Photo's found by accident while searching on line.

[GITom1944]

Found this photo while searching for 1st Armored Division helmet markings. It is of an M2 halftrack of the 601st Tank Destroyer Bn at El Guettar in March 1943. Being a buff of old John Ford movies, the guy on the right wearing the Navy ANJ4 jacket looked very familiar (more than just "resemblance"). I believe it is Jack Pennick, who served with Ford in the Field Photographic Unit as a Chief Petty Officer in WW2. Pennick appeared in many of Ford's films including They Were Expendable and The Horse Soldiers.

 

The photo:

 

The actor:

[patches]

By george you may be right there GITom. Here's the wiki on Pennick he did turn up in Africa, he was wounded there, he also had quite a long association with the military, first joining up in 1912 in the Marines.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pennick

[patches]

A reenlistment ceremony at Fort Hood 1980 (the time I was here) by a members of the 647th Maintenance Company In FULL Mop, why on earth would the guy want to reenlist under this condition The 647th Maint Co, not sure but it may have been in unit of 13th COSCOM.

 

[Sabrejet]

Check out the assault vests.

[Sabrejet]

A paratrooper from the 82nd Abn adjusts his buddy's gear, pre D-Day.

[patches]

HUP TWO HUP TWO...HUP TWO THREE FOUR...

 

GIs of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) double time out of the Troop Carrier Pod of a CH-54 Tarhe, or if you prefer CH-54 Skycrane, the guys were photographed in and around late summer early fall of 1963 at Benning.

[gwb123]

HUP TWO HUP TWO...HUP TWO THREE FOUR...

 

GIs of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) double time out of the Troop Carrier Pod of a CH-54 Tarhe, or if you prefer CH-54 Skycrane, the guys were photographed in and around late summer early fall of 1963 at Benning.

 

That is a suspiciously large number of troops coming out of that pod... I wonder what the actual capacity was....I've read it coiuld hold 60, but that seems to be a stretch.

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That is a suspiciously large number of troops coming out of that pod... I wonder what the actual capacity was....I've read it coiuld hold 60, but that seems to be a stretch.

 

My guess after counting a few times is that there is about 35-40 men, that's with starting my counting with the heel of the first man we see in the bottom right corner, he may be one the first two troops to exit the pod, I then counted in two's side by side back to the two standing at the doors coming out the rear. As we know this Troop Pod wasn't really used, I don't think it was ever used in Vietnam do you.

[Third Herd]

One site said it could carry 45 combat equipped troops. I saw one carrying a jet fighter, it was too far away to tell what the jet was but couldn't miss the CH-54.

[patches]

One site said it could carry 45 combat equipped troops. I saw one carrying a jet fighter, it was too far away to tell what the jet was but couldn't miss the CH-54.

 

 

I think the Army got their model for the Troop Carrier Pod from New York City's Subway Cars YUKK YUKKK, with emphasis on studying the capacity of the cars during Rush Hour YUKKTY YUKK YUKK.

[collector]

Eh Gads, he was in the Luftwaffe too, I hope he wasn't an Aircrewman, the plane would never take off, but I don't think he would have fit through the hatch or door of the ship. Hey he an NCO right, so maybe some bright Hollywood type seen this photo back there in 63/64 and made him the basis of Sergeant Schulz for his new and funny sitcom he was working on on WWII POWs in Germany

 

 

 

See the Krag?

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See the Krag?

 

Oh yeah, this photo of Schutz was p[osted a while back on a topic in the Firearms Forom.

[firefighter]

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.

 

 

When I got out, '86.We tapped ours orders on our dorm room door and wrote, FYGMO (F*** YOU GOT MY ORDERS).Good times.Miss my buddies and my job, not the BS.

[firefighter]

I seen you posted this in the Uniforms forum in the topic of what appears to be a Parachute qualified Combat Controller Major as well. Question, on this photo, are these men Combat Controllers or Air Rescue guys ? excelent photo by the way.

The guy standing 2nd from right looks to have an Army Rigger wing on his right side.Great photo.Look's like blue/white and subdued jump wings on their jackets.

[doyler]

Where did you find that picture!? Any info on the picture? very cool!

 

LF

 

Not sure where I found the pic.Was looking for articles on Iwo and researching Navy camo paint patterns

 

 

[patches]

A rather large grouping of photos of the Sixth Army Bag Pipe Band, from Life Magazine February 1951. I guess these were taken at the Presidio of San Fransisco.

 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/cb8a2c271822a1b4.html

 

[D.A.T.]

Stumbled across these photos, different times, different places....

My old Drill Sgt. would have pooped bricks if he saw us playing around like this.

 

[patches]

Two images of the Cold War both illustrations, not exacly found by accident online but copyed from one of my Army Magainzes of the early 60s.

 

The Russian Bear. Isn't he cute

 

And the International.

[BOLO]

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[firefighter]

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Awesome picture.Is this in your collection?

[BOLO]

Awesome picture.Is this in your collection?

 

no, I found it by accident while searching for helmets:

 

Basil Burwell and Edward Langworthy Burwell, Jr. at 30 Lathrop Street, Madison, 1919. Basil wears captured German helmet.

 

http://fredburwell.c...ison-wisconsin/

 

the house where the photo was taken still stands today!

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Great stuff Bolo. This guy Edward L. Burwell Jr was a Marine Officer.

 

 

On the other photo with the boy, it's interesting that he has all of his field gear, I am aware that Servicemen of the AEF were allowed to take home their Tin Hats, but not there web gear, especial the Gas Mask with Carrier.

[edgeer]

While researching the 17th Infantry Regiment, I came across a link to the 65th Inf Regt, which is the unit my dad served in during the Korean War. The attached photograph is the ridge line the 65th Inf defended at the Cease Fire. Showed my dad the photograph and he remembers it. The photograph was taken mid Jul 1953, just weeks before the Cease Fire went into effect.

 

You can see in the foreground the the fighting positions with ponchos. The smoke is artillery impacting on CCF positions on Hill 433 which was across the No Man Land.

 

[edgeer]

These maps are from the same website that I found the earlier photograph. In the map that has the blue highlighted area is the ridge line in the earlier photograph.

 

[Cavdoc83]

 

 

Stumbled across these photos, different times, different places....
My old Drill Sgt. would have pooped bricks if he saw us playing around like this.

Love the dog! "Stick 'em up!"