Quelques photos sympas (WW2)

Salut a vous et merci pour ses superbes photos.

2/503 en Angleterre en 1942.

Bonsoir,
Pas mal le casque avec liner Hawley mais curieux son USM1 avec ce qui semble ressembler à une baïonnette et qui doit être certainement un prototype.

Hello,
On voit bien le camo sur le casque en dessous du filet...

C'est un très beau M2.

Phil.

Jersey City Native Sergeant Walter Gonorek as he hands treats to a couple of
French children in a small Normandy village on July 4, 1944. The caption notes
it was taken in La Mine, but the photographer may have meant in front of the Hotel
De La Mine in Potigny, a town about eight kilometers from Falaise. 1st Army Front.

U.S. Navy June 1944 D'day

A squad of GIs huddle around a Jeep next to a Sigfried Line pillbox.
They're listening to the radio sitting on the Jeep, listening to the Streetcar World Series.
This was Game 4 between the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardials.
The Cards beat the Browns 5-1 and drew even in the series at 2-2. October 7, 1944.

Three 101st Airborne paratroopers read the news of the 1st day's airbore drop
while waiting to make their own jump into Holland on September 18th.

LTC H.G. Leonard, commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, as he briefs
his company commanders on the division's plan to assault across the Roer River and establish a
bridgehead outside of Vicht, Germany. The photo was taken on February 19, 1945, a few days
before the assault.

Encore de bien belle photos , merci a toi Gilles.

Sergeant James Simcox of South Bend, Indiana, as he proudly shows off a
young pup named Oscar who had been given to Simcox's tank crew by a
grateful French civilian. The photo was taken on December 16, 1944 at
Fenetrange, France. Simcox was a tank commander in the 4th Armored Division.

Hello,
Belle photo...Quand je vois comment il "traite" leur jug de liner !!! et moi, qui les manipule comme si c'était de la nitro !!!
Cdlt.

vosges 44

Dogface Soldiers a écrit:

Hello,
Belle photo...Quand je vois comment il "traite" leur jug de liner !!! et moi, qui les manipule comme si c'était de la nitro !!!
Cdlt.

Salut Thierry,
Normal ,70 ans plus tard,le cuir est plus fragile !



Hello Nico,
Oui, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire !!!

Gilles, je crois que c'est toi, qui m'a dit avoir discuté avec un vétéran du 36th Eng. et qu'il ne se souvenait pas avoir
d'insigne sur son casque...Et nous étions étonné :