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41-12416 Curtiss C-46A-15-CU with Caterpillar D6 with Hyster D6N
Photos WW2 US Forces
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Native labourers help transfer a consignment of fuel drums from a CCKW aboard a Curtiss C-46 "Commando" of the USAAF Air Transport Command, ahead of a flight over "the hump" (ie the Himalayas)
The girth of the fuselage and the capacious door indicate what a large aircraft this was and what a large payload it could carry when compared with the C-47 Skytrain.
However, these advantages were apparently off-set by the C-46's maintenance issues, with the C-47 being a much more reliable and serviceable aircraft.
The girth of the fuselage and the capacious door indicate what a large aircraft this was and what a large payload it could carry when compared with the C-47 Skytrain.
However, these advantages were apparently off-set by the C-46's maintenance issues, with the C-47 being a much more reliable and serviceable aircraft.
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Following the capture of Iwo Jima in March 1945, US Seabees moved in to rebuild facilities on the island.
In these two shots, Seabees with the 31st Naval Construction Battalion are building a road on the side of Mt. Suribachi - the very mountain where the famous photograph of six Marines raising the US flag was taken.
Photo U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
In these two shots, Seabees with the 31st Naval Construction Battalion are building a road on the side of Mt. Suribachi - the very mountain where the famous photograph of six Marines raising the US flag was taken.
Photo U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
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In the annals of American Generalship it has to be said that Major-General Lloyd R. Fredendall did not exactly cover himself in glory.
Under his command, the US Army in the form of the 2nd Corps, suffered its worst defeat to that date at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia.
Major-General Fredendall's grasp of the tactical situation was poor and he was responsible for some really questionable command decisions which cost his men dear.
He rarely visited the front. Instead, he ordered US Engineers to constuct an elaborate bunker system for him blasted out of solid rock some 70 miles behind the lines.
He also had an anti-aircraft assigned to him to protect his HQ from air attack.
When Generals Bradley and Eisenhower got wind of this they stopped by to "inspect" Fredendall's HQ.
Bradley was appalled at the waste of resources and Ike reminded him that he expected his Generals to lead from the front!
Following the debacle at Kasserine, Fredendall's sub-ordinate commanders had obviously lost confidence in him, so Supreme Commander General Eisenhower relieved him of his command and sent him back to the United States.
His first choice for a replacement commander was Major-General Earnest Harmon...but he declined.
So, the command of 2nd Army passed to Major-General George S. Patton.
The rest...as they say...is history!
Here we see Major-General Fredendall with his staff at his field HQ in Tunisia, February 1943, liasing with French General Marie-Joseph Welfert and his aide Lieutenant Henri Thewes who acted as their interpreter.
(LIFE / Elisofon)
Under his command, the US Army in the form of the 2nd Corps, suffered its worst defeat to that date at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia.
Major-General Fredendall's grasp of the tactical situation was poor and he was responsible for some really questionable command decisions which cost his men dear.
He rarely visited the front. Instead, he ordered US Engineers to constuct an elaborate bunker system for him blasted out of solid rock some 70 miles behind the lines.
He also had an anti-aircraft assigned to him to protect his HQ from air attack.
When Generals Bradley and Eisenhower got wind of this they stopped by to "inspect" Fredendall's HQ.
Bradley was appalled at the waste of resources and Ike reminded him that he expected his Generals to lead from the front!
Following the debacle at Kasserine, Fredendall's sub-ordinate commanders had obviously lost confidence in him, so Supreme Commander General Eisenhower relieved him of his command and sent him back to the United States.
His first choice for a replacement commander was Major-General Earnest Harmon...but he declined.
So, the command of 2nd Army passed to Major-General George S. Patton.
The rest...as they say...is history!
Here we see Major-General Fredendall with his staff at his field HQ in Tunisia, February 1943, liasing with French General Marie-Joseph Welfert and his aide Lieutenant Henri Thewes who acted as their interpreter.
(LIFE / Elisofon)
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This series of shots is very interesting and rather "unusual".
They were taken in Tunisia in March 1943.
Apart from the date and location I have no other information.
At face value, an RAF officer has borrowed an M1 rifle (interesting sling) and appears to be demonstrating bayonet drill...but without a bayonet...to a group of GIs!
Quite how or why an RAF officer would be demonstarting such a thing to a bunch of iUS nfantrymen is not known...if indeed that is what he is doing?!
