Wailuna Posted April 4, 2013 Share #501 Posted April 4, 2013 A 7th Cavalry soldier on occupation duty in Japan ca. 1946, with a nice job of cross-stitching on his 1st Cav. patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 4, 2013 Share #502 Posted April 4, 2013 A 7th Cavalry soldier on occupation duty in Japan ca. 1946, with a nice job of cross-stitching on his 1st Cav. patch. Nice one, too bad no unit crests on worn as of yet, maybe he just arrived in Japan and was just recently assigned to the 1st Cav Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted April 5, 2013 Share #503 Posted April 5, 2013 ...too bad no unit crests worn as of yet... Here you go...: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted April 5, 2013 Share #504 Posted April 5, 2013 I have so many great pictures I have bought over the years it is hard to choose just a few. I think this picture tells a great story. In the back ground there are posters showing the fields of fire for a B-17 and B-24 so I think he is with the 8th AAF. In the many books I have read they talk about how tired they would get after a mission. Could be he fell asleep awaiting the mission briefing, or after. Who knows? I can relate this picture to what I have read about my favorite subject. Reminds me of a picture I have of my 1SG. We had been doing back to back 16hr+ deliberate clearance missions for weeks, he fell asleep in a house we set up in to take a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted April 5, 2013 Share #505 Posted April 5, 2013 a very and crips 8x10 photo taken on this Lt's wedding day. Does anyone know which unit patch this is? Mike WW2 Alaskan Air Command patch on his shoulder Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAM.12TN Posted April 27, 2013 Share #506 Posted April 27, 2013 This is my Great Uncle Harry O'Connor during the War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 27, 2013 Share #507 Posted April 27, 2013 This is my Great Uncle Harry O'Connor during the War. Great picture.I like the bag with the M-1A1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAM.12TN Posted April 28, 2013 Share #508 Posted April 28, 2013 Yes, that is a sweet looking rig. I have always wanted a paratrooper carbine. One of my best friends has one and he won't let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted April 28, 2013 Share #509 Posted April 28, 2013 some amazing pictures in this thread. bookmarked for later so I can see them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAM.12TN Posted April 28, 2013 Share #510 Posted April 28, 2013 This is my Great Uncle Myrl J. O'Connor. He was Killed In Action on February 10th, 1945 when his B-29 was brought down after a bombing mission. I was told that his plane made a crash landing in water and that he and other crewmen made it out. He went back in to help get others out when it went down, taking him with it. His name is listed on a memorial in the Punchbowl National Cemetery in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 28, 2013 Share #511 Posted April 28, 2013 This is my Great Uncle Myrl J. O'Connor. He was Killed In Action on February 10th, 1945 when his B-29 was brought down after a bombing mission. I was told that his plane made a crash landing in water and that he and other crewmen made it out. He went back in to help get others out when it went down, taking him with it. His name is listed on a memorial in the Punchbowl National Cemetery in Hawaii. So Sad.Thank you for sharing his picture and story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted April 28, 2013 Share #512 Posted April 28, 2013 Some of my favorites here...Black Troops from the 82nd and I Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted April 28, 2013 Share #513 Posted April 28, 2013 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted April 28, 2013 Share #514 Posted April 28, 2013 ...Interesting tag on his car "Road Devils" a car club started by WWII vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted April 28, 2013 Share #515 Posted April 28, 2013 Couple of 9th Infantry Division Privates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS60 Posted May 2, 2013 Share #516 Posted May 2, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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renfield Posted June 1, 2013 Share #520 Posted June 1, 2013 Nothing earth shattering but a nice colorized photo of a member of the Mighty Eighth! I think by the uniform it is post war. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 1, 2013 Share #521 Posted June 1, 2013 @renfield, the shirt on the 8th AF guy is indeed a WWII model, a earlier one, I forgot this description, a M1933 or 38?, you can tell it differs by the peated front button closeure. the wartime ones lacked this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted June 15, 2013 Share #522 Posted June 15, 2013 My uncle Carl Carpenter as a young buck private in the QM Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted July 20, 2013 Share #523 Posted July 20, 2013 Found this today at a flea mkt. 80th Div. Artillery Captain. Picture was taken at Ft Dix. No name unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 16, 2013 Share #524 Posted August 16, 2013 A III Amphibious Corp Gyreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 16, 2013 Share #525 Posted August 16, 2013 A unknown NCO in Dress Blues, he is IDed however as a Raider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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