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[ken88]

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Kraut aircraft @ Pearl Harbor???

Found a Jap once wearing German equipment, can't recall where.

Cheers

Edited by ken88, 20 April 2012 - 04:41 AM.

[patches]

Spanish American War. Must be one of the National Guard units, by virtue of the trapdoor Springfields stacked around the area, maybe the 71st NY Inf, I found this picture by accident while looking for photos of those New York City WWI monuments that I have been posting of late, this leads to believe that the Troops might be from this New York regiment.

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Edited by patches, 29 April 2012 - 07:55 PM.

[patches]

Delta Division Engineers, as the men do not have either the name tape or the Gold on Black U.S.ARMY tape I will date this in the early 1950s around 51-53

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Edited by patches, 08 May 2012 - 08:38 AM.

[patches]

Here one a informal portrait of a GI of the 6th Armored Division taking in France, the interesting thing about this is he appears to be wearing some kind of Jewlery on his tanker jacket, do you think it might be his Wifes ? you thoughts please, also the use Hawley liner is noteworthy.

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Edited by patches, 11 May 2012 - 07:39 PM.

[patches]

SHORT TIMER, according to this photos info, one that was taken in West Germany in 1969 by one Spec 5 Mack Thomas.

Here the info.

Sp5 Mack Thomas' classic photo for Spearhead Newspaper in 1969 depicts what actually happens to a soldier who has only a short time left before returning to civilian life. Unfortunately, the newspaper's top brass denied the photo's publication, so here it is for the first time.

The Spearhead Newspaper is the newspaper of the 3rd Armored Division (SPEARHEAD)

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[D.A.T.]

Short Timer brings back some good memories, thanks! I remember a tree outside my window (barracks) and it was a a Short Timer tradition to throw a pair of boots on a tree limb, which I did back in 1975. When you reached the 99 days left in service, you were a "Two didget midget", and we'd say, "I'm so short, a snake could pee on my head", or "I'm shorter then an alligator's milking stool" or "I'm so short, I gotta look up to look down" etc.
Here's a Short Timer's crest for sale on eBay.


I find some of my best photos by accident.

[patches]

Yea these are more stuff, like Short timer Sticks. But that went out right before I went in, or as early as 1972 or so.

Edited by patches, 17 May 2012 - 11:01 AM.

[patches]

Thanks D.A.T, while I personally never fell in with the Short Timer thing when I was getting out in December 82, I do remember Short Timer ephermera, like those calenders and the like, I seen these first at Hood in 1980.

[RDUNE]

Obviously not a US picture, but still found when least expected, while looking at a site of 'demotivational posters'.

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[D.A.T.]

Thanks D.A.T, while I personally never fell in with the Short Timer thing when I was getting out in December 82, I do remember Short Timer ephermera, like those calenders and the like, I seen these first at Hood in 1980.

@Patches, hope you don't mind, thought I'd throw in a picture of a Short Timer clip, a "curtain hanger hook" we'd wear on our fatigues, never got hassled for it. And you had to have a measuring tape, cut down to the number 99, and then every morning, cut a number off, "Three days and a wake up"! And of couse, F.T.A. or "Frankfurt to America". I've posted this only because it is an era gone by, but not forgotten.

[D.A.T.]

Obviously not a US picture, but still found when least expected, while looking at a site of 'demotivational posters'.

You're right, not a US picture, but Adolf Hitler was definately an "accident"!

[D.A.T.]

Getting back on subject, here's one I found, but it looks like a scene from a movie, if so they're good actors, I like the looks on thier faces looking down at the crates of Spam.

Edited by D.A.T., 18 May 2012 - 11:08 PM.

[Jeeper704]

Looks like a scene from Battleground?

Erwin

[Glenn_Janssens]

Looks like a scene from Battleground?

Erwin

I think so too.
They used real ww2 Vets in that movie if memory serves me right.

[patches]

Fellas were have you been :w00t: this is indeed a still from battleground, the man on the left in the EM raincoat is Actor John Hodiak. if you go to Hollywood Helmets in the helmet Forum you will see quite a few cool stillls from this movie.

From a site on him. he died quite young of a Heart Attack.

http://en.wikipedia....iki/John_Hodiak

The late John Hodiak.

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[D.A.T.]

Fellas were have you been :w00t: this is indeed a still from battleground, the man on the left in the EM raincoat is Actor John Hodiak. if you go to Hollywood Helmets in the helmet Forum you will see quite a few cool stillls from this movie.

From a site on him. he died quite young of a Heart Attack.

http://en.wikipedia....iki/John_Hodiak

The late John Hodiak.

I've been living in Germany the last 30 years! But still no excuse for not seeing the film, be the next on my "things to do" list. :thumbsup:
I found a website by accident, with alot of photos in it, does that count too? I searched his name here in the Forum, Joseph Byank, and nothing turned up, so I hope it's a first, if I'm repeating somebody else's posting, sorry.
http://www.duryeapa....hotographer.htm

[hink441]

I accidently found this one the other day. It is an early picture of PT-109 in Norfolk Va. ready for shipment to the war. I thought this was a cool picture.

Chris

[patches]

That a great find hink. thanks.

[D.A.T.]

Here's one with a Indiana Jones look to it.

A U.S. soldier stands in the middle of rubble in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig after they attacked the city on April 18, 1945. The huge monument commemorating the defeat of Napoleon in 1813 was one of the last strongholds in the city to surrender. One hundred and fifty SS fanatics with ammunition and foodstuffs stored in the structure to last three months dug themselves in and were determined to hold out as long as their supplies. American First Army artillery eventually blasted the SS troops into surrender.

[patches]

Hes one, I love the 1st Cav Div Officers. check out the officer on the right, notice he appears to be wearing OD breeches with his IKE ? I spy what appear to be the billowing Characteristics of breeches at the side of his thigh

THE TEXT for the below photograph.

Jean Marie MacArthur, wife of General Douglas MacArthur, christens the USS Gary Owen, a Red Cross canteen ship, in Tokyo Bay on 18 December 1945. The official ARC caption reads "Mrs. Douglas MacArthur christens the USS Gary Owens, a Red Cross canteen ship for troops of the 7th Cavalry Division. Formerly the Meiji Maru, a 70-year-old 225-foot Japanese sailing ship, the Gary Owen rests on concrete cradles in the Sumida River, Tokyo. It has a day room with dance floor big enough to accommodate 100 dancers, a card room, a library, and writing desks. With Mrs. MacArthur, Maj. Gen. William C. Chase.

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Edited by patches, 21 May 2012 - 09:31 AM.