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From my photo archives

 

40th Division - Debriefing guerrilla chief who brought in two rescued pilots

Philippines

 

Note the "L", the monkey and the pilots shorts too

 

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From the same 40th Division set, probably been in the bush for awhile. More of a 'field expedient' beard than deliberate

 

War dogs on Luzon 1945

The soldier on the right doesn't shave yet

 

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.....for as this signal corps (40th division) caption states,

 

GI barbers operated everywhere, Luzon 1945

 

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From the same set, Private with a mustache sitting in front of the Ammo Report tote board for Able, Baker and Charlie batteries

 

Artillery Fire Direction Center, Philippines, 1945 (40th Division)

 

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This article was published on page 27 in the April 1945 issue of Air Force Magazine...

Major Lou Kittel bottom right looks like a Pennsylvania Dutchman, Aye Friend :lol:

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A Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant with a goatee, he's on Iwo shortly after the fighting ended at some QM dump, the weapons I believe are battlefield pick-ups and or unserviceable turn ins.

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A Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant with a goatee, he's on Iwo shortly after the fighting ended at some QM dump, the weapons I believe are battlefield pick-ups and or unserviceable turn ins.

4th MARDIV IIRC by the half circle stencil

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Wow just came across this foto in another topic from a ways back, another Marine with a wicked mustash and goatee, plus the additional highlights of the damaged steel shell, and the painted Westinghouse liner, I guess it will be a Westy, and his wear of an Army Camo coverall suit.

 

Foto first posted by member Championhilz.

 

His original caption below.

 

 

Posted 10 June 2009 - 12:10 PM

I found this great photo while looking at the Life Magazine WW II collection. It shows Marine Ervin Bonow holding the helmet he was wearing when it was hit by a piece of shell during the battle of Hasting's Ridge on New Georgia. It's amazing he could survive a hit that shredded his helmet.

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sonofaFlyingDeuce

At least on Midway, in the early part of the war, the Marine Corps allowed its fighter pilots to "sprout" beards. The only stipulation was that the facial hairs could not interfere with the tight fit for an aviator's oxygen mask. My father, top left, somehow managed to grow an "Iron Jaw" and never tried again.

VMF-222 went on to the Solomon Islands three months later (Munda through Green Island) and the nine men in the photo would down 17.5 of the squadron's 50 aerial combat "sures" (mostly against IJN "Zekes" on missions to Rabaul).

 

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sonofaFlyingDeuce

The caption is from my father's handwriting on the back of this photo. I assume he was an aviator even though he's not wearing his wings (they didn't always wear their wings as they were usually among other aviators; but they did have to wear their insignia of rank).

 

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A small contribution!
Apparently, traditional beards of Italian Alpine troops influenced paratroopers in Italy in growing a beard themselves.

3rd Plt, C Co, 504th PIR

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To me the moustache of the 2nd standing guy from left seem non-regulation
B Co Officers, 509th PIB
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Robert N Powell and Edward J. Lejkowski moving out to Cannes, 509th PIB

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Left to Right Lloyd G. Van Guilder, Madden, William E. Powell, Robert N. Powell, Stoher, Medic Howard J. Maxwell all B Company, 50th PIB, having returned from the attack on La Napoule

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Manchu Warrior

I have about fifteen US Navy cruise books from the 1950's into the 1980's. With that said I find it interesting that out of all of the books only one shows Sailors with beards. The photos are from a USS Prairie (AD-15) WESTPAC Cruise book in 1979.

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More pics.

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Great photos Manchu, thanks for posting. how many of the fifteen are from say 1976 to 1980? If you have more from these years a bet you'll see more swabbies with these beards//goatees, this was the height of the fashion then.

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Not WWII or even Korea I know, but as a follow up to Manchu Warrior's post I found a couple of early 70s sailors with full beards.

 

 

From a Cruise book, circa 1972.

 

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A Navy Reservist's ID Card circa 1972.

 

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Question: in the Rank box we see NONPO, what's that mean?

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Salvage Sailor

Anyone catch the restored version of John Huston's "Report from the Aleutians"?

 

youtube - there are also other topics on the forum for this film

 

Forward to the 45 minute mark - Beards on Doggies, Swabbies, Coasties.....1942/1943

 

Also.....an excellent source of period color films of aircrew combat over Japanese occupied Kiska.

The documentary also names some of commanders and pilots - in their patched A-2's

 

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Not WWII or even Korea I know, but as a follow up to Manchu Warrior's post I found a couple of early 70s sailors with full beards.

 

 

From a Cruise book, circa 1972.

 

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A Navy Reservist's ID Card circa 1972.

 

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Question: in the Rank box we see NONPO, what's that mean?

NONPO means he is not a Petty Officer. He is either an E-1, E-2 or E-3..

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I suspect these are post war, but interesting just the same. They came from an album belonging to a Navy weatherman stationed on Kodiak island.

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A few more:

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