Photos Photos of the US Army in the ETO

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WACs attached to an 8th Air Force Base in England gather around the control tower to watch for planes returning from a mission. 30 April 1944.

 

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Patton.

 

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Salerno Italy Beachhead Landings - September 1943
These landings were a part of Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of Italy
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

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USS Philadelphia CL-41 photographed off of Salerno Italy during Operation Avalanche - September 1943
LIFE Magazine Archives - J R Eyerman Photographer

 

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British Churchill 'Crocodile' flamethrower tanks assist US forces during the Battle for Brest, France - September 1944
One of the most feared weapons-systems of WW2, the British Churchill 'Crocodile' replaced the bow MG with a flame thrower
The gasoline fuel for the flame thrower was carried within an armoured trailer towed behind the tank via an ingenious universal coupling
When the fuel was exhausted the trailer could be jettisoned and the Churchill could continue to fight as a regular tank
Note some of the Churchill’s have US style "rhino" hedgecutters fitted
LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman Photographer

 

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AWESOME Photos of the Italian Salerno invasion, VERY NICE, thanks for posting....More please if you've got them!!

VERY COOL pictures of the Churchill tanks in Normandy, don't see much of that either and all with the flame-throwing kit......beautiful!!

 

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American soldiers at the German tank Pz.Kpfw. VI "Tiger I" (turret no. 211) from the schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301), knocked out by a T26E3 "Pershing" tank from the 3rd Armored Division of the US Army in Elsdorf (Elsdorf). February 1945.
The "Tiger I" was hit on February 27, 1945 by the T26E3 Pershing tank under the command of Sergeant Nick Mashlonik (Nicholas Mashalonik; 1919 - 1985).
The tank was hit by two rounds from a distance of approximately 900 yards (822 m).
The first round (armor-piercing sub-caliber T30E16 HVAP) damaged the right gear of the tank, the second (armor-piercing T33) pierced the cannon mask, causing an internal explosion.
Silently later, Mashlonik's Pershing knocked out two German Pz.Kpfw tanks. IV from the 9. Panzer-Division.
Photo source: NARA./vn-parabellum

 

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Dutch children greet paratroopers of the US 506, 101Airborne Division, shortly after they landed near Son at Eindhoven, 17 September 1944. Note that the GI is armed with a Springfield 1903A3 with an attached M-8 grenade launcher.

 

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British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944.

 

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US Army Rangers rest on top of the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France. 6 June 1944.

 

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An airgunner stands before his B-24 bomber wearing what it took to survive at 25,000ft altitude, 1944.