Photo's found by accident while searching on line.

[patches]

Action photo found, 

 

Caption.

Corporal Henry Bohl of the 161st Infantry Regiment, is helped back to a first aid station after he was shot in the thigh while on patrol. San Manuel, Luzon, Philippines. 25 January 1945.

[patches]

Found this great shot.

 

Two members of the 1st Airborne Battle Group 501st Infantry 8th Infantry Division out in the field in West Germany early 1961.

[patches]

A fabulous Kodachrome Shot of a Japanese Lady in Traditional Garb taken by a GI in 1946 

[patches]

Just found out that the 31st Infantry has a Silver Punch Bowl made in China just like te 9th Infantry's Liscum Bowl, theirs is called the Shanghai Bowl. Beive its current location is at Fort Drum New York.

 

While in Shanghai, the officers of the 31st collected $1,600  in silver dollars and had a Chinese silversmith craft a silver punch bowl and sixty-five matching cups to commemorate the regiment’s service in Shanghai.  The bowl became an important part of future regimental ceremonies.The bowl and cups were buried on Corregidor by soldiers of the 31st before the island’s surrender in May 1942 and later recovered in 1945. Known as the Shanghai Bowl, it continues to be a prominent fixture in regimental ceremonies.

 

The Bowl in 1966, I think in South Korea with the battalions of the 31st Infantry then in the 7th Infantry Division, the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

[patches]

Here's the Bowl today, today it's kept at Fort Drum New York.

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Brigadier General James Stewart USAFR, on the occasion of his award of the U.S. Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, in the summer of 1968 at the time of his retirement from military service, location unknown, maybe Edwards Air Base California??? In attendance with his Wife is his Stepson 2nd Ronald McLean USMC, who was KIA the following year in Vietnam in the 3rd Mar Div.

https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/McleanRW01a.htm

[Bluehawk]

< 1939, the Presidio SF, soldiers arriving

 

[yokota57]

On 3/26/2025 at 2:18 AM, patches said:

Brigadier General James Stewart USAFR, on the occasion of his award of the U.S. Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, in the summer of 1968 at the time of his retirement from military service, location unknown, maybe Edwards Air Base California??? In attendance with his Wife is his Stepson 2nd Ronald McLean USMC, who was KIA the following year in Vietnam in the 3rd Mar Div.

https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/McleanRW01a.htm

As that is the Chief of Staff Gen John P. McConnell, I think the photo may have been taken at the Pentagon.

[patches]

yokota57, thanks for the ID of the General, did look around but for some reason was not getting a match.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._McConnell_(general)

[Salvage Sailor]

 

1955 A soldier takes a moment to pet a deer during a military exercise in West Germany as a smiling farmer looks on

[Bluehawk]

> Dust Bowl, America, 1917

[Bluehawk]

> Cesar Romero, USCG WWII - maybe operating the controls of a winch? 

[Bluehawk]

> Sister Aquinas "The Flying Nun", Washington National Airport, 1943, by: Dorothea Lange

 

[patches]

Interesting.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Aquinas_Kinskey

[SumGruntGuy1]

Interesting indeed. 

 

Quite an accomplished legacy.

[Bluehawk]

> No idea when or where this was...

[Salvage Sailor]

5 hours ago, Bluehawk said:

> No idea when or where this was...

 

-->> Ethiopia

 

[Wailuna]

On 4/16/2024 at 6:59 PM, patches said:

Action photo found, 

 

Caption.

Corporal Henry Bohl of the 161st Infantry Regiment, is helped back to a first aid station after he was shot in the thigh while on patrol. San Manuel, Luzon, Philippines. 25 January 1945.

 

Find-a-Grave strikes again and we see that despite Private Henry J. Bohl's serious wounds he survived and returned home to live a long and happy life until finally dying in 2010 at age 86.

 

[Bluehawk]

> Crewmen on USS Lexington CV-16 break out US Navy Battle Rations during the Battle of the Philippine Sea / Marianas Turkey Shoot - June 19-20, 1944...

[Bluehawk]

> USS Missouri, Okinawa, 11 Apr 1945

[Salvage Sailor]

Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang

Naval Security taking in the Perimeter

[GWS]

On 9/7/2025 at 4:37 PM, Bluehawk said:

> USS Missouri, Okinawa, 11 Apr 1945

 

  Is that a kamikaze coming in on the side of the ship?  Whoever took it, that's a great photo! Thanks

 

    Steve

[Salvage Sailor]

Aye Steve,  Famous WWII naval photograph

[Bluehawk]

"Home for Thanksgiving" (1945) by Norman Rockwell

[Bluehawk]

Thunderbirds with Blue Angels