Photos WW2 US Forces

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Nice pics, love the risqué art, and who knew that tour T-shirts were a thing in WW2?

 

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Those are simply fabulous photos. I've only had a chance to look at a few so far. So alive!

 

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Iceland 1944.

Us forces and installations as well as a few pics of civilians.

 

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Marines landing on Iwo Jima Feb 1945

Members of the Red Ball Express service a 2-1/2 ton truck

 

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In August of 1944, these Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division sang hymns while traveling by sea to southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. The Marne Division, now part of the XVIII Corps, was fighting under VI Corps.

 

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On this ridge two miles north of the city of Naha, Marines battled a strong enemy force for 48 hours before the position was captured, Okinawa, Japan, 1945. Here amid shellbursts and rifle fire, the Leathernecks prepare for the drive into the town. (Photo by PFC Lewis Giffin/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

 

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Waist gunners in a B-24 Liberator.