C-914 - An Italian who lost his leg in the bombing of the railroad station at Viareggio a year ago looks at the mass of destruction in the town. 1945. photo

5 месяцев

C-2363 - Pfc. James C. Brown of Tulsa, Okla., enjoys his first American beer and pretzels at Camp Oklahoma City, one of the camps set up for redeploying the American Army to the U.S. and the South Pacific. photo

11 месяцев

C-2557 - Somewhere in England, a Wac learns about old sailing ships from a good authority. photo

11 месяцев

C-842 - The airport control tower is located in this junked B-24. The control man stands in the space once occupied by the top gun turret. Alaska. photo

11 месяцев

C-857 - A member of the Signal Corps wearing a field pack sends a message over a field telephone during training in the field. photo

11 месяцев

C-878 - Maintenance crew repair a P-39 on an airfield in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. photo

11 месяцев

C-2375 - Striding up the gangplank to board a CBI-bound vessel is Cpl. Charles Hannon, Akron, Ohio, who left with his Combat Engineer unit from the Calais Staging Area, near Marseilles, Southern France, to the Pacific. photo

11 месяцев

C-2309 - Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, U.S. Army. 1945. photo

11 месяцев

C-926 - While one American soldier raises a Cuban flag, two soldiers stand at attention and salute. Cuba. photo

11 месяцев

C-3271 - T/Sgt. John Carter, Waltersboro, South Carolina, uses 6x30 Westinghouse binoculars to observe enemy activities for range on his .30 caliber machine gun. May, 1945. photo

11 месяцев

C-3032 - American soldiers operate a 155mm howitzer gun against the Germans near the Siegfried Line. 1944. photo

11 месяцев

C-868 - Members of Co. D, 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Div., prepare to fire their mortar from newly-captured ground in Germany. photo

11 месяцев

C-780 - Capt. James H. Page, Los Angeles, California, attached to the 92nd (Negro) Div., Medical Supply, stands in an incompleted ship turret bearing Nazi emblem in a shipyard near Viareggo, Italy. photo

11 месяцев

C-1122 - Infantrymen of the 88th Division march along picturesque mountain highway #64 leading to Bologna. Little resistance was encountered in this sector. photo

11 месяцев

C-1092 - Trucks and Jeeps which will carry men and supplies to the front lines of the Invasion are loaded onto an American landing craft in a British harbor. June, 1944. photo

11 месяцев

C-912 - Sgt. Clark E. Hillard of Minturn, Colorado, carries metal link ammunition to reload .50 calibre guns on this B-25. Alaska. 1944. photo

11 месяцев

C-1123 - Combat soldiers while away time with a game of darts as they await the signal which will send them from England to Hitler's Europe for the big day. photo

11 месяцев

C-3161 - Pfc. Edward Tenney, Jr., of Gorham, N.H., "rappelling" down a cliff with the aid of ropes, so U.S. high-altitude fighters, now in training at Camp Hale, Colorado, learn to inch their way up and down cliffs... photo

11 месяцев

C-885 - L-R: Albert Boettner, Bronx, N.Y., assistant to diver; Michael Obrine, diver; E. L. Kennedy, Jackson, Miss., assistant to diver. photo

11 месяцев

C-882 - Lt. Frederick Moore Jr. of Charlotte, N.C., who was awarded the Air Medal. Aleutians. photo

11 месяцев

C-915 - Showing the front view of a P-51 with two pilots repairing the top of the plane. Alaska. photo

11 месяцев

C-1078 - Three soldiers on top of a halftrack make last minute check on their guns and equipment prior to boarding a ship for the invasion. photo

11 месяцев

C-959 - Fifth Army soldiers sing hymns during Easter sunrise services high in the Apennine Mountains in Italy. Organist is S/Sgt. William D. Wilkins. photo

11 месяцев

C-1105 - Drum-head service led by Capt. M. S. Ragan, Catholic Padre, at a pioneer flying fortress base in England, prior to the Crew's setting out on a daylight attack on Nazi-dominated Europe. photo

11 месяцев

C-2351 - Part of the 87th "Golden Acorn" Inf. Division arrives at Camp Oklahoma City for redeployment. photo

11 месяцев

C-921 - This is the exterior of the Red Cross center at Viareggio, Italy, formerly used by German and Italian troops. photo

11 месяцев

C-1098 - A stacked-down echelon of P-51 Mustang fighters heading homeward after an uneventful bomber escort mission over Europe, photo

11 месяцев

C-2366 - No caption. photo

11 месяцев

C-801 - Adak Island, Aleutians. Capt. Morgan A. Griffin San Antonio, Texas. C.O. of a fighter squadron in the Aleutians. photo

11 месяцев

C-721 - An open balcony door is an observation post for Pfc. Charles E. Showe, Hagerstown, Maryland, of the 29th Inf. Div., near Schophoven, Germany. photo

11 месяцев

C-854 - Two members of the Signal Corps during training in the field operate a field telephone switchboard. photo

11 месяцев

C-766 - Lt. Francis P. Mulhair, South Norwalk, Conn., who recently received a battlefield commission, stands in front of damaged coastal defense guns in the Italian-German proving grounds in Viareggio, Italy. photo

11 месяцев

C-2367- The last coffee and donuts in France before U.S. troops embark for the good old U.S. and 30 day furloughs before going to the Pacific. July, 1945. photo

11 месяцев

C-682 - Soldiers of Co. C, 48th Battalion, 7th Armored Division, garbed in snowsuits walk through the snow-covered streets of St. Vith, Belgium. 24 January, 1945. photo

11 месяцев

C-3026 - Field line telephones must be laid and kept in repair on the frontlines for vital communications. photo

11 месяцев

C-982 - An Icelandic trawler, coming into docks after spending a few days fishing. Reykjavik, Iceland. 30 March, 1943. photo

11 месяцев

C-862 - Cpl. James Glending, left, and Cpl. James Kenning take a brief rest during a mountain climbing trip in Greenland. photo

11 месяцев

C-956 - Rubber boats launched over side of Auxiliary Personnel Craft by troops of 32nd Div. of Camp Cable, Queensland, Australia as part of their amphibian training at U.S. Navy Base, Landing Force Equipment Depot, at Nelson's Bay, NSW, Australia. photo

11 месяцев

C-2360 - U.S. troops board a troop and freight ship at Le Havre, France, bound for the United States. July, 1945. photo

11 месяцев

C-898 - An M-5 tank used during training operations. U.S.A. photo

11 месяцев