Photos WW2 US Forces

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Point Brocard in Normandy, D-Day

 

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US soldiers from the 1st Special Service Force (a joint Canadian–US commando unit known as "The Devil's Brigade") with an M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun, take a quick rest on the Anzio Beachhead in Italy in April, 1944.

 

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Two GIs with the 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” take a break near Stolberg, Germany - November 1944

 

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Marines in training at Montford Point, near Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 1945.

 

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GI’s from H Co., 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Seventh Army arrive at a rest area in the small French village of Bult on the 11th November 1944

 

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Marines in training at Montford Point, near Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 1945.
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Who Were the Montford Point Marines? - JSTOR Daily

The first African-American recruits in the Marine Corps trained at Montford Point, eventually ending the military’s longstanding policy of racial segregation.

daily.jstor.org

 

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Sailors on Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41) enjoy some coffee during Operation Torch - November 1942

 

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Seabee's European Operations

 

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US Personnel at the docks in Casablanca Harbor after Operation Torch - Nov / Dec 1942

 

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LVT-4 Amtrak unloading a jeep in Leyte Philippines - December 1944

 

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LVT-4 Amtrak “Violator” crossing a river in Leyte Philippines - December 1944

 

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An 8” gun M1 somewhere in NW Europe - December 1944

 

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B-24 venting from her #1 engine after a mission on Munich. Note the #4 engine is damaged and feathered as well.

 

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85-foot Crash Boat “Princess” photographed from USS Orca off of Leyte Philippines - December 1944
“Crash Boats” were high speed boats designed to rescue the crews of aircraft which crashed at sea.
US Crash Boat development came from British experience with high-speed launches (HSL) used by the RAF Marine Branch to rescue the crews of aircraft downed in the English Channel.
The 85-foot Crash Boats used two Packard V12 4M-2500 Engines, this was the same engine used in the PT-Boats.
In addition to their original usage, Crash Boats were also utilized for other purposes, including use by the OSS for special operations.

 

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A jeep next Vichy French SS Porthos resting against the docks in Casablanca Harbor after Operation Torch - Nov/Dec 1942

 

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That's an amazing picture!! Wow!!

 

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20 December 2003. Death of Staff Sergeant Alan Eugene Magee (b. 13 January 1919). American WWII airman who, on 3 January 1943, survived a 22,000-foot fall without parachute from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress

 

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