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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.)

Captured German Tiger tank at Aberdeen — Original caption: The German 88-mm. rocket launcher is shown with the American bazooka beside a captured German Mark VI Tiger tank — Germany’s largest — which the bazooka can destroy. (Ordnance photo.)

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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.)

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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. — Written on back of photo: “German PWs along Rhine”.

Label on back of photo is illegible other than: Rhine crossing. — Label on back of photo is illegible other than “Rhine crossing”.

Written on back of photo: Pontoon bridge over Elbe River, Bleckede, Germany — Written on back of photo: “Pontoon bridge over Elbe River, Bleckede, Germany”.

Written on back of photo: German civilians on move from Russians in Bleckede, Germany. — Written on back of photo: “German civilians on move from Russians in Bleckede, Germany.”

Written on back of photo: C-47 planes - Mannheim, Germany — Written on back of photo: “C-47 (?) planes – Mannheim, Germany”

Writing on rear is illegible other than Mosquito bombers and Rhineland. — Aircraft formation. Writing on rear is illegible other than “Mosquito bombers” and “Rhineland”.

Aircraft overhead. Writing on rear is illegible.

Written on back of photo: Hamburg, Germany — Written on back of photo: “Hamburg, Germany”.

Belgian independence monument in Parc d'Avroy, Liege, dedicated to Charles Rogier — Belgian monument to independence in Liege, dedicated to Charles Rogier

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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 Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad also served in Europe.)

Truck: OIS 157th Ordnance Battalion Photo Set, Oise Intermediate Section, WWII — GI poses with a truck of the unit with bumper code marking OIS-157-O. On rear of photo is written: “June 9, 1945. Chalons, France.”

628th TSS, Madison, Wisconsin, WWII, 1942 — Barracks during training at Truax Field, Wisconsin. On rear of photo is written: “Bks. 2124, 628 TSS, Madison, Wisconsin, Oct 1942.”

U.S. unit parade, Europe, WWII — Ceremony, unknown city in Europe.

OIS 157th Ordnance Battalion Photo Set, Oise Intermediate Section, WWII — Soldier from the unit, unknown location.

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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.