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995th Field Artillery Battalion #6

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Vehicles of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion are loaded for a unit move somewhere in Europe. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #5

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Men of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion on Anzio Detached Service — B Bat. and C Bat., Wm. Rush & Fred Minehart. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #4

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Soldiers of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion at Lake Starnberg near Munich, Germany. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #3

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Marty Factor and Harold “Jim” Dillon of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #2

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

S/Sgt. Tex Roberson photographed with an 8-inch howitzer of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #1

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

8-inch howitzers of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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407th Raiders Football Team

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

407th Raiders football team from the U.S. 407th Infantry Regiment Headquarters souvenir Thanksgiving Menu for the headquarters staff. At the time, the 407th Infantry Regiment was based in Coburg as part of the 102nd Infantry Division. 407th RAIDERS Our Football … Continue reading →

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Destroyed Railyards in Metz, France

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Three small photographs from an unknown U.S. soldier of the destroyed railyards in Metz, France after the city’s capture by Allied forces.

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Captured Panzer IIIs

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. War Department’s Tactical and Technical Trends (No. 32, August 26, 1943) featured these photographs of a pair of German Panzer III tanks captured in North Africa.

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Ferry Operations

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Taken from a photo album from an unidentified U.S. medical unit, this photograph shows a pair of military vehicles being transported across a river on a twin-pontoon ferry.

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