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22 hours ago, mikie said:

All great pictures, Ron. I appreciate you posting them all the time. Way too many to Like each one so I’ll give you a collective LIKE 👍 here.

 

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Thanks Mikie.

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52 minutes ago, doyler said:

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You can see the homemade dog tag silencers made from a gas mask hose, most likely Japanese. These are G.I.s of the 129 Infantry, 37th ID.

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On 4/6/2023 at 11:48 AM, doyler said:

GI poses for a picture along the River Rhine somewhere in Germany - Mar/April 1945
Note K-Ration boxes tied together

LIFE Magazine Archives - William Vandivert Photographer

 

 

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Very cool late war picture Ron. Goes it look like this GI has a Kerr sling on his rifle?

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5 hours ago, eaglerunner88 said:

You can see the homemade dog tag silencers made from a gas mask hose, most likely Japanese. These are G.I.s of the 129 Infantry, 37th ID.

This photo is also posted on Facebook, gives a name of Pineapple Thrower,  Charles Wolverton, if this is correct then he was decorated late in the war with The Soldiers Medal as a Staff Sergeant.

 

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/502546

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8 hours ago, tthen said:

Very cool late war picture Ron. Goes it look like this GI has a Kerr sling on his rifle?

 

Thanks.

yes the sling is the Keer model. 

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Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., commanding general of the Fifth Army in Italy, talks to African American troops of the 92nd Infantry Division after they threw back a German attack in the hills north of Viareggio, Italy in 1944.

 

 

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An American version of a sidewalk cafe, in fallen La Haye du Puits, France on July 15, 1944, as Robert McCurty, left, from Newark, New Jersey, Sgt. Harold Smith, of Brush Creek, Tennessee, and Sgt. Richard Bennett, from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, raise their glasses in a toast.

 

 

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This is a photo of S/Sgt John S. DuQuoin, Company A, 743 Tk Bn, receiving the Silver Star from General Leonard Gerow on June 21, 1944 -  for his actions during the beach head operations on June 6.

 

 

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Tec 4 Simpson being awarded Bronze Star

Inscription on back says "dated 24th Apr [1945] Maj Gen Leland S. Hobbs, Commanding General 30th Division, 9th U S Army, awards the Bronze Star to Tec 4 Weyman P Simpson, Hartsfield, Ga., somewhere in Germany.743rd Tank BN, 30th Div, NUSA [Ninth US Army], Magdeburg, Germany

 

 

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Original Caption: "Cerssuolo Area, Italy. Shell shocked American solider is helped by two comrades after bombing in Cerasuolo, Italy." Original Signal Corps Number: MM-5-152662.
Photographer: Gretz (163rd Signal Photo Company)

 

 

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Original Caption: "Fifth Army, Castrellina Area, Italy. Close up head shot of a typical american of Japanese descent. Pfc. Genkichi Akamine, Honolulu, T.H., a sniper with the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Division. He has 3 years of service in the U.S. Army, is a native of Hawaii, has fought thru the entire Italian campaign and just ended 16 days of hill fighting in the Battle of Leghorn. (Flap at back of helmet keeps rain and dampness out at night in foxhole)."

US NARA Original Field Number: MM-5-44-7793.

Photographer: Harris (163rd Signal Photo Company)

 

 

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