doyler Posted April 15, 2023 Share #551 Posted April 15, 2023 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. mikie Thanks Mikie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T BIRD Posted April 15, 2023 Share #553 Posted April 15, 2023 Collective LIKE from me as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglerunner88 Posted April 15, 2023 Share #554 Posted April 15, 2023 52 minutes ago, doyler 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthen Posted April 15, 2023 Share #555 Posted April 15, 2023 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 Very cool late war picture Ron. Goes it look like this GI has a Kerr sling on his rifle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 16, 2023 Share #556 Posted April 16, 2023 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #557 Posted April 16, 2023 10th Mountain Parka worn white side out and appears to be a carbine pouch on the Garand rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #558 Posted April 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #559 Posted April 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #560 Posted April 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #561 Posted April 16, 2023 SGT Leslie L. Soland, Tank Commander B Co 743rd Tank BN receiving the Bronze Star Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #562 Posted April 16, 2023 1st Army Medic recieves Silver Star Medal. The General is carrying a Italian Beretta pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #565 Posted April 16, 2023 3rd Armored Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #566 Posted April 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 16, 2023 Share #567 Posted April 16, 2023 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doyler Posted April 17, 2023 Share #571 Posted April 17, 2023 Iwo Jima 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 21, 2023 Share #572 Posted April 21, 2023 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 21, 2023 Share #573 Posted April 21, 2023 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted April 21, 2023 Share #574 Posted April 21, 2023 All good stuff, Ron! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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