Photos WW2 US Forces

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Servicemen load paintings and sculptures looted by Hermann Göring, discovered in a cave near Berchtesgaden in May, 1945.

 

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Fourth and Fifth Marine Divisions moving inland, Iwo Jima, 1945

 

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In July of 1943, Sgt. Norwood Dorman, tired & weary from his march to Brolo, Sicily, imitates the pose of an Italian statue dedicated to Italian World War I soldiers.

 

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Troops en route to Oran, Algeria, 15 June 1943 before the invasion of Sicily studying guidebooks for North Africa and otherwise passing the time in their bunks on board a U. S. Navy transport.
The ship may be USS James O'Hara (APA-90). Note that these men are armed with bolt-action Springfield rifles. They are from the 45th Infantry Division.

 

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A convoy of lorries under enemy artillery and mortar fire on the road between Son and Eindhoven, 20 September 1944. In the foreground American paratroopers shelter in a ditch. Operation Market Garden

 

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F4U Corsair, Torokina, Bougainville, December 1943.

 

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F-4U Corsair flown back to base after a dogfight off southern Kyushu, Japan. June 1945.

 

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That looks like a midair result with that Jap!!

 

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Grumman F4F Wildcat in the hangar deck of the USS Ranger, October 1942.

 

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Grumman F6F Hellcat naval fighters on the deck of Lexington-class aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) as fire erupts after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze off Iwo Jima, 21-Feb-1945.
It's worth noting that the elevator lines painted underneath the aft Hellcat are actually fake and meant to draw bomber / kamikaze aircraft away from the real elevators further aft.

 

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Pfc Edward Shea (of 27 Wentworth Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts) fills up his jeep in the sunshine at the petrol station in Burton Bradstock, Dorset. According to the original caption, the gas station has been taken over by the army. Pfc Shea is helped by local boys Freddy and Chris Kerley, Barry Kneale and Billy Hubbard: one boy works the petrol pump, one holds back the seat, one holds the hose and another cleans the windscreen''.

 

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Martin B-26B Marauders of the 320th Bombardment Group during a bombing raid on the railroad bridge at Albenga, Italy. 12 April 1944