R Michael Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share #26 Posted October 18, 2009 here is one from a recent pickup. Cannot ID the unit but there are some nice shots. Looks to be at the end of the war in Europe and some shots you can see white sheets hanging from windows so freshly liberated towns in I guess Austria. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share #27 Posted October 18, 2009 here is one from a recent pickup. Cannot ID the unit but there are some nice shots. Looks to be at the end of the war in Europe and some shots you can see white sheets hanging from windows so freshly liberated towns in I guess Austria. Mike looks like they are chasing germans out of the town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 18, 2009 Share #28 Posted October 18, 2009 havent had time to scan over the last week or so but thought I would put a few more on the thread. The sleeve on the WWI vet read "brooklyn 1940" looks like he may be from a vets orginization from the SSI? I would say the shoulder sleeve insignia is from the VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1940, the largest portion of the membership would have been WWI vets, which this gentleman looks to be based on that medal on his chest with multiple claps. The chromed parade rifle off to the side tends to confirm this. As for your troops and the village, it could be Austria, but it could also be Bavaria and Southern Germany. The architecture of the village buildings is very plain, which to me suggests Austria, but there is no way to be certain. Those who specialize in German items will recognize that the smaller vehicle is a captured Volkswagen Kubelwagen. The WL on the license plate indicates it was taken from a Luftwaffe unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custermen Posted October 19, 2009 Share #29 Posted October 19, 2009 I'm not so hot at quoting images, but on Oct 8 at 12:46 R. Michael posted the following here are a couple more before i call it quits and go to bed. The recovery vehicle is part of the 3rd armor grouping. One photo is a 4-engine bomber. It looks like a Boeing B-19----the biggest bomber built during WW2. The only thing is that the engines are not the open cowling radials. Compare it with one in this link. http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/gallery/hist062b.htm Great photo of a P-61 night fighter even if it is blurry. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBMflyer Posted October 19, 2009 Share #30 Posted October 19, 2009 The B-19 was equipped with Allison V-3420-11 engines sometime in 1943 and redesignated the XB-19A, Mark I'm not so hot at quoting images, but on Oct 8 at 12:46 R. Michael posted the followingOne photo is a 4-engine bomber. It looks like a Boeing B-19----the biggest bomber built during WW2. The only thing is that the engines are not the open cowling radials. Compare it with one in this link. http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/gallery/hist062b.htm Great photo of a P-61 night fighter even if it is blurry. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share #31 Posted October 20, 2009 thanks guys for the discussion on the postings! Yes I think that it is the later version as TBM stated and if I remember right there was only 2 built? gwb, on the spot. that is the big reason I picked this grouping up. Love the captured german stuff in use by the army. the hitler jungen flag is pretty nice to boot. I was looking and scanning and came accross this one. Wonder if this was a US Army war dog? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted October 20, 2009 Share #32 Posted October 20, 2009 Not sure which one looks meaner..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted October 20, 2009 Share #33 Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks Charlie, Capa, and Jason. I am gonna lean to the 50's on the Marine, and yes I think he is part of a ship bourne contingent as the other slides show him and other buddies on and around the ship. The AAF slide was part of the group and all slides are the red border kodachrome. Charlie, I thought it may have been a private purchase and I think it is the same fellow that is on the NSU so good chance he prefered the shoulder rig to the hard shell holster. Me I woulda stuck with the hard shell, he kinda looks shabby with that rig.. :w00t: Here are 3 more from another grouping and it is a shame he either didnt know how to use the camera or it was of poor quality. Any way I think after looking at the burned out german plane that is jet powered. You can see the engine he is sitting on and to the extreme fuzzy right it looks like the cone on a jumo? Who knows. I know I dont The GI sitting on the burned out German plane is actually sitting on an Heinkel HE-111 bomber's ramains. It was a piston engined airplane, not jet. The dead give-away to identification is the shape of the vertical stabilizer. These photos are very neat to look at. Many thanks for sharing them! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share #34 Posted October 22, 2009 Thanks for the clarification Lee. My reasoning behind my guess was no props. Glad you enjoy the postings and thanks! Mike The GI sitting on the burned out German plane is actually sitting on an Heinkel HE-111 bomber's ramains. It was a piston engined airplane, not jet. The dead give-away to identification is the shape of the vertical stabilizer.These photos are very neat to look at. Many thanks for sharing them! :thumbsup: AM posting a few quick scans from a large, 600+, negative grouping from an 8th cav trooper. My great uncle was in the 8th so I am on the lookout for any snaps of him. :thumbsup: I like this one as it shows the DUI for the 8th as well Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share #35 Posted October 22, 2009 Couple more real quick. Can anyone ID the fellow with the SSI? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share #36 Posted October 22, 2009 Last ones for a while. The negatives are in no order so I am posting these kinda slip shod. