mconrad Posted November 5, 2019 Share #76 Posted November 5, 2019 WW2 AAF musician US southwest? Or Mideast/India, even China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted November 6, 2019 Share #77 Posted November 6, 2019 Picked up this old photo today. I'm guessing pre-war 1930's to early 40's?. The 258th FA had been a National Guard Unit and was federalized during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carthage light guard Posted November 26, 2019 Share #78 Posted November 26, 2019 107th Engineers, 32nd Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZGY Posted November 26, 2019 Share #79 Posted November 26, 2019 Photo from Internet, DUI from my Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhouse Posted November 28, 2019 Share #80 Posted November 28, 2019 Extract from a yardlong photo taken October 25th, 1941 at Fort Benning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repbrock Posted December 27, 2019 Share #81 Posted December 27, 2019 Here is a great photo of the 50th Artillery CAC Band. This photo was given to my by the daughter of Juho Virta who served with my Grandfather in the 50th. www.50cac.com She gave me a number of other photos, documents and letters. His uniform grouping is out there somewhere as it was given to a collector many years ago and it has changed hands several times. I would very much like to reunit the grouping with his other items... Here is a photo of the grouping last time it was sold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36thIDAlex Posted January 1, 2020 Share #82 Posted January 1, 2020 Here is a band of the 3rd MARDIV. This was taken by my grandfather from his ship when it arrived in Yokohama on the way to Korea in 1961. I love the bass drum art. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200101/8713536f3847c88c5f1b6c9109a66237.plist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45govt Posted January 11, 2020 Share #83 Posted January 11, 2020 Hello A recent acquisition Louis Fortmann, Jr., Principal Musician, 9th Infantry Division 1895, this from period writing on reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collector Posted January 14, 2020 Share #84 Posted January 14, 2020 David Weir 6th Division WW1 318th Engineers manual couple of pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted January 15, 2020 Share #85 Posted January 15, 2020 Hello A recent acquisition Louis Fortmann, Jr., Principal Musician, 9th Infantry Division 1895, this from period writing on reverse That would be 9th Infantry REGIMENT. There were no divisions till 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share #86 Posted January 27, 2020 Evening band practice while bivouacked along the Waianae mountains, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Winds Section - Saxophones, flutes, clarinets & the tubas Horn Section - the brass tubas, trumpets, trombones and bugles Take notice of the leather musicians satchel on their left hips. Bandmaster and the Bass Drum, there is undoubtedly a snare drummer facing him who is blocked in the photo Evening band practice while bivouacked along the Waianae mountains, Schofield Barracks, T.H The band warming up, a few spectators lounging in the tents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted February 4, 2020 Share #87 Posted February 4, 2020 Just found today! Wearing 10th Corps patches. Bass Drum reads; Signalaires, 4th Signal Bn. Corps. With the WW2 style DUI. DUI, example from ebay. Later versions appear to be more square in shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLewisBrat Posted February 7, 2020 Share #88 Posted February 7, 2020 Evening band practice while bivouacked along the Waianae mountains, Schofield Barracks, T.H Bandmaster and the Bass Drum, there is undoubtedly a snare drummer facing him who is blocked in the photo The snare in the photo should be this one... The "U.S." was removed, or lost to time. The hoop claws on the Army drums during this period were different than the civilian versions. Also a great picture of the drums in production, caption reads; - Drum beats for Uncle Sam - William F. Ludwig, 62 year old owner and founder of the WFL Drum Co. of Chicago, whose company is working on a large order placed with it by the U.S. Army, shown testing the final quality of one of the completed instruments. August 17, 1941. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share #89 Posted February 7, 2020 Excellent! They may have also made the Bass drums too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLewisBrat Posted February 7, 2020 Share #90 Posted February 7, 2020 I know that both WFL and Slingerland supplied snare drums to the Army during WWII. The Slingerlands are stamped W669-QM-19239 on the inside (which is the Army designation for the Slingerland model 634). I'm not 100% sure about Bass drums, but, I suspect that both WFL and Slingerland supplied those as well. Here's a picture of the Slingerland model (I don't own the Slingerland, just the WFL above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2020 Share #91 Posted February 9, 2020 Just found today! Wearing 10th Corps patches. Bass Drum reads; Signalaires, 4th Signal Bn. Corps. With the WW2 style DUI. This is in Korea during the war, note the wearing of the X Corps patch with White portion Up, a trait of the Korean War X Corps. See the posts in this topic showing this. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/514-x-corps/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abqpropguy Posted February 15, 2020 Share #92 Posted February 15, 2020 A photo I purchased recently. It shows a concert of the USMC Band at the Worlds Fair in St Louis, MO 1904. Sorry folks.....for some reason I am having some issues posting pics https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200215/e1f1b1e16b55eff388469ec227b1a14e.file Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Moderators Note: Changed format to jpeg and added photo for user. Members, if you're using cellphone programs such as taptalk, etc, you have to save the images as a jpeg or similar file. .file extensions will not post on the USMF system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMaddoxUSMC Posted February 17, 2020 Share #93 Posted February 17, 2020 Nice shot of the 1904 band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share #94 Posted March 3, 2020 4th US Cavalry Mounted Band, Honolulu 1913 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonmon Posted March 6, 2020 Share #95 Posted March 6, 2020 6th Cavalry Band Vendôme 1919 (France) 6th Cavalry Band Vendôme 1919 (France) 6th Field Signal Battalion Band France WWI France WWI Location and unit unknow France July 31, 1918 Location and unit unknow Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 29, 2020 Share #96 Posted March 29, 2020 Classic image of a WW I era bandsman wearing the 1910 Enlisted Men's Garrison Belt and a 1904 Musicians Pouch. A better view of the above belt and pouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 29, 2020 Share #97 Posted March 29, 2020 1918 dated bass drum from the U.S.S. Wyoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 29, 2020 Share #98 Posted March 29, 2020 6th Corps MP and a Doughboy mandolinist hanging out with a woman they called "the American Mother" and her family in Luxembourg, 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 29, 2020 Share #99 Posted March 29, 2020 Army or National Guard bugler circa 1906. Another Army or National Guard bugler and his pal, also circa 1906-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 29, 2020 Share #100 Posted March 29, 2020 The nucleus of a company string band circa 1917 or 1918. The guitarist is wearing a non-regulation shawl-collar sweater that appears to be olive drab in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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