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Major General Alexander R. Bolling somewhere in Germany in 45, got The Railsplitter's patch painted on his Pot.

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5 hours ago, doyler said:

Time for a break.

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Army guy, beard, HBT coveralls, low boots and a shinny new carbine. Subtle things.

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My penchant for looking for Portraits in Steel Helmets paid off again, this a Black Soldier of an unknown unit, ETO or MTO 44-45.

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Private Clarence Jones, 594th Field Artillery Battalion,93rd Infantry Division, is photographed during the Third Army Louisiana Maneuvers, April 1943.

 

 

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US Soldier with a Japanese Katana captured on Kwajalein - February 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Strock Photographer

 

 

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On 2/7/2023 at 2:13 PM, doyler said:

Luzon 1945

 

 

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There is another nice pix of the web M1 gunsling being used prior to VE/VJ day. 

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The 25th Station Hospital was an all-African American unit of nurses who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II

 

 

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After being wounded on Saipan, PFC Martin Cooper of the 4th Marine Division enjoys a Japanese beer as he waits to be transported to the rear in 1944.

 

 

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#555 is a cool photo, with the focal point Col. Klink's captured MBZ 230  staff car transformed into an American ambulance or medical vehicle, complete with non-stenciled  red cross,  "US" and  Army VIN.   Wonder if that was post VE Day and if Schultz came with the car.  

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On 1/10/2023 at 11:11 AM, mikie said:

I don’t often see soldiers on a beach getting ON a landing craft. Not sure, but is that a M1917 helmet  I see? 
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Here are Marines about to ship out to Guadal Canal. Notice the mixture of 1917A1’s and M1’s. At that stage I guess they didn’t have enough to go around.

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USAAF Major Frederick Terrell photographed at Berteaux Airfield in Algeria - January 1943

Frederick Reynolds Terrell was born in Booneville, Mo. in 1913. After achieving the third highest score in the nation on the entrance exams was given a Presidential appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point, entering in July 1932. He graduated in the upper third of his class with a commission as a second lieutenant in 1936. He entered the pilot training course at Randolph Field, Texas, in September 1936 and completed flying training at Kelly Field, Texas, in October 1937.

During WW2 Terrell saw action during the North African, Tunisian, Sicilian, Naples-Floggia and Rome campaigns during which he flew 12 combat missions. He retired in 1967 as a USAF Major General.

 

 

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29 minutes ago, doyler said:

USAAF Major Frederick Terrell photographed at Berteaux Airfield in Algeria - January 1943

Frederick Reynolds Terrell was born in Booneville, Mo. in 1913. After achieving the third highest score in the nation on the entrance exams was given a Presidential appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point, entering in July 1932. He graduated in the upper third of his class with a commission as a second lieutenant in 1936. He entered the pilot training course at Randolph Field, Texas, in September 1936 and completed flying training at Kelly Field, Texas, in October 1937.

During WW2 Terrell saw action during the North African, Tunisian, Sicilian, Naples-Floggia and Rome campaigns during which he flew 12 combat missions. He retired in 1967 as a USAF Major General.

 

 

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That’s quite the helmet!!

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