Photos WW2 US Forces

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In preparation for an Allied forces parachute jump six miles east of The Rhine, an American paratrooper receives a Mohawk (aka Mohican) haircut, Arras, France. (Photo by Robert Capa)

 

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The glider landing area, where the Allied Airborne Army are landing across the Rhine at Wesel near the Dutch border, 24th March 1945.

 

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Paratrooper medic of the U.S. 17th Airborne Division treats a wounded paratrooper during the first moments of the invasion of Germany, September 25, 1945

 

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24th March 1945: Paratroopers of the 17th US Airborne Division descending near Wesel in Germany during the Allied Airborne Army operation to secure the Rhine crossing. (Photo by Robert Capa)

 

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A British Airspeed Horsa glider bringing in reinforcements at Wesel, Germany, for the Allied airborne assault operation to secure the Rhine crossing. Paratroopers of the US Airborne Division are in the foreground.

 

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US troops advancing through France are greeted by civilians near the village of Notre Dame de Cenily, August 1944. (Photo by Robert Capa)

 

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Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat. 6th June 1944. Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard

 

[uktabber]

GREAT Pics BZ......... No wonder they put you in charge of the site mate!!! Thanks for posting!

 

[Bellucciman]

I'm not sure if this link belongs in this thread but it's an interesting find!

Mysterious Ford automobile found in hangar of USS-Yorktown shipwreck that sank during WWII

The USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1937 and took part in several World War II missions in the Pacific before it went down following the Japanese attack.

nypost.com

 

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Battle of a Bulge.American G.I. and his unusual head cover

 

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Paratroopers of the 502nd Pathfinders, 101st Airborne Division, in Normandy after the Battle of Carentan - June 1944

 

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A convoy of M4 Sherman tanks and trucks in the 11th Armored Division crossing the Große Mühl river near Neufelden, Austria, in May, 1945.

 

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Crew and officers of two B-29s and three fighter planes aboard USS Tigrone (SS-419) after being forced down at sea, July 3, 1945.

 

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This M5A1 Stuart light tank, commanded by Sergeant Anthony I. Tomasheski and driven by Private Aaron D. Curry, belonged to the 70th Tank Battalion.
On 7 June 1944, it was knocked out at the junction of the D-974 and D-913 roads, just south of Saint-Côme-du-Mont, France.
The site would later be dubbed "Dead Man’s Corner" by Allied troops, as the commander’s body remained inside the wrecked tank for several days before it could be recovered.
The house in front of which the Stuart was destroyed had been repurposed by German forces as a field hospital during the battle.
After the war, the building was converted into a museum. Based on the small puncture visible on the tank’s flank, it is believed that the Stuart was destroyed by a hollow-charge weapon—most likely a Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck.

 

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Battle of a Bulge.American G.I. and his unusual head cover
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Working on the tail fuse of a AN-M64 "Carpetbagger" General Purpose 500lb bomb in the forward bomb bay of a B-29 Superfortress.

 

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US Army Captain Earl Topley looking at a German soldier who had killed three of his men before his own death, Cherbourg, France, 27 Jun 1944

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US Marines at a field CP on Saipan - July 1944

 

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A waist gunner of a B-17 with a Browning .50-caliber machine gun. Note the flight control cables, overhead, and expended cartridge casings. “Body armor saved lives. An 8th Air Force study found that body armor prevented approximately 74 percent of wounds in protected areas. Once adopted in World War II, body armor reduced the rate of wounds sustained by aircrews on missions by 60 percent. Besides saving lives, body armor boosted aircrew morale during stressful missions over enemy territory.”

 

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601st Bombardment Squadron, 398th Bombardment Group (Heavy) B-17G 'Lovely Julie', flown back to the 398th's Nuthampstead base after a mission to Cologne on 15 Oct 1944. All survived except S/Sgt. George E. Abbott, the togglier (bomb aimer), who was killed instantly.