lovmilinsig Posted March 23, 2015 Share #551 Posted March 23, 2015 Very interesting photos. Thanks for posting. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge8 Posted March 23, 2015 Share #552 Posted March 23, 2015 My Mother-in-law- LT Cleo Pressnell Frisbie (ANC) at the Army hospital at Wurzburg Germany in 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge8 Posted March 23, 2015 Share #553 Posted March 23, 2015 My father, Clayton Tompkins about 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Abn Posted March 24, 2015 Share #554 Posted March 24, 2015 Wow, thanks for sharing. These photos bring back memories of when I was a boy in the early 60s in my grandmothers home. She had on each end of her dresser pictures of my uncles taken during WWII basic trng in khaki shirts with ties. My other grandmother had on the mantle a photo of my uncle and aunt when they were married during the war, with him in his Navy jumper uniform and her with a big hat and flower corsage. Would really like to have those photos now, but only have the memories ( AZ Abn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted March 25, 2015 Share #555 Posted March 25, 2015 A Capt. and Lt. of the 1st infantry Division somewhere in North Africa. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted March 25, 2015 Share #556 Posted March 25, 2015 1st pattern winter combat jacket worn by the Lt. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroAlpha Posted March 27, 2015 Share #557 Posted March 27, 2015 What a great virtual photo album! Here's a couple of my WWII entries: My maternal grandfather, Woodrow Wilson Stillwell is the soldier on the bicycle (far left of photo). He was a fifty cal gunner on one of the scout jeeps, Company M, 291st Infantry, 76th ID. This photo may have been taken in either Belgium or in France. Note the soldier wearing the western style pistol rig on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroAlpha Posted March 27, 2015 Share #558 Posted March 27, 2015 This is my paternal grandfather, Owen Lasiter. I really don't know too much about his service time or the story behind this photo, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroAlpha Posted March 27, 2015 Share #559 Posted March 27, 2015 Here's another of Woody Stillwell and a scout jeep from the 76th ID. I colorized it on Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted March 27, 2015 Share #560 Posted March 27, 2015 Great photos guys. Hope you'll keep posting them. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcmac Posted March 27, 2015 Share #561 Posted March 27, 2015 These are the Hunter brothers. Left to right: John C. Hunter, Jr. entered service 9/16/42 served on USS Denebola & USS Sigourney; Harry C. Hunter, entered service 11/11/42, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO; William C. Hunter, entered service 11/19/42 buried at Jefferson Barracks; Lewis B. Hunter, entered service 10/23/43 served in Btry G, 1st Bn, 11th Marines, 1st MarDiv., buried at Jefferson Barracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackiswhack140 Posted April 13, 2015 Share #562 Posted April 13, 2015 http://imgur.com/dWqLrIj This is my grandpa after an artillery shell hit his bumper and deflected off. Had it hit 2 feet to the left I probably wouldn't be here. He had a few more near death encounters but that's another story. His unit, the 65th Armored Field Artillery earned 7 battle stars and fired 150,916 rounds in combat. I was the only one he really ever talked to about the war. He got me into this hobby http://imgur.com/Jxavxcr this is my favorite picture of him, It was taken near Frankfurt, Germany. I'm going to try to replicate this photo at a reenactment later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted April 13, 2015 Share #563 Posted April 13, 2015 Love these old photos, ED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 22, 2015 Share #564 Posted April 22, 2015 A photo taken sometime in the Summer of 42 This has to be the weirdest photo I ever seen in so far as illusions. Note the placement of the closure of the shirts and the direction of the ties and how their tucked, not to mention the shoulder patch where we're seeing it, a reverse photo right, then how do we explain the sign their both holding??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 22, 2015 Share #565 Posted April 22, 2015 Two 2nd Cavalry Cavalrymen one named I think Young the other Bertram, stateside I imagine before going overseas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted April 22, 2015 Share #566 Posted April 22, 2015 Maybe the message of your choice was added after the photo was taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 22, 2015 Share #567 Posted April 22, 2015 Maybe the message of your choice was added after the photo was taken? Ah the early 1940s version of photo shop, that's really the only thing that makes sense, because as we see they're holding this little sign by a string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted April 22, 2015 Share #568 Posted April 22, 2015 Here's a staged photo, look at size of this guys hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted April 25, 2015 Share #569 Posted April 25, 2015 These photograph's posted on this thread are outstanding, So my contribution, Here's my Dad, my hero, my best friend for ever! I miss you Dad. Pvt. Richard Elsea 268th Coast Artillery. This was taken on New Guinea (wearing a Navy uniform) purchased from a sailor on the troopship, He would go on the upper decks and sleep in the sun, he never got caught! 2nd photo taken at Fort Monroe, VA. 2nd Coast artillery, Battery Parrot. before transferred to the 268th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted April 25, 2015 Share #570 Posted April 25, 2015 268th C.A., Very nice photos and a great tribute to your Dad. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted June 10, 2015 Share #571 Posted June 10, 2015 Found this today. No other ID other than the name Fr. Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted November 1, 2015 Share #572 Posted November 1, 2015 My father-in-law Cpl. David E. Ferguson, G Co. 334th INF 84th Div. early in training. His buddy may have been a man named Rabinowitz of whom he often spoke of. He later became Platoon Sgt before shipping overseas. Was wounded and evac'd stateside sometime after Battle of the Bulge and unit began ops in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofaFlyingDeuce Posted November 3, 2015 Share #573 Posted November 3, 2015 It's possible that my uncle, a combat medic with the 84th Division, "Railsplitters" ('Lincoln's Own' because one of its units had been commanded by Abe Lincoln), at the Battle of the Bulge, attended to your father-in-law. The fighting was savage; the Germans used the white circle with the red cross on the American medics' helmets as bulls-eyes. Consequently, the medics stopped wearing their distinctive helmets and armbands and started packing .45s for self defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooley12 Posted November 19, 2015 Share #574 Posted November 19, 2015 A picture of my dad, the Ranger, visiting his brother with the 449th Bombardment Group at Grottaglie, Italy. March(?) 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooley12 Posted November 19, 2015 Share #575 Posted November 19, 2015 Lets get the whole family in. My mom, Julianna and hers sibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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