m1ashooter Posted September 21, 2011 Share #51 Posted September 21, 2011 Loved the Uboat pictures and the reisling smg the sailor was holding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Bibliotecario Posted September 21, 2011 Share #52 Posted September 21, 2011 Loved the Uboat pictures and the reisling smg the sailor was holding. I was thinking it was a zinfandel smg...or maybe a burgundy...but no matter. Attached is a photo of my late friend, PFC Jim Harvey, 11th Inf, in Germany in April '45. He said when they captured the VW they told the occupants just to go home. The pistol is one of many he said he horse-traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted September 21, 2011 Share #53 Posted September 21, 2011 Wow! You have a good number of capture photos! This one was taken off Omaha Beach by the crew of the LCT-535 Is it just me or does those two look like they're 12? :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted September 21, 2011 Share #54 Posted September 21, 2011 GREAT pictures guys! Thanks for posting them. I could look at pics. like this all day. I wonder what happened to all that gear? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted September 22, 2011 Share #55 Posted September 22, 2011 GREAT pictures guys! Thanks for posting them. I could look at pics. like this all day. I wonder what happened to all that gear?Steve Here's a good one of a captured KW and a tank in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #56 Posted September 22, 2011 Japanese Zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 22, 2011 Share #57 Posted September 22, 2011 A few from my collection ... all from the same vet Photo 1: Captured German aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 22, 2011 Share #58 Posted September 22, 2011 Photo 2: Captured German aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 22, 2011 Share #59 Posted September 22, 2011 Photo 3: Captured, and then liberated, US / German aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 22, 2011 Share #60 Posted September 22, 2011 Last one ... captured German automobile. Would have been a better photo of the equipment if the dude in the shiny helmet would get out of the way and stop mugging for the camera ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted September 22, 2011 Share #61 Posted September 22, 2011 Last one ... captured German automobile. Would have been a better photo of the equipment if the dude in the shiny helmet would get out of the way and stop mugging for the camera ... Is that Patton!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted September 22, 2011 Share #62 Posted September 22, 2011 Also - amazing shot of the captured B-17! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 22, 2011 Share #63 Posted September 22, 2011 Is that Patton!!!! Yes ... that's him ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #64 Posted September 22, 2011 Yes ... that's him ... Awesome photo & yeah, that's Old Blood & Guts alright, no need for his face to be clear in the photo with that uniform. Here is another good one: 9th AAF 9th Air Defense Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted September 22, 2011 Share #65 Posted September 22, 2011 I am not sure if this topic has ever been covered or brought up but I was wondering if we could start an enemy capture photo thread? I know only U.S. related material is permitted on the forum but how about photos showing U.S. forces either utilizing or standing with enemy equipment? For example, a G.I. holding a captured German Luger or a group of Marines displaying a captured Japanese flag? I will start by posting one example that I think would be okay. Rob Artic field jacket worn by the smoker. Usually I see these worn in ETO by TD personnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted September 22, 2011 Share #66 Posted September 22, 2011 Here is an interesting photo from the 104th Recon of the Wolfhound division. When I first looked at this photo I thought he was interrogating prisoners but when I looked closer I could see that a German airman would never pin his medals on his hat or the lapel of his uniform. There is a wrecked HE-111 in the background. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #67 Posted September 22, 2011 Artic field jacket worn by the smoker. Usually I see these worn in ETO by TD personnel That photo is from a group to a vet who served with the 563rd AAA AW BN. That is not to say the guys in this photo belong to the 563rd AAA AW BN, he could have snapped the photo as he passed by. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #68 Posted September 22, 2011 Here is an interesting photo from the 104th Recon of the Wolfhound division. When I first looked at this photo I thought he was interrogating prisoners but when I looked closer I could see that a German airman would never pin his medals on his hat or the lapel of his uniform. There is a wrecked HE-111 in the background. M Interesting photo & I agree that is what it looks like. Many of these photos prove they liked to try on & wear captured uniforms & headgear.......makes me wonder if this was ever the cause for any friendly fire incidents. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted September 22, 2011 Share #69 Posted September 22, 2011 Great thread folks - keep'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #70 Posted September 22, 2011 These guys have some sense of humor, demonstrating the wrong way to fire a Panzerschreck!!! Notice the boots the guy holding the Panzerschreck is wearing, oversized German jackboots? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted September 22, 2011 Share #71 Posted September 22, 2011 hahaha!...thats a hilarious picture!...i think those oversized boots might be the ones they used with stick grenades in the boots?....like trench boots or maybe they werent meant for that but i think ive seen pics?.... :think: ..mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted September 22, 2011 Share #72 Posted September 22, 2011 Some ones of FEB (Brazilian Expedicionary Forces - 5th US Army): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted September 22, 2011 Share #73 Posted September 22, 2011 Interesting photo & I agree that is what it looks like. Many of these photos prove they liked to try on & wear captured uniforms & headgear.......makes me wonder if this was ever the cause for any friendly fire incidents. Rob Rob, Glad you like the photo. Does anyone know if the guy to the left is wearing a US Army coat or is it German ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted September 22, 2011 Share #74 Posted September 22, 2011 Some ones of FEB (Brazilian Expedicionary Forces - 5th US Army): Great photos Ricardo. They got to be rare. Thanks for posting. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 22, 2011 Share #75 Posted September 22, 2011 Here is a tanker with a Luger in a shoulder holster. By way of an interesting spin-off, there's been some debate on the forum as to whether or not US tankers actually wore B-7 goggles in the ETO in WW2. This is obviously an ETO pic and the tanker, apart from wearing the goggles, is armed, so either hostilities are still on-going or it's an immediate post-war occupation scene. Is the photo dated? :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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