 9, 2025
It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jan 13, 2025
80 years ago today, Ron Speirs is placed in charge of Easy Company and goes on one of the most impressive runs in human history. 🪖
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@Jason_R_Burt
Mar 16, 2025
Bringing a B-29 Superfortress in for a landing ✈️
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 5, 2025
81 years ago today, paratroopers Tommy Lonergan & Johnny “Peepnuts” Hale of the 101st Airborne Division just before their combat jump into Normandy on D-Day. 🇺🇸 @PieceJake on the colorization 🎨
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@Jason_R_Burt
Apr 1, 2024
The last living survivor of the USS Arizona has passed away today at 102 years old. ⚓️ Rest in Peace, Lou Conter. 🇺🇸
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 7, 2025
The stained glass window dedicated to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in the church at Angoville-au-Plain, Manche, Normandy, France. 🪂
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 7, 2025
81 years ago today, paratroopers of Easy Company (plus a few men from the 4th Infantry Division) pose for a picture in the town square of Sainte-Marie-Du-Mont the day after surviving their first combat jump into Normandy 🪂
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 8, 2025
It’s been over 25 years and I’m still not over Pvt. Jackson not making it out of the bell tower.
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@Jason_R_Burt
Dec 7, 2024
The last living survivor of the USS Arizona who passed away last April at 102 years old. ⚓️ Rest in Peace, Lou Conter. 🇺🇸
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@Jason_R_Burt
Sep 11, 2025
In 1980, actor Steve Buscemi joined the FDNY, serving 4 years on Engine Co. 55. 🚒 #OnThisDay in 2001 & for several days following, Buscemi worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters digging & sifting through the rubble of the World Trade Center looking for survivors. 🇺🇸
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 7, 2025
The John Steele monument in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy. 🪂
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@Jason_R_Burt
Jun 5, 2024
80 years ago today, the 101st Airborne Division’s “Filthy 13” prepare for their D-Day jump into Normandy. 🪂