Photos WW2 US Forces

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Two Marines, having made the Iwo Jima beach, pause to consider what lies ahead of them before moving on.” From the Thayer Soule Collection (COLL/2266) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

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A column of M3 Stuart tanks of the 5th Armored Division, is training with A-20 bombers in the Mojave desert of California in October 1942.

 

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Caught in the dead of winter without proper clothing, a GI layers himself with whatever scraps of fabric he could find. Battle of the Bulge

 

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Members of the Kauai Volunteers display bolos during inspection. The Kauai Volunteers were a Hawaiian militia unit formed in February 1942 due to fears of Japanese invasion during WWII. The regiment sized formation was primarily formed from Filipino agricultural workers. Circa 1942

 

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Captain Richard Winters and his best friend Captain Lewis Nixon of the 101st airborne division. France 1944

 

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A staged LIFE magazine photo of a waist gunner in a B 17 bomber.

 

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Battle for Guam, 1944. American Marines of the 1st Provisional Brigade sit in pouring rain while one of them uses a radio for communication during a lull in the fighting for the Orote Pennisula. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

 

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A US Marine reaches through the barbed wire of a civilian containment area to give a young Japanese boy candy during the Battle of Tinian. 1944

 

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A medic from the 1st Infantry Division helps a wounded German soldier in Normandy. July 1944

A medic and infantryman from the 70th Infantry Division take cover from German artillery. February 17, 1945

An M4A3E8 and other vehicles of the 11th Armored Division crossing the Mühl River in Austria, May 1945.

 

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"FLATFOOTFLOOGIE", a M4A3E8 of the 41st Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division, 24 March 1945 Germany

M4A3(76) 31st Tank Battalion 7th Armored Division

 

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Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division fighting on the Streets of Manila -1945, Dewey Blvd

US troops storm the south bank of the Pasig River during the American assault on the Walled City in Manila on February 23, 1945.

 

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USS North Carolina, 17th April 1942

USS Paul G. Baker with a significant portion of her crew on deck, 1944-45.

 

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USS Indianapolis preparing to leave Tinian for Leyte after delivering atom bomb components, 26 July 1945.

 

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USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) and USS Missouri (BB-63) refuelling from USS Tappahannock (AO-43), 8 July 1945

 

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An Electric Boat employee uses a curve template to ensure accuracy as he rolls a steel plate into a piece of submarine hull, 1943

An Electric Boat employee works on top of USS Cochino (SS 345), with the soon to be launched USS Blenny (SS 324) in the background, 1944

USS North Carolina (BB-55), circa mid-1945

 

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Captain Richard Winters and his best friend Captain Lewis Nixon of the 101st airborne division. France 1944

Looks like Mourmelon.

 

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Caught in the dead of winter without proper clothing, a GI layers himself with whatever scraps of fabric he could find. Battle of the Bulge

He is wearing the gas hood under his helmet

 

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USS Indianapolis preparing to leave Tinian for Leyte after delivering atom bomb components, 26 July 1945.

Possibly the last photograph of the Indianapolis, right?

 

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Possibly the last photograph of the Indianapolis, right?

Pretty much mate

 

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USS Wasp (CV-7) in early 1942, at the Norfolk Navy Yard.

USS Baltimore (CA-68) at Mare Island on 16 July 44

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) coming into Ulithi Anchorage on 24 November 1944, during a break in operations off the Philippines. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has autographed the original print.