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A-36A Mustang aircraft 'Judy' of 522nd Fighter Squadron, US 86th Fighter-Bomber Group after a forced landing at Gaudo Airfield, Southern Italy, Feb 22, 1944.
Per David Stubblebine: "Lt Charles Dills was pulling out of a dive on a practice flight when the upper canopy came loose and struck him on the head, knocking him unconscious. He remembers nothing until he awoke while sliding to a stop across his home airfield. He must have had some awareness in between since his landing gear was down and he was properly lined up on the field. The plane was written off but Dills returned to the flight schedule the following day."
United States Army Air Forces
Per David Stubblebine: "Lt Charles Dills was pulling out of a dive on a practice flight when the upper canopy came loose and struck him on the head, knocking him unconscious. He remembers nothing until he awoke while sliding to a stop across his home airfield. He must have had some awareness in between since his landing gear was down and he was properly lined up on the field. The plane was written off but Dills returned to the flight schedule the following day."
United States Army Air Forces
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Within the cramped confines of the fuselage of their B17 "Little Bill", in Tunisia c. 1943, and having just returned from a mission, a pair of aerial-gunners begin the process of removing the outer-layers of their flight clothing.
The standard shearling B3 / A3 jacket and trousers combination was both heavy and bulky but absolutely necessary to keep them warm and alive in the freezing temperatures which prevailed at operational altitudes...especially with the slipstream howling through the open waist positions!
The airman in the foreground...the ball-turret gunner... has stripped down to his F1 "blue bunny suit" a one-piece electrically heated under-garment which plugged into a rheostat on the aircraft's bulkhead...a connector can be seen on his arm.
Over this would often have been worn an A-4 flight suit and beneath it OD wool pants and shirt, and finally a wool under-shirt and "long-johns"!
Obviously, the number of layers the airmen elected to wear would have been determined by the duration and altitude of the mission ahead of them.
He wears a Type A9 flying helmet with added leather ear-cups, and Type B7 goggles.
(LIFE / Bourke-White)
The standard shearling B3 / A3 jacket and trousers combination was both heavy and bulky but absolutely necessary to keep them warm and alive in the freezing temperatures which prevailed at operational altitudes...especially with the slipstream howling through the open waist positions!
The airman in the foreground...the ball-turret gunner... has stripped down to his F1 "blue bunny suit" a one-piece electrically heated under-garment which plugged into a rheostat on the aircraft's bulkhead...a connector can be seen on his arm.
Over this would often have been worn an A-4 flight suit and beneath it OD wool pants and shirt, and finally a wool under-shirt and "long-johns"!
Obviously, the number of layers the airmen elected to wear would have been determined by the duration and altitude of the mission ahead of them.
He wears a Type A9 flying helmet with added leather ear-cups, and Type B7 goggles.
(LIFE / Bourke-White)
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An F6F Hellcat prepares to lauch from a USN carrier somewhere in the Pacific.
The whole event is being observed by a considerable number of crewmen both on and around the carrier's island...including a movie cameraman who is filming the action from his vantage point on the searchlight platform!
The camera has frozen the whirling of the propeller which imparts a great sense of movement!
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The whole event is being observed by a considerable number of crewmen both on and around the carrier's island...including a movie cameraman who is filming the action from his vantage point on the searchlight platform!
The camera has frozen the whirling of the propeller which imparts a great sense of movement!
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US Marine on Mount Suribachi, with landing craft in the background, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb 19-23, 1945.
United States Marine Corps
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Hearts and minds.
Official USCG Correspondent Victor Hayden, lights a cigarette for an Okinawan peasant woman, May 1945.
His M1 carbine has the then new fully adjustable rear sight which began to appear late in the war...but not yet the Type III barrel band with integral bayonet lug.
He also appears to have acquired a K-Bar knife.
The definition in this 75 year old image is so crisp that the rough texture on his M1 helmet is clearly visible...as are the Yale keys hanging from his belt!
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Official USCG Correspondent Victor Hayden, lights a cigarette for an Okinawan peasant woman, May 1945.
His M1 carbine has the then new fully adjustable rear sight which began to appear late in the war...but not yet the Type III barrel band with integral bayonet lug.
He also appears to have acquired a K-Bar knife.
The definition in this 75 year old image is so crisp that the rough texture on his M1 helmet is clearly visible...as are the Yale keys hanging from his belt!
(LIFE Collections)
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Looking just like a big-game hunter standing astride his kill, a GI surveys the wrecks of German vehicles bull-dozed off the road following the fighting in Italy's Liri Valley, during "Operation Diadem", May 1944.
The half-track is an SdKfz 251.
In the foreground is the barrel of a 75mm gun.
(LIFE / Mydans)
The half-track is an SdKfz 251.
In the foreground is the barrel of a 75mm gun.
(LIFE / Mydans)
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"Hey! Who are you callin' "Dogface", buddy?!"
Rifleman Jesse Goin heads toward the front on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, February 1944.
He carries a full field-pack...plus his dog!
(LIFE / Strock)
Rifleman Jesse Goin heads toward the front on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, February 1944.
He carries a full field-pack...plus his dog!
(LIFE / Strock)
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US troops barter with a group of indigenous native tribesmen on the island of Guadalcanal, circa 1943.
The GI on the left is wearing a pristine Hawley helmet liner.
Note the edged weapon tucked in behind his leather M1916 holster. Possibly a Bolo, or else a privately procured knife?
(LIFE / Scherschel)
The GI on the left is wearing a pristine Hawley helmet liner.
Note the edged weapon tucked in behind his leather M1916 holster. Possibly a Bolo, or else a privately procured knife?
(LIFE / Scherschel)
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US Army Medical Department field hospital on the Anzio front in February 1944.
Conditions underfoot are evidently very bad.
A pair of medical orderlies transfer a casualty on a litter, possibly to the surgical tent?
Another orderly carries two X-Ray plates for the surgeon to study.
Meanwhile, in the background, the walking-wounded make their way around the site in their US MD bathrobes.
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Conditions underfoot are evidently very bad.
A pair of medical orderlies transfer a casualty on a litter, possibly to the surgical tent?
Another orderly carries two X-Ray plates for the surgeon to study.
Meanwhile, in the background, the walking-wounded make their way around the site in their US MD bathrobes.
(LIFE / Bourke-White)
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Even 5-star Generals needed a little help from their friends, from time to time!
Here, General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur's Jeep gets a tow through some glutinous mud by a Caterpillar dozer on the road to Manila, circa 1945.
Note the 5-star plate mounted on the Jeep's bumper.
The other Jeeps in the column following behind might not have been fortunate enough to receive such "royal" treatment!
(LIFE / Mydans)
Here, General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur's Jeep gets a tow through some glutinous mud by a Caterpillar dozer on the road to Manila, circa 1945.
Note the 5-star plate mounted on the Jeep's bumper.
The other Jeeps in the column following behind might not have been fortunate enough to receive such "royal" treatment!
(LIFE / Mydans)
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A beautifully timed, original colour transparency of a USN PBY flying by the dramatic backdrop of Segula Island in the Aluetians, circa 1944.
(LIFE / Kessel)
(LIFE / Kessel)
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Humorous military signage # 4.
Tarawa Atoll was place of terrible carnage but nevertheless there were still vestiges of humour!
"Golden gate in '48...Bread-line in '49".
(LIFE / Stackpole c. '44 )
Tarawa Atoll was place of terrible carnage but nevertheless there were still vestiges of humour!
"Golden gate in '48...Bread-line in '49".
(LIFE / Stackpole c. '44 )
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These US troops in North Africa abandoned their Jeeps and hit the proverbial dirt when they came under enemy fire.
The photographer must have been at risk too...but still managed to take the photograph!
(LIFE / Elisofon)
The photographer must have been at risk too...but still managed to take the photograph!
(LIFE / Elisofon)
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On February 19th 1945, troops of the United States Marine Corps begin the landing on the island of Iwo Jima.
The 36-day battle resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead. Japanese combat deaths numbered 3 times the number of American deaths. #WW2
From WWII Pictures (Twitter)
The 36-day battle resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead. Japanese combat deaths numbered 3 times the number of American deaths. #WW2
From WWII Pictures (Twitter)
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Vought OS2U Kingfisher operations on USS Texas BB-35 in early 1942
Both B/W and original color pictures
LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer
Both B/W and original color pictures
LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer
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Humorous military signage # 3.
This one was photographed in the American sector around Anzio, March 1944.
(LIFE / George Silk)
This one was photographed in the American sector around Anzio, March 1944.
(LIFE / George Silk)
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