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Captain Charles H. Jones Battery C 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 17th Airborne Division.

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On 3/10/2023 at 11:23 PM, iron bender said:

What is the jacket far left? Inside out 1st model winter combat?

 

Would say its a shawl collar sweater maybe even civilian. Doesnt have a waist band like the tanker jackets. The upper pocket is interesting also

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A Australian Navy Officer wearing a American Pot, might be a Grey painted one

 

Her Majesty The Queen, 12/17/1943. MAKIN ISLAND – Queen Tabonou, of the Gilbertese Natives, gets a light for her cigarette from Lt. Bruno Raymond, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserves, who was born in the central Pacific islands. The Queen hadn’t seen Raymond since he was a baby. He “Visited his home town” after the allies captured Makin.

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 Hugh McHugh, shown with his 4×5 Speed Graphic PH-104, was killed by a sniper January 15, 1945 in Belgium.

 

 

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Portrait in Steel Helmet

 

Bernard Picchi HQ Company 1142nd Combat Engineer Group

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I was gong to post this one in The Tobacco Pipe topic, but lets post him here instead.

 

He's Daniel Aaron of COMCAST, in WWII he was an Armored Infantryman in the 58th Armored Infantry Battalion 8th Armored Division.

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Appears to be a signal corps patch on the cuff of the left sleeve. Lt. rank on jacket and NCO bar to helmet.

 

 

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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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Two Personnel with the US 2nd Armored Division prepare to blow some railroad tracks somewhere in Germany - April 1945

LIFE Magazine Archives - William Vandivert Photographer

 

 

 

 

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Four GI’s pose for a picture in North Africa - Early 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer

 

 

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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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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.

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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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10th Mountain 

 

Parka worn white side out and appears to be a carbine pouch on the Garand rifle 

 

 

 

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