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted October 22, 2009 Share #37 Posted October 22, 2009 ...Can anyone ID the fellow with the SSI? I am tempted to say PFC Frank Gorshin but he wasn't drafted until 1953 and this soldier was on duty in Tokyo long before that. However, he is wearing MacArthur's GHQ SSI, with an illegible tab that probably indicates the is a member of the the Imperial Guard, ca. 1946 ~ '47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share #38 Posted October 23, 2009 I am tempted to say PFC Frank Gorshin but he wasn't drafted until 1953 and this soldier was on duty in Tokyo long before that. However, he is wearing MacArthur's GHQ SSI, with an illegible tab that probably indicates the is a member of the the Imperial Guard, ca. 1946 ~ '47. LOL man I really did ask for an ID on that PFC.. I meant to askk about the SSI but i butchered the written word instead! Thanks on the ID! I think I may have a photo of the Diachi building in here somewhere Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share #39 Posted October 23, 2009 These look like they are either pre war or early on. If I am not mistaken. I did notice that the DUI's are not for the 8th cav and not sure which they are for. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted October 23, 2009 Share #40 Posted October 23, 2009 Can you post a clear enlargement of the DI? It is not 8th Cavalry but if your negatives date back to prewar 1st Cavalry Division, it might well be 5th Cavalry. PS: Post #39 looks like the same DI. If not 5th Cavalry, it might be a recently drafted National Guard Cavalry unit ca. 1940 ~ '41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capa Posted October 23, 2009 Share #41 Posted October 23, 2009 Keep 'em coming dude! these are really interesting... thanks! capa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share #42 Posted October 27, 2009 Can you post a clear enlargement of the DI? It is not 8th Cavalry but if your negatives date back to prewar 1st Cavalry Division, it might well be 5th Cavalry. PS: Post #39 looks like the same DI. If not 5th Cavalry, it might be a recently drafted National Guard Cavalry unit ca. 1940 ~ '41. No, it is not the 5th nor any others that i could find. Sadly that is the clearest one i have come accross, though there are 600+ negs so if I come accross a better will post that one. Here is an interesting one. The drum has the 8th cavalry DUI. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share #43 Posted October 27, 2009 a few more stateside snaps. Question; I am not a uniform guru but by the jacket can we date this photo and I had always thought that after the war they no longer used horses in the cavalry. At least for non cermonial purposes. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCav Posted October 27, 2009 Share #44 Posted October 27, 2009 Re: Posting # 43 ANYBODY that ever served at Ft Bliss knows where those guys are. Those are the Franklin Mountains in the background - these pix were taken east of El Paso & Bliss, looking west - probably between the current airport and just west of Hueco Tanks. I'm guessing pre-WWII or pre-deploymeny (to Pacific) 1st Cav Div. BTW - I think you printed the top and bottom pix backwards. Besides the mountain terrain being bassackwards; buttons on men's shirts & jackets are on the right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 27, 2009 Share #45 Posted October 27, 2009 Re: Posting # 43 BTW - I think you printed the top and bottom pix backwards. Besides the mountain terrain being bassackwards; buttons on men's shirts & jackets are on the right side. Hi Mike, you were asking if the photos could be dated from the jackets, I figure that looking at the black ties being worn, dates the photo's to pre March 1942, if they were following clothing regulations. Also I concur with Captcav that you have the printed the photos bassackwards as he states, it came to me when I realised that the horses were seen as right-hand drive when really being American they should be left-hand drive :pinch: Cheers ( Lewis ) p.s. as Capa states, keep them coming very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted October 28, 2009 Share #46 Posted October 28, 2009 An old Cavalry buddy suggested that this obsolete 12th Cavalry DI might be the mystery DI we see in posts #36 and #39: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted October 29, 2009 Share #47 Posted October 29, 2009 Re: Posting # 43 ANYBODY that ever served at Ft Bliss knows where those guys are. Those are the Franklin Mountains in the background - these pix were taken east of El Paso & Bliss, looking west - probably between the current airport and just west of Hueco Tanks. I'm guessing pre-WWII or pre-deploymeny (to Pacific) 1st Cav Div. El Paso for sure. Can't mistake it, I see it in my nightmares every night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share #48 Posted December 30, 2009 Finding time is tough. A belated thanks for the help in the time frame and locations. From My Great Uncles albums I would have guessed Ft. Bliss as the terrain matches a lot of his snaps. I am decideing to get into the 21st century with catalouging and storing my collection so I will be going thru and digitising all my negs so more to follow over the next few months. Here is one from a Kodachrome grouping taken in late 58, early 59 by a LT col j.r. Hillard Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted January 2, 2010 Share #49 Posted January 2, 2010 a few more stateside snaps. Question; I am not a uniform guru but by the jacket can we date this photo and I had always thought that after the war they no longer used horses in the cavalry. At least for non cermonial purposes.Mike Horse cavalry served before,during and after the warthere was very little in regards to mounted combat,but they trained right on til 1947 at Ft Rileylast mounted parade at Junction City Kansas 1947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted January 2, 2010 Share #50 Posted January 2, 2010 below is the roster of the last US Horse cavalry unit in the US Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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