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The Patriot
Name: Thomas William "Tom" Jeffries.
Super Hero Name: The Patriot.
Age: 25.
Team Affiliation: Team Leader.
Abilities: trained acrobat, circus strongman, amateur boxer.
In 1941, after Pearl Harbor, Tom Jeffries, a circus strongman and formerly acrobat, was hired by a production company to play the comic book character The Patriot in a stage show to sell war bonds, looking for anything to do for the war effort seeing as his many circus injuries kept him from being enlisted. After a year in production, the stage show was sent overseas to entertain a camp of new recruits to keep them calm while awaiting their orders; before the show started, however, Nazi troops invaded the camp and took half of the American troops for experimentation, leaving the other half wounded and dying.
During the attack, a small group of German soldiers stormed backstage, only to be subdued by Tom in his Patriot costume. After the attack ended, Tom and the showgirls tended to the wounded as best they could before Tom decided to try and save the troops; some of the showgirls joined him and the rest of the cast stayed to tend to the wounded. After taking some weapons and uniforms, Tom and the showgirls (later dubbed his Patriettes) track the Nazi's to a makeshift camp ten miles from where the American camp is, finding a fleet of trucks to transport the soldiers further into Germany. After successfully liberating the Americans, the U.S. Government recruited Tom to be a symbol of freedom and righteousness in the world, redesigning the costume into a more military look and creating a stronger shield for him to wield. Some of the girls who helped liberate the troops expressed an interest to continue fighting, and Tom was able to convince his superiors to recruit them as part of his team, along with a few of the troops he rescued.
Somehow surviving all of World War II, Tom was asked to return to fight in both the Korean and Vietnam War, and some of the Cold war, retiring in the mid-seventies due to old age and worsening injuries, writing several books about his time as the Patriot and around other soldiers.
This was just a little something for the anniversary of Pearl Harbor; I rewrote and redesigned the patriot after I became more interested in the wars of the 20th century, choosing WWII for Tom because of the affect it had on both America and the world, but also because Captain America is one of my favorite superheroes.
(Sorry for the white background, I couldn't find a flag background that would work, and I couldn't draw one as it was almost eight at night when I finished the picture of Patriot after starting at two in the afternoon.)
Heroes through the years
Over the years I have created many different Patriotic heroes for my little universe, and I figured I'd post them here as a little July 4th celebration. More info on my website, some dates might be odd due to the "modern" era of the universe being 2025.
Tom Jeffries/The Patriot
The original costume used when Tom was in a stage play to sell war bonds in 1941.
Tom's uniform when fighting in World War II; the shield made from an experimental alloy that lasts longer against heavy fire, replaced at a rate of two shields per month.
Jen Adams/Lady Liberty
Jen's career costume; shield was not included due to the original formula being lost and no other alloys being effective against heavy fire.
Buckley Aviary/The Patriot Mk2
Buckley's original costume in the mid-nineties; the shield made from a stronger, chemically treated alloy that lasted his decade long stint as the Patriot.
Betty Roslin/Lady Liberty MK2
Betty's costume inspired by both Lady Liberty's and Patriot's; the shield is made from the previous alloy used by Buckley while the circular shape was retired due to not being effective for anything more than looks.
History memes #53
London Lookout
A British soldier on the lookout in London during the Blitz (WW2).
Baruch Steinberg
Baruch Steinberg was Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army during the Invasion of Poland in September 1939. He was captured by the Soviets and became a prisoner of war. He was executed, along with about 22,000 Polish POWs, in the Katyn Massacre by the NKVD at the age of 42. This was drawn on October 28, 2022. Based on a photo taken before WW2.
French 9th Zouave 1940
80 years ago on June 6, 1944, D-day began.
Wounded soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on a smoke break after capturing Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Drawn in 2021.
A Spotter in London (1940)
An Observer Corps Spotter on a rooftop in London (1940). The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defense organization in the UK that ran from 1925 to 1996. Mostly ran by civilian volunteers, their task was to spot, track, and record aircraft over the country. The ROC's origins dates back since the Great War when the country experienced bombing raids from German zeppelins. They played an important role in WW2, notably the Battle of Britain, and was titled "Royal" by King George VI in 1941 for their service.
On July 21, 1944, The Second Battle of Guam begins.
Images from my visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
I haven't been on tumblr in a while since my mood hit a point where I didn't feel like doing much of anything except what I needed to to get by. I'll get back to posting street shots when I get the chance to shoot but I've got other things I'm working on so who knows. Without getting too deep into specifics I've started a project about history/record-keeping/the flow of information so I'll be posting about that as well.
Here's a photo of two American soldiers messing around during WW2.
I just finished another ww2 movie and HOLY MOLY LIKE IT IS SO GOOD. LIKE WHY ARE SO MANY WW2 MOVIES SO GOOD. Anyways it's called Walking With The Enemy and it's on YouTube if you wanna watch it. I highly recommend it. :) I'll put the link here.
GIRL! WHAT THE FUCK???
Just swifties being their antisemitic selves.
I wanted to share this picture of Walter Schellenberg with another SS members in Nuremberg jail (as witnesses), because I haven't seen this here yet.
(I do not support their actions or the ideology.)
let’s never forget about what happened on this day…..
man what would happen 35 years later was sure a
blast
Ship's pet or better Ship's cat in hammock aboard HMS Barham, 1915
