Fixbayonets! Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share #76 Posted September 22, 2011 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: The photo is not dated but it does come from the wartime photo album of a 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron tank commander, the tanker in the photo is one of his crew. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G Posted September 23, 2011 Share #77 Posted September 23, 2011 Love these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted September 23, 2011 Share #78 Posted September 23, 2011 Panzerfaust shots are NOT easy to find - yet Eddie M of the 222nd found two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted September 23, 2011 Share #79 Posted September 23, 2011 M1911 vs Luger.................... Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 23, 2011 Share #80 Posted September 23, 2011 Super thread! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got da Penny Posted September 23, 2011 Share #81 Posted September 23, 2011 Here ya go ...... I like to call this one .... "LOADED" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got da Penny Posted September 23, 2011 Share #82 Posted September 23, 2011 And this one ............. "Iron Crosses anyone ?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share #83 Posted September 23, 2011 And this one ............. "Iron Crosses anyone ?" Great photos, thanks for posting! If I remember correctly, I think you have a stash of some really nice captured flag photos. :think: Rob Here is another one: Orly Field, Paris - January, 1946 1408th AAF Base Unit, ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaxe Posted September 23, 2011 Share #84 Posted September 23, 2011 Okay... just to clarify... Photos of US GI's holding captured stuff... OK. Photos of foreign equipment on its own... that is outside the focus of the US Militaria Forum. Just as a reminder, many of us also participate in the Wehrmacht Awards Forum (which also has a Japanese section as well.) This is a great forum for sharing foreign militaria. Membership rules may apply for certain types of postings. http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php Gil: Hope this is OK. 84th Division artilleryman with knocked out/ captured German tank in the Bulge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaxe Posted September 23, 2011 Share #85 Posted September 23, 2011 35th Division Medics with a downed ME109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got da Penny Posted September 23, 2011 Share #86 Posted September 23, 2011 If I remember correctly, I think you have a stash of some really nice captured flag photos. think.gif You do remember correctly. but, i have sold a few to my buddy who was willing to pay my asking price for them. Carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share #87 Posted September 23, 2011 35th Division Medics with a downed ME109 Now that is a great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share #88 Posted September 23, 2011 You do remember correctly. but, i have sold a few to my buddy who was willing to pay my asking price for them. Carey I hear you Carey, I have sold a few myself. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sg Posted October 3, 2011 Share #89 Posted October 3, 2011 Great photo's. They go a long way to refute the modern scholar that claims "they never had that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted October 3, 2011 Share #90 Posted October 3, 2011 Here is one that I may have posted before, captured JU-88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share #91 Posted October 3, 2011 Displaying a captured German flag, swords, bayonets, daggers & pistols 4th Infantry Div, 8th Infantry Regt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted October 4, 2011 Share #92 Posted October 4, 2011 Captured Japanese flag- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted October 6, 2011 Share #93 Posted October 6, 2011 Those are really great photos. In my humble opinion it would make a great subject for a photo book. I know I'd buy a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthieb3sxz Posted October 6, 2011 Share #94 Posted October 6, 2011 Those are really great photos. In my humble opinion it would make a great subject for a photo book. I know I'd buy a copy. My friend is actually in the process of putting out a book on photos of GIs with captured German booty - look out for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksman Posted October 7, 2011 Share #95 Posted October 7, 2011 Nice Photos! Most of the swords, bayonets, daggers are destroyed by the allied forces. They drive over the stuff with a tank :crying: My Grandpa Feldwebel Heinz Krull, had a American Colt Government M1911. He Captured the pistol from belgian Forces in 1940. He had this pistol till his own captivity by russian forces on May 1. 1945 in Halbe near berlin. Greetings Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted October 7, 2011 Share #96 Posted October 7, 2011 well....on that subject-here are US POWS outside of St Lo in June 1944- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted October 7, 2011 Share #97 Posted October 7, 2011 Here is a tanker with a Luger in a shoulder holster. He's also wearing ribbons and a PUC on his combat shirt. Somewhat uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share #98 Posted October 7, 2011 Checking out a V-1 Buzz Bomb on display at the Paris Exhibition in 1946. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yancy Irwin Posted October 8, 2011 Share #99 Posted October 8, 2011 great thread guys!i have a had a number pics like this-some ive sold and a few i still have -Ill try to post them this weekend- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 8, 2011 Share #100 Posted October 8, 2011 well....on that subject-here are US POWS outside of St Lo in June 1944- Great photo. Is that a 9th inf division patch I see ? I'm guessing it is as the Varsity arrived in the St Lo area in early july, so if it is near St Lo this would be in sometime in july. In the month of june the Varsity was fighting to the west on the Cotentin Peninsula,they pushed towars the Cotentin Peninsula the day they landed across Utah on D+4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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