doyler Posted March 30, 2022 Share #251 Posted March 30, 2022 A member of the First Special Service Force with a BAR outside of Rome - June 4, 1944 The 1st Special Service Force was an elite American–Canadian commando unit in WW2 LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer (Possibly Canadian Native and war Hero Thomas (Tommy) Prince.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 1, 2022 Share #252 Posted April 1, 2022 Cant edit the above photo but was informed the FSSF soldier is T/4 Nellis Johnson, from Pima, Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 1, 2022 Share #253 Posted April 1, 2022 GIs and gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 1, 2022 Share #254 Posted April 1, 2022 Note German 98k rifle leaning against tent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 2, 2022 Share #255 Posted April 2, 2022 Pvt. L. C. Byrd of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, gunner on an M4 Sherman, poses with the tank .50-caliber MG near Nancy, France, 5 Nov 44. Pvt. L.C. Byrd was killed on November 9, 1944, while serving with the 761st Tank Battalion in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 2, 2022 Share #256 Posted April 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, doyler said: Pvt. L. C. Byrd of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, gunner on an M4 Sherman, poses with the tank .50-caliber MG near Nancy, France, 5 Nov 44. Pvt. L.C. Byrd was killed on November 9, 1944, while serving with the 761st Tank Battalion in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted April 2, 2022 Share #257 Posted April 2, 2022 On 3/30/2022 at 3:40 PM, ken88 said: The following picture would definitely make you scratch your head without any additional information. Turns out the US-British cooperation in North Africa landed M-1 helmets in the British army, but probably only for a very brief period. Still an amazing fact you'd never believe without seeing for yourself. But there you go... British soldiers wearing M-1 helmets! wow !!! Looks like they are Italians with them, maybe in Libya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 3, 2022 Share #258 Posted April 3, 2022 US Soldier with a captured Italian Beretta Model 38 / MAB 38 SMG in Italy - June 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 6, 2022 Share #259 Posted April 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 8, 2022 Share #260 Posted April 8, 2022 A real interesting one, Camo helmets with Nets being worn by some unit under U.S. Army Service Forces in England in 1943, Camo maybe Vesicant right, and the unit, they look every inch the combat unit, not one typically found under this support organization, so perhaps this unit, despite being assigned to U.S. Army Service Forces is lets say a Combat Engineer Battalion, and will in due course be assigned to either 1st Army, 3rd Army or one of the Field Corps in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 8, 2022 Share #261 Posted April 8, 2022 17th Airborne Operation Varsity 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 8, 2022 Share #262 Posted April 8, 2022 17th Airborne Operation Varsity 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 8, 2022 Share #263 Posted April 8, 2022 17th Airborne Operation Varsity 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 10, 2022 Share #264 Posted April 10, 2022 Do you think the guy with the Thompson was carrying boxes of 45 in his bandolier? It seems like a good way to carry extra ammo as .45 ammo didn’t come in bandoliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 11, 2022 Share #265 Posted April 11, 2022 10 hours ago, ccyooper said: Do you think the guy with the Thompson was carrying boxes of 45 in his bandolier? It seems like a good way to carry extra ammo as .45 ammo didn’t come in bandoliers. I think he was in act armed with an M1, see it slung on his back, and that the Tommy Gun is a pick up from either a dead or wounded platoon mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 11, 2022 Share #266 Posted April 11, 2022 Roger that. I didn’t notice the rifle on his back. The odd thing is that it appears to be a Kerr sling attached to whatever weapon that is. Might not be but it appears to have that shape and ridges. Maybe it just looks that way to me on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2022 Share #267 Posted April 16, 2022 Two US Army Harley-Davidson WLA Motorcycles near Lanuvio Italy - 1944 The Harley-Davidson WLA was produced to US Army specifications during WW2. The WLA was based on an existing civilian model, the WL and had a 45-cubic-inch engine. The WLA was also known as the "Liberator", over 90,000 would be produced. LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2022 Share #268 Posted April 16, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted April 16, 2022 Share #269 Posted April 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, doyler said: Ha! That's great! And just what Adolf deserved for Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USARV72 Posted April 16, 2022 Share #270 Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 12:32 AM, doyler said: 17th Airborne Operation Varsity 1945 Wonder what he has slung on his back? See the lower stock and sling… The square in the bandoleer looks smaller than a box of 45 ACP ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 17, 2022 Share #271 Posted April 17, 2022 Saipan 15 June 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 17, 2022 Share #272 Posted April 17, 2022 Marine moves thru swamp near Hill 660 on Cape Gloucester (note Fiber helmet liner and Army 1st pattern hbt shirt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 17, 2022 Share #273 Posted April 17, 2022 1st Marine Division Hero Robert Grove on Cape Gloucester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 17, 2022 Share #274 Posted April 17, 2022 1st Division Marines return from front on Cape Gloucester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 17, 2022 Share #275 Posted April 17, 2022 Marines man Browning M1917 Machine Gun on Cape Gloucester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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