12thengr Posted June 12, 2022 Share #351 Posted June 12, 2022 Marine and carbine, Naha, Okinowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted June 12, 2022 Share #352 Posted June 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, 12thengr said: General officers, quite possible. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 13, 2022 Share #353 Posted June 13, 2022 Marine Corps Major General Julian C. Smith (foreground) and Navy Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill watch the landings at Tarawa on or around 20 November 1943 from the bridge of the USS Maryland (BB-46). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 13, 2022 Share #354 Posted June 13, 2022 Paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division sometime after the Battle of Carentan Normandy - June 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 13, 2022 Share #355 Posted June 13, 2022 John David Kleinfelder of the 101st Airborne Division sometime after the Battle of Carentan Normandy - June 1944 KIA on December 31, 1944 in Belgium LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 13, 2022 Share #356 Posted June 13, 2022 John G. McFarlen, 502 Pathfinder, 101st Airborne Division sometime after the Battle of Carentan Normandy - June 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 13, 2022 Share #357 Posted June 13, 2022 Colonel Gerald J. Higgins, Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division sometime after the Battle of Carentan Normandy - June 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhscott Posted June 14, 2022 Share #358 Posted June 14, 2022 On 6/11/2022 at 12:09 PM, doyler said: Carentan, Normandy France - June 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer Nice pix of a M1 web sling in NW Europe at time of DDay too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 15, 2022 Share #359 Posted June 15, 2022 Informal portrait, one George Cooper 44th Quartermaster Railhead Company, a 9th Army Troop Unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted June 15, 2022 Share #360 Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 12:06 AM, doyler said: John G. McFarlen, 502 Pathfinder, 101st Airborne Division sometime after the Battle of Carentan Normandy - June 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer Wonder if Mr. McFarlen got struck by a 9mm bullet in the helmet? Thats one helluva ding on a hard piece of steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted June 15, 2022 Share #361 Posted June 15, 2022 Got this pic in Lubbock a long time ago. Labeled as California Desert, 1942. All in the pic are named. Bet we could figure out who this crew is considering the owner is Florida Kaufman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 19, 2022 Share #362 Posted June 19, 2022 You can take the kid out of the Cowboy but not the Cowboy out of the kid..... A GI poses next to a Jeep in the Valmontone/Velletri Italy area - June 1944 Note his pistol belt has been modified with the addition of a German MG34/42 Ammunition Belt holding .45 ACP Cartridges Also wearing CIB and ETO ribbon on shirt. LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 19, 2022 Share #363 Posted June 19, 2022 Grave of an US Soldier near Carentan Normandy - June 17, 1944 The sign says in French “Mort pour la France” which means “Died for France” Himes/US Army/Getty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2022 Share #364 Posted June 20, 2022 A lasting iconic image of the U.S. WWII Steel Helmet if there ever was one, genuine one fixed loop British Net and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted July 3, 2022 Share #365 Posted July 3, 2022 88th helmet - colorized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted July 3, 2022 Share #366 Posted July 3, 2022 another 88th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 4, 2022 Share #367 Posted July 4, 2022 Not from WWII, but from Korea, 1953. Though the helmet itself and maybe even the Camo Cover worn by this Marine in all probability will be from WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 5, 2022 Share #368 Posted July 5, 2022 Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the US 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Scherschel Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 7, 2022 Share #369 Posted July 7, 2022 “Lt. Col. Ward R. Betz, head of the 100th Infantry Division Chemical Warfare Section and Sgt. William C. French, inspect a new type German flamethrower captured by the 398th Infantry Regiment. It is simple, efficient, and easy to manufacturer. It is operated by single lever on barrel. Ignition is accomplished by the firing of a blank cartridge. Chemical Warfare Section, 100th Infantry Division, 7th Army. Butten Area, France. March 1, 1945. Photographed by T/5 Francis E. Lane, 163rd Signal Photographic Company”: (from menofthe100th web page) Lt.Col Betz wearing Camo painted helmet with rank, jump boots and a 45 in shoulder holster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 7, 2022 Share #370 Posted July 7, 2022 Another of Lt.Col Betz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted July 7, 2022 Share #371 Posted July 7, 2022 U.S. Paratroopers, training jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 8, 2022 Share #372 Posted July 8, 2022 Some GI of the name J. T. Mills. Know nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 11, 2022 Share #373 Posted July 11, 2022 Liberation of La Haye-du-Puits Normandy - July 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Medics 8th infantry division patch seen. Medics bag and suspenders used for a pillow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 11, 2022 Share #374 Posted July 11, 2022 Liberation of La Haye-du-Puits Normandy - July 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 11, 2022 Share #375 Posted July 11, 2022 German Prisoners in La Haye-du-Puits Normandy - July 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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