First thread was a reasonable success but has since hit the image limit>go to https://catalog.archives.gov/>search some relevant term to your interests>set filters to "available to access online">bring back something coolThis particular image I had to butcher to get it under 4MB as the original was over 80 in tif format
>Signal corp cameraman Harold Roberts points to a hole in his steel helmet, made by enemy shell fragment as he was photographing action of 3rd Armored Division troops in Belgium.
>A pair of Tiger Brigade M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and an M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle provide security for the 2nd Marine Division area of responsibility near Al Jahra after the Operation Desert Storm cease-fire. A destroyed Iraqi tank is in the background
>A Marine Patherjet in run prior to releasing four napalm bombs. The target is a troop billeting and supply area in Communist Korea.
>Graphic view of a German pilot taking to his parachute after losing an aerial duel with an 8th Air Force fighter pilot. The first four views show the Focke Wulf 190 as the American airman closes in on it. The last two views show the Nazi pilot being lifted clear of the plane as he jumps out. Notice the flame bursting from the wing root of the plane, result of strikes from the American guns. These are excerpts from the motion picture gun camera record of the action. On the day these pictures were taken the pilot also knocked down another FW 190. The victorious pilot was Capt. Alvin M. JuchheimAlright you fuckers go find some
Imagine how much tail this guy pulled in on shore.
Needed this guy when we played QotS
>tells new story every nightSometimes I forget GI can be witty as hell.
Shark tooth B17 is cool
>Raymond Emerdge, tentatively identified as the son of an American officer, shows Major Will Wilson of Dallas, Texas, where he was held by the Japs for three years. He was picked up by guerrillas near I Corps Headquarters on Luzon, P. I.The face shows relief but the eyes show sadness.
>Captain and Mrs. Alfredo Soniega. Formerly commanding officer of Squadron 268, of the Guer rillas, Capt. Soniega is now attached to a U.S. infantry regiment. Mrs. Soniega travels with her husband and helps him fight. P. I.GIWTWM
>gas mask with filter removed and replaced with cigarette to torture with smoke inhalation Interesting
Wtf is this? Never seen until now>M4 4.2 recoiless mortar experimented with by Chemical Warfare.
>POW points out gun positions on map
>>64775983we mascot posting?>Mascot Meets Master. The English Bull ['Yank'], mascot of the Us 8th AF Base, meets his master, Capt. James Duffy of Mt. Clair, N. J., upon the pilot's Return from a mission.
>"Frank" a 15th AAF group mascot, looks on approvingly at the nose decorations on "Howling Wolf," a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, based in southern Italy, one of the many 15th AAF heavy bombers howling over German territory. "Adolph" is much more affected by "Howling Wolf" than is the pup.
>Gunnery Sergeant Benjamin Belcher and Sergeant Jiggs, Mascot, in a Vought Training Plane at Quantico (1924)
>Squadron Mascot - A Puma named Chetta with Pilot Lt. Joseph Slade and Cpl. Billy Papass standing by. Panama.
>Sack Time - With a steel helmet for a pillow and the coral ground for a bed, a Sixth Division Marine and "friend" take a well earned nap in front of a 105mm howitzer on Okinawa. The tired artilleryman is Private John W. Emmons, 210 20th Avenue, Sheffield, Alabama. His friend is the unit's mascot
>Flight and ground crew talking over the 50th mission under the nose of B-17 "Idiot's Delight" mascot "Flak Jr." is being held by one of the crew.Pilot 1st Lt. Austin E. Francis of Collinsville Ill. signs for as M/Sgt. Rensrose A. Bingman of Reading, Pa. crew chief looks on (center).
>Members of the crew of a Boeing B-17, based at Suffolk, England, pose with Moe, their donkey mascot, after returning from a hard two month's mission in Africa. 28 August 1943.
>Brig. Gen. Lucius R. Holbrook congratulating "Rags", 1st Div. World War mascot, Governors Island, New York. November 3, 1930.
>Russian boy is adopted by Co. F, 175th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division, 9th U S Army as their mascot. His greatest enjoyment is searching S. S. Trooper's rolls. Both of his parents were killed in Kiev, Russia and his ambition is to avenge his parents' death. Capt. Le Roy S. Stanley, C. O. made him honorary 1st Sergeant, known to men in the unit as Ivan, he has already earned his Good Conduct Medal. Uniform was made by Army nurses. CO. F., 175 Inf., 20 Inf Div.
I'll do you one better than a mascot, this horse has a more decorated service record than most human troops>Lieutenant Colonel Richard Rothwell reads citation from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, elevating Sergeant Reckless to Staff Sergeant and elevating her colt Private Fearless to Private First Class.
Fw-190 in pursuit of a B-17
>>64777218How much English do you think Ivan spoke before rescue?Wonder what he did after the war, went home or found a new one.
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>>64777759>bumping without contentyikes
>>64775747>The big bazooka, Korean War>Infantrymen fire the 3.5" rocket during the Korean War, highly effective against enemy.
>>64777145I actually have a few pictures of the Jiggs (plural) on my hard drive.
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>>64778003And another Smedley
