Category Archives: miscellaneous

Red Cross Clubmobile “Southern Belle”

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Three women are photographed in front of the American Red Cross Clubmobile “Southern Belle” at an unknown location in Europe during WWII. American Red Cross Clubmobile “Southern Belle”

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Margaret Bourke-White in Germany, 1945

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A photograph of the famous photographer/journalist Margaret Bourke-White in Germany during 1945. Bourke-White was one of the first female war correspondents and the first woman journalist to work in the combat zone during WWII. Original photo is labelled: Margaret Bourke-White, famous … Continue reading →

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85th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion Markings

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Unique equipment markings are shown in WWII photographs from the U.S. Army’s 85th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion in Europe. A water tank adorned with a mermaid and the nickname “Water Lily,” similar to the style of aircraft nose art.

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Destroyed Late-War Panther Tanks

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Captured German Panther tanks are shown in three photographs from the unit history of the U.S. Army’s 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. The source does not specify a location, but the text suggests the location is near Fallersleben, Germany … Continue reading →

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Captured Panzer II and Sd.Kfz. 233 in Tunisia

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

American forces in Tunisia captured immense quantities of German equipment in North Africa including this Panzer II light tank and German Sd.Kfz. 233 armored car featured in the Recognition Journal, May 1944. ORIGINAL CAPTION: U.S. Rangers round up enemy equipment at … Continue reading →

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Jeep of the 80th Infantry Division

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Jeep, soldiers, and mascot from the 305th Combat Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 80th Infantry Division in Germany, April 1945. The photograph labels the passengers as Capt. Pacheco (?), T/5 Koskela, and “Sally”.

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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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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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Subcaliber Gunnery Training

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Subcaliber firing was used by the U.S. Army to develop a tank gunner’s accuracy, speed, and confidence without the costs and disturbance of firing the main armament. In general, the coaxial machine gun was used for the subcaliber training for … Continue reading →

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Post-war Bremen

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Sherman tank dozer does construction work on the golf course at the U.S. military base in Bremen in 1945 during the U.S. occupation. (Source: Bremen Port Command’s “GI Paradise”, February 1946.) Major General H. B. Vaughan, Jr., former Commanding … Continue reading →

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