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604flyer 
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 Posted: May 09 2022 at 10:34pm |
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Cool photo! The trooper is carrying my favorite collectible in front of the helicopter that I started my aviation career in 43 years ago. Thanks for posting.
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Timothy
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Posted: Jun 26 2022 at 2:04pm |
Four of my father’s older brothers served in WWII; here is Cpl Frank Rau, 9th Air Force
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Rebel92
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Posted: Jun 27 2022 at 3:27pm |
 Looks like some code talkers to me.
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carbinekid
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Posted: Jun 27 2022 at 5:07pm |
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I just picked up a grouping of wartime pictures from a Seabee vet. The seller said she was the vet’s daughter and that he served in the 128th and 146th Battalions. Both were active on Okinawa. The two pictures below are supposed to have been taken there and do look just like other photos I’ve seen that were definitely taken on Okinawa. No dates on the back, but I’d say these are definitely after the island was secured. The daughter said they were definitely taken in 1945 based on her Father’s service dates.
While these don’t show type 3 barrel band equipped carbines in the thick of combat, it does show them in theater during wartime.
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New2brass
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Posted: Jