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Pointing out the damage done to the coaxial MG port on M26E Pershing ”Fireball” of Task Force Welborn, 1 Battalion, 33 AR, 3 AD by Tiger I #201 from s.Pz.Abt.301(Fkl) in Elsdorf, Germany on 26 February 1945 which killed Fireball's gunner Cpl John McGraw and loader Pfc Francis Rigdon
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A team of Alamo Scouts in February 1944. The U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit operated in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The unit is best known for its role in liberating American POWs from the Japanese POW camps as well as sabotage, raiding and Intelligence gathering behind Japanese lines.
The Alamo Scouts performed 110 known missions behind enemy lines, mainly in New Guinea and the Philippines, without losing a single man. In 1988, the soldiers of the Alamo Scouts were awarded the Special Forces Tab in recognition for their services in World War II, including them in the lineage of the current United States Army Special Forces.
The Alamo Scouts performed 110 known missions behind enemy lines, mainly in New Guinea and the Philippines, without losing a single man. In 1988, the soldiers of the Alamo Scouts were awarded the Special Forces Tab in recognition for their services in World War II, including them in the lineage of the current United States Army Special Forces.
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Knocked out M4 Sherman's from 21st Tank Battalion, 10th Armored. They were knocked out and burned when they attempted to take a town defended by the 17th Volksgrenadier Division and a single Tiger tank from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506. The Tiger holed 5 Shermans that day. The closest Sherman is an M4A3 and the one in the background is an M4A3(76)
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An M18 Hellcat from Company B, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The 705th was one of the armored units that were inside the perimeter of Bastogne and provided excellent support to the 101st. Two platoons were attached to the 502nd PIR. On Christmas Day, the 115th Kampfgruppe of the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division pierced the Bastogne perimeter via Flamizoulle. The 115th KG [4 battalions infantry, 2 battalions armored field arty, a company of self-propelled guns] was led by 17-18 Panzer IVs.
In the initial engagement these 2 M18s were destroyed, yet in a sharp action the remaining two M18s knocked out 3 Panzer IVs. In the ensuing battle the 502nd, along with a group of Shermans, another platoon of M18s, at least one battery of 105mm arty, the 115th KG was eliminated and the perimeter lines were restored. One battalion of the 115th KG had lost all of their staff and senior officers. The remnants of the battalion retreated under the command of a 19 yr. old lieutenant.
In the initial engagement these 2 M18s were destroyed, yet in a sharp action the remaining two M18s knocked out 3 Panzer IVs. In the ensuing battle the 502nd, along with a group of Shermans, another platoon of M18s, at least one battery of 105mm arty, the 115th KG was eliminated and the perimeter lines were restored. One battalion of the 115th KG had lost all of their staff and senior officers. The remnants of the battalion retreated under the command of a 19 yr. old lieutenant.
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USMC M3 Stuart disabled by a Japanese mine during an ambush at Bougainville on November 14th 1943. In the second image, to the lower left the body of a US Marine that was used as bait for the ambush can be seen. As the M3 Stuart tank moved forward to cover the retrieval of the remains, it struck a mine and was disabled. First Lieutenant Leon A. Stanley was killed by small arms fire as soon as he exited the vehicle, and his body can be seen on the ground just behind the tank
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1st April 1945, The Battle of Okinawa began. 50,000 US casualties with 12,500 dead. Japan 110,000 killed, 7,000–15,000 captured and 40,000–150,000 civilians perished out of an estimated prewar population of 300,000
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