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♥ Apr 5th, 2012
8th Air Force B-17 Bombs German Airfield.
♥ Apr 4th, 2012
WWII: Europe; France: Invasion; “American Wounded”, 1944?
♥ Mar 28th, 2012
♥ Mar 25th, 2012
B-17F Flying Fortress bombers bombing Bremen, Germany through clouds with the aid of radar, 13 Nov 1943.
♥ Mar 22nd, 2012
French children, too, were ready for the arrival of American paratroopers in their villages. Here two such children receive American chewing gum from paratrooper. Invasion of France. 8 June 1944.
♥ Mar 18th, 2012
♥ Mar 18th, 2012
General Douglas MacArthur and Army officers arrive at Atsugi airfield near Tokyo, Japan in August 1945. Officers shown include Major General Joseph M. Swing, Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, and General Robert L. Eichelberger. (U.S. Army Signal Corps) I just love how now matter how big the crowd, and no matter how similarly they’re dressed, you can always pick out MacArthur instantly. Pose+pipe+sunglasses.
♥ Mar 17th, 2012
♥ Mar 16th, 2012
♥ Mar 14th, 2012
The USS Lexington explodes after being bombed by Japanese planes in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942. More than 200 of the carrier’s 2,951-man crew went down with the ship. While Japanese forces won a tactical battle, a number of their damaged ships were unable to participate in the upcoming pivotal Battle of Midway, which took place one month later.
♥ Mar 13th, 2012
Color photograph of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Idiots’ Delight” of Eighth Air Force in England. The original caption states the M/Sgt is Penrose A. Bingham of Reading, Pennsylvania. The B-17 “Idiots’ Delight” served with the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group and later with the 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
♥ Mar 9th, 2012
“A Marine of the 1st Marine Division draws a bead on a Japanese sniper with his tommy-gun as his companion ducks for cover. The division is working to take Wana Ridge before the town of Shuri.” S.Sgt. Walter F. Kleine, Okinawa, 1945
♥ Mar 6th, 2012
Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it. Photographed in May, 1942.
♥ Mar 5th, 2012
Jimmy Stewart, former movie star, is sworn in as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Corps by Lt. E.L. Reid, personnel officer of the west coast training center at Moffett Field, California, on January 1, 1941. Stewart was one of Hollywood’s most popular actors before he was inducted into the Army in 1941.
♥ Mar 4th, 2012
Answering the nation’s need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under Civil Service in the Assembly and repair department. Mrs. Davis’ training will enable her to take the place of her husband should he be called by the armed service. Photo taken in August, 1942.