Note he is wearing a brown leather jerkin over his blue suervice dress.
(LIFE / Elisofon)
They were taken in Tunisia in March 1943.
Apart from the date and location I have no other information.
At face value, an RAF officer has borrowed an M1 rifle (interesting sling) and appears to be demonstrating bayonet drill...but without a bayonet...to a group of GIs!
Quite how or why an RAF officer would be demonstarting such a thing to a bunch of iUS nfantrymen is not known...if indeed that is what he is doing?!
Note he is wearing a brown leather jerkin over his blue suervice dress.
(LIFE / Elisofon)
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M4A3 75mm Shermans in storage at Hawaii await shipment - December 1944 / January 1945
LIFE Magazine Archives - W. Eugene Smith Photographer
LIFE Magazine Archives - W. Eugene Smith Photographer
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He fought on Guadalcanal as a Carlson Raider, received a Purple Heart on Okinawa, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Korea . . . .
Semper Fi, Sgt Red Cloud!
Sgt. Mitchell Red Cloud, USMC, after returning from WWII. (PC: wikipedia)
A group of Marine Raiders stand in front of a captured Japanese dugout on Bougainville, 1944. (PC: USMC Archives)
Lillian “Nellie” Red Cloud, the mother of Cpl. Red Cloud, is presented her son’s Medal of Honor by General of the Army Omar Bradley at a Pentagon ceremony in April 1951. Red Cloud's younger brother is at his mother’s side.(PC: US Army)
The USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR-313). (PC: wikipedia)
Semper Fi, Sgt Red Cloud!
Sgt. Mitchell Red Cloud, USMC, after returning from WWII. (PC: wikipedia)
A group of Marine Raiders stand in front of a captured Japanese dugout on Bougainville, 1944. (PC: USMC Archives)
Lillian “Nellie” Red Cloud, the mother of Cpl. Red Cloud, is presented her son’s Medal of Honor by General of the Army Omar Bradley at a Pentagon ceremony in April 1951. Red Cloud's younger brother is at his mother’s side.(PC: US Army)
The USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR-313). (PC: wikipedia)
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Airfield mishaps involving USN Carrier Aircraft in Safi Morocco during Operation Torch - November 1942
The planes are from USS Santee CVE-29, a USN Sangamon class escort carrier
LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer
The planes are from USS Santee CVE-29, a USN Sangamon class escort carrier
LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer
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US Coast Guard personnel transporting supplies to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa Nov 20-23,1943; note the wreck of an American LCM in center of photo. She had been carrying a Marine medium Sherman tank to the beach but took a direct hit from Japanese shore batteries on Betio.
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U.S. Marine Corps detachment on USS Texas (BB-35) in early 1941 peace time era.
The colors are original.
The colors are original.
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US Navy destroyer launches depth charges to protect a convoy from German U-Boats.
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The Sullivan brothers, George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and Albert aboard the USS Juneau. Tragically all 5 died when the Juneau was torpedoed and sunk in 1942. This tragedy led the US government to impose a law to separate brothers and ensure that a brother always survives in case the others fall in combat. In the movie "Saving Private Ryan" this law goes into effect and is the main point of the plot.
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Men of Co. D, Provisional Anti-Tank Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, fire 81mm mortars during the Carolina Manuevers. November 1941.
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USS Cole DD-155 off of Safi Morocco during Operation Torch - November 1942
Picture taken from USS Philadelphia CL-41
On November 8, 1942, USS Cole landed 175 men of the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, under enemy fire on a pier at Safi, Morocco
USS Cole received the Presidential Unit Citation for her performance in this mission
USS Cole was a Wickes-class destroyer launched in 1919, she was named for Edward B. Cole, a United States Marine Corps officer who died as a result of the wounds he received at the Battle of Belleau Wood in WW1
In addition to the Presidential Unit Citation, USS Cole received three battle stars for her WW2 service, sold for scrap October 1947
LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer
Picture taken from USS Philadelphia CL-41
On November 8, 1942, USS Cole landed 175 men of the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, under enemy fire on a pier at Safi, Morocco
USS Cole received the Presidential Unit Citation for her performance in this mission
USS Cole was a Wickes-class destroyer launched in 1919, she was named for Edward B. Cole, a United States Marine Corps officer who died as a result of the wounds he received at the Battle of Belleau Wood in WW1
In addition to the Presidential Unit Citation, USS Cole received three battle stars for her WW2 service, sold for scrap October 1947
LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer
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