1944 B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Pete the POM Inspector', Lead Assembly Ship of 467th Bomber Group, US 790th Bomber Squadron, RAF Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Mar-Oct 1944 Blood Chit issued to United States Marine Corps fighter pilots with seven languages including French (Indo...
United States of America (1945-1946) Demolition Tank – 1 Built During World War II, US demolition crews faced the critical task of dismantling enemy fortifications and obstacles, sometimes under fire. They lacked a dedicated vehicle for this in the US arsenal. Various tools, like dozer blade ...
China The 2nd Marine Brigade headquarters and the US 6th Marine Regiment arrived in Shanghai, China. The US Marine Corps presence in Shanghai was now 2,536-strong. [Shanghai | CPC]20 Sep 1937 Photo(s) dated 20 Sep 193727 Sep 1937 China Liu Cuigang, flying a Hawk III fighter, ...
The Odyssey of Royal Marine and SBS trooper John Gordon Petrie in Crete WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks The FW200 “Condor” G6+FY of Rodos island, by Danie van der Spuy Aircraft wrecks, Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks The Italian hospital ships in the Aegean Sea, by ...
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Walsh was a private first class with the 2nd Marine Division when it was assigned to occupation duty at Nagasaki, Japan. There, on Aug. 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was used in warfare for the second and, so far, last time. Japan’s surrender was announced six days later. ...
still an excellent anti-tank gun in 1940, but was not distributed in large numbers. Each Italian infantry division had only eightCannoni da 47/32. For comparison, a German infantry division in 1939 had 72PaK 3637 mm anti-tank guns, while a British one had 48 Ordnance QF 2-pounder guns...
The Hospital departed from Cirencester, England, at 0250 hours, 29 September 1945, entraining for Southampton, England, where it arrived and boarded the USS “Marine Wolf” with destination Le Havre, France. The personnel debarked at Le Havre harbor at 2000 hours,29 September 1945. ...
The 3042d QM GR Co after being duly processed boarded the “Marine Raven” (Ship R 5801-HBB) in Marseille, southern France on 24 August 1945, and sailed with destination the Zone of Interior on25 August 1945. After an uneventful voyage, the ship reached Staten Island, New York, departing...