Photos WW2 US Forces

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Demonstration of the US Army 240mm / 9.4" Howitzer Motor Carriage Model T92 Developed during WW2, the first one was ready in July 1945, they were slated for use during the planned invasion of Japan, but the war ended before they could be used in combat, the production contracts were cancelled after the Japanese Surrender The only surviving T92 is preserved at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan
LIFE Magazine Archives - Mark Kauffman Photographer

 

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George Smith Patton Jr. November 11 1885- December 21 1945

 

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A Japanese boy believed to have come under protective custody of the U.S. military is pictured in this photo taken by the U.S. military on Saipan in July 1944. A caption by the U.S. military described him as a Japanese orphan and said that he was rescued as he was about to be thrown off a cliff by his father.

 

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In the Spring of 1942, while the enemy was rampaging through the Pacific, US Air Corps aviation cadets like my father were introduced to the AT-6 Texan (Advanced Trainer). For most of these pioneers it was their first plane with retractable landing gear. (image Wikipedia) At Grider Field in Pine Bluffs, Arkansas the young pilots practiced acrobatics and navigation over a 10-week course. They worked to advance through cadet training with the goal of becoming officers. Many washed out

 

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A civilian couple and their baby, after being liberated by the 11th Airborne Division from the Japanese POW camp, Los Baños, Philippines. February 23, 1945

 

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Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (Asst. Div. Cdr. 1st Infantry Div.), Major General Terry Allen (Commanding General 1st Infantry Div.), and Lieutenant General George Patton (Commander II Corps) observing the field near El Guettar, Tunisia, late Mar 1943.
United States National Archives

 

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Some B26 crew members of the 386th getting ready to go to work at Great Dunmow airfield, England 43-44

 

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The Raid at Cabanatuan also known as The Great Raid was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan City, Philippines. On January 30, 1945, during World War II, United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas liberated more than 500 from the POW camp.
Lead by Captain Juan Pajota and Lt. Col. Henry Mucci

 

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B-26 crew in Northern Africa.

 

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Battleship Iowa at Mers-el-Kabir. USN photo courtesy of Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa

 

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“Ethal Woodward, mechanic helper at Camp Gruber Motor Repair Shop, investigates the carburetor in an attempt to get it back into action.” April 7th 1943. Photographer T/4 James Day, Sig. Det.

 

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GIs in the rear area somewhere in the PTO.

 

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B-24 tail gunner

 

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B-17 crew. 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Based at Amendola, Italy.

 

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Medics of the 118th Medical Battalion, 43rd Infantry Division carry wounded men out of the jungles of New Georgia to a waiting Ambo-Jeep.

 

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US warships and Fuji mountain.1945.

 

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A GI with his "homemade" washing machine.