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Captured Tiger Tank Photo Op

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. bazooka and the German Panzerschreck are posed in front of a captured German Tiger tank. (Source: Army Ordnance, Volume 27, No. 145, July-August 1944.) Original caption: The German 88-mm. rocket launcher is shown with the American bazooka beside … Continue reading →

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Photo Set, Unknown Unit in Germany

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Small set of photos from an unknown U.S. unit in Germany. Several photos are stamped as cleared for personal use, 15 Jan 1945. Locations are unknown.

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Here Come the Shermans!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Here Come the Shermans!”, a 1944 advertisement for American Steel Foundries.

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Captured German Railroad Guns at Bleckede

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Captured German railroad guns photographed at Bleckede, Germany in 1945 — written on back of photograph: “German railroad gun at Bleckede, Germany”. (From the set of miscellaneous photos posted below.) Captured German railroad guns photographed at Bleckede, Germany in 1945.

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Collapsed Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The famous Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany photgraphed following its collapse ten days after its capture. (From the set of miscellaneous photos posted below.) Collapsed Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany.

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Misc. Photo Set: Hamburg, Bleckede & Rhineland

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Miscellaneous photographs from an unknown U.S. Army unit in Belgium and Germany during WWII. Locations include Bleckede, Hamburg, and Mannheim along with the Rhine River and Elbe River. Written on back of photo: “German PWs along Rhine”.

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OIS 157th Ordnance Photo Set

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Below is a small set of photographs from an unidentified unit in Europe. The bumper code markings on the truck are OIS-157-O which may represent Oise Intermediate Section (OIS), 157th Ordnance Battalion. (However, the unit identification is uncertain, since 157th … Continue reading →

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Wreckage in Italy

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Various photographs of Axis wreckage taken by a U.S. soldier moving up the Italian boot during WWII. The quality is rather poor as the photos appear to have been taken from a moving vehicle. A Panzer IV abandoned on the … Continue reading →

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Dodge WC 3/4-Ton Truck of the 102nd Infantry Division

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

3/4-ton Dodge WC 4×4 Truck (G502) from the Medical Detachment of the 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division in Baesweiler, Germany.

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Bachem Ba 349 Natter

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A report on the Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” rocket-powered fighter from April 1946 issue of Intelligence Bulletin: At first complacent in the face of the strategic bombing threat, the Germans in 1943 became fearful, then frantic. They were willing to … Continue reading →

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