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Posted: 6/4/2018 11:06:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Troll_toes:
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Posted: 6/4/2018 11:52:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
MACs or Merchant Aircraft Carriers. They were oilers or freighters that were fitted with flight decks but no hangers and were used to provide air support for the convoy. Typically they carried four Hurricanes and unlike the CAM (catapult aircraft merchant ship) could recover their planes. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hawker_Hurricane_on_CAM_ship_catapult_c1941.jpg |
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Posted: 6/5/2018 12:15:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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1941 Odessa Romanian officers
Devils Brigade, First special Service Force US/Canadian unit (I think its a real photo, there are reinactor ones mixed in the feed, but this one shows up a bunch) 
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Posted: 6/5/2018 6:23:43 AM EDT
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Prob a real pic cause one of the guys on the left has a Johnson Light Machine Gun !!
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Posted: 6/5/2018 3:21:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Troll_toes]
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:07:38 PM EDT
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D Fucking Day bitches!
get some 82nd 
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:13:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EMSflyer:
Prob a real pic cause one of the guys on the left has a Johnson Light Machine Gun !! |
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:15:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:18:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeathHates:
Cool. Before escort carriers were widely available? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeathHates:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
MACs or Merchant Aircraft Carriers. They were oilers or freighters that were fitted with flight decks but no hangers and were used to provide air support for the convoy. Typically they carried four Hurricanes and unlike the CAM (catapult aircraft merchant ship) could recover their planes. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hawker_Hurricane_on_CAM_ship_catapult_c1941.jpg |
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:40:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:45:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By slama682:
Yup. Due to the type of cargo they carried the flight deck didn’t hamper their ability to move material while acting as a carrier too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By slama682:
Originally Posted By DeathHates:
Originally Posted By 4v50:
MACs or Merchant Aircraft Carriers. They were oilers or freighters that were fitted with flight decks but no hangers and were used to provide air support for the convoy. Typically they carried four Hurricanes and unlike the CAM (catapult aircraft merchant ship) could recover their planes. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hawker_Hurricane_on_CAM_ship_catapult_c1941.jpg |
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Posted: 6/5/2018 9:43:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/6/2018 11:48:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish:
Unusual spare tire on the jeep in the snow. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish:
Originally Posted By Troll_toes:
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Posted: 6/6/2018 6:59:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kfs35: My grandfather was a torpedoman on an Omaha, the Trenton (CL-11). He’s still with us at 94. |
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Posted: 6/6/2018 11:21:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Posted: 6/7/2018 1:02:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2018 1:04:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2018 1:09:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2018 11:34:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Posted: 6/8/2018 12:10:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2018 12:54:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RAINBOW6]
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Posted: 6/8/2018 1:42:06 PM EDT
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One of the most powerful photos posted here.
GIs executing Nazi concentration camp guards on the spot. I can't even imagine the level of disgust and hate those GIs felt towards those Nazis at that moment. After the war there was an investigation but nothing came from it. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 8:35:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EMSflyer:
One of the most powerful photos posted here. GIs executing Nazi concentration camp guards on the spot. I can't even imagine the level of disgust and hate those GIs felt towards those Nazis at that moment. After the war there was an investigation but nothing came from it. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 8:59:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeathHates: Cool. Before escort carriers were widely available? |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 9:11:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GonvilleBromhead]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Troll_toes:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_n6n49gm6CQ1rhvtmko1_1280-566287.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_ni5y2gkGtI1rhvtmko1_1280-566288.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_ni82usAvZ51rhvtmko1_1280-566289.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_nk77x38poy1rhvtmko1_1280-566290.JPG Edit: looks like a few have already correctly IDed this photo. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 9:37:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Troll_toes]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GonvilleBromhead:
One possible caption for the top photo... "18 SS guards captured at Dachau who were shot while reescaping" Edit: looks like a few have already correctly IDed this photo. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GonvilleBromhead:
Originally Posted By Troll_toes:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_n6n49gm6CQ1rhvtmko1_1280-566287.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_ni5y2gkGtI1rhvtmko1_1280-566288.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_ni82usAvZ51rhvtmko1_1280-566289.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109108/tumblr_nk77x38poy1rhvtmko1_1280-566290.JPG Edit: looks like a few have already correctly IDed this photo. American soldiers execute German Schutzstaffel (SS) camp guards as reprisals for the treatment of prisoners in the recently liberated concentration camp. Charges were drawn up against the US soldiers for the killing of prisoners of war, a war crime under the Geneva Convention of 1929, but all charges were ultimately dismissed under orders from US General Patton. Dachau, Germany. 29th of April 1945. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:07:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HootieWho]
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These pictures were taken by my Grandfather. He was assigned to a half track with a quad 50 in the 796th AAA. I know he had a Bronze Star IIRC for a ME-109 shot down in Operation Bodenplatte in ‘45.
He is the 3rd from the left on the back row. 
I’ve done a ton of research online about all the places he went and really want to go see some of the places he rolled through. Anyway.. I believe this is a tank hide. 
I am pretty sure this is near where they spent the end of the war. 
His unit and random guys in his unit. 
Metz France late 44/early 45. 
This place is still there today. Haus Hamburg near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. That is I think where they spent the wind down. 
Here it is today..  Inner liner of his butt pack 
His bible he was issued in ‘43, carried all through the war. 
Piece of ME-109 he shot down with the quad 50 that was strafing them on 1 Jan 1945. As mentioned above this plane was part of Operation Bodenplatte. 
Best I can tell this is a piece of a lead shingle. He wrote Bergard on it. If anyone knows what that might be I am very curious. 
He was a Tech Sgt/radio operator. At my Dad’s house I have several typed status reports he saved that were given to him to disseminate via radio. 2 of them are Stat reports that give congratulations for acheiving a certain objective and the info was penned by George S Patton. They are put up in storage and I need to find them. He died when I was a teen and I remember going through all his estate and finding stuff like that. He was my hero growing up, and it was surreal to find 2 typed letters with Patton’s name on them. I also have an Arty Luger he brought home, the original Geco 9mm ammo as well. By no means do I mean to diminsh the things Vets of other generations have done, but to me WWII vets stand out. Really was our greatest generation. ETA: if anyone knows Germany well and knows where those houses pictured above are, I would love to know. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:14:45 PM EDT
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Bergard could be Berteschgaden?
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:29:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunLvrPHD: The IG investigated some of the extra-judicial killings by US troops (including officers) in Southern Germany but I don't believe anyone was ever convicted. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 11:20:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2018 11:23:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
seen at least a dozen interviews where they said anyone SS was just shot right then, same for some pilots saying they would make a gun run and shoot german's in their parachutes when they had to bail out. they did have a few gun cam footage of that. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 11:33:11 PM EDT
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Tag for later. Impressive photos all, thank you for sharing.
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Posted: 6/9/2018 11:55:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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2cm flak has some details for the kill markings.
Rapido River Area, Italy! Preparing for enemy counter-attack   Fw 190A-5 with the under-wing WGr 21 rocket-propelled mortar  some British Home Guard stuff , a few of them I had never seen before. link |
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Posted: 6/9/2018 12:01:00 PM EDT
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Catapult launch from Hanger
No vacancy 
Brits. Note the Swordfish: 
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Posted: 6/10/2018 6:26:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GonvilleBromhead:
I remember an interview with Stephen Ambrose... he commented of some 2000 ETO veterans he interviewed about one-third said they witnessed GIs shooting prisoners, but only two admitted to shooting prisoners. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GonvilleBromhead:
Originally Posted By somedude:
seen at least a dozen interviews where they said anyone SS was just shot right then, same for some pilots saying they would make a gun run and shoot german's in their parachutes when they had to bail out. they did have a few gun cam footage of that. War is hell. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 6:39:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW:
I spoke with a 1st ID vet back in 1995 or so, I made it point to ask about SS troops he may have encountered - his response was "Anyone with lightning on their collars didn't get taken prisoner". They shot SS troops who tried to surrender. War is hell. |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 7:34:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: cosmo05]
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My Uncle with his Sherman in WWII, he drove under Patton
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Posted: 6/12/2018 1:59:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2018 4:54:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Catapult launch from Hanger https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F36%2F22%2Fb9%2F3622b90ad99ec7dbca8835dbe7c66463.jpg&f=1 No vacancy https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwarphotos.info%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Fusa%2Faircrafts%2Ff4f-wildcat%2FF4F-4_Wildcats_packed_on_the_hangar_deck_of_the_USS_Charger_AVG-30_2_October_1942.jpg&f=1 Brits. Note the Swordfish: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7016%2F6601936855_002b1ac5aa_z.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 6/13/2018 7:26:26 PM EDT
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PBM-5A Mariner
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IL, USA
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Posted: 6/13/2018 9:25:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
One of our New Orleans class cruisers. The front fell off: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe1%2FNewOrleansTulagiBowMissing.jpg&f=1 Ship was beached and the bow was temporarily repaired with palm trunks. My Dad, God rest his soul, was there. I still have a lot of his items from that time. |
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Posted: 6/13/2018 10:36:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Kodiak, Alaska 1943
 Loading a 450lb depth charge into a Short Sunderland of No 10 Squadron RAAF at Pembroke   Sunderland Flying Boat In Dry-Dock at Bruichladdich 
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Posted: 6/13/2018 11:37:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EMSflyer:
One of the most powerful photos posted here. GIs executing Nazi concentration camp guards on the spot. I can't even imagine the level of disgust and hate those GIs felt towards those Nazis at that moment. After the war there was an investigation but nothing came from it. |
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Posted: 6/13/2018 11:52:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m289271: USS Minneapolis. 17 battle stars in WWII. Took 2 torpedoes from a Jap sub at the battle of Tassaforanga. Ship was beached and the bow was temporarily repaired with palm trunks. My Dad, God rest his soul, was there. I still have a lot of his items from that time. 
My uncles who were in jr. high/high school worked here at Hunter's Point Naval Ship Yard during WW II: 
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Posted: 6/14/2018 12:32:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/14/2018 9:03:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/14/2018 10:20:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: another_shooter]
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My Mom (Mari) was in the Jerome (Arkansas) Relocation Center, which provided YWCA-USO hospitality for Nisei GI's training at Selby (Mississippi). So, a lot of soldiers left pics with her. Here's one sent by her cousin (I never heard of him) from Europe
 Attached FileHere's one around Jerome near one of the bridges (I think) the internee's built  Attached FileHere's my Dad in Japan ca 1946 (lower left)  Attached FileETA, my Mom was with some guy named Lewis, in camp back then.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/14/2018 11:13:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m289271: USS Minneapolis. 17 battle stars in WWII. Took 2 torpedoes from a Jap sub at the battle of Tassaforanga. Ship was beached and the bow was temporarily repaired with palm trunks. My Dad, God rest his soul, was there. I still have a lot of his items from that time. |
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Posted: 6/14/2018 11:12:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DeathHates]
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 USS Franklin. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Franklin_(CV-13)&ved=2ahUKEwjc7azG2dTbAhXH5oMKHSapD3MQFjABegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw0--aFzviQ_vZbxEpguvgO9 |
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Posted: 6/17/2018 9:43:15 AM EDT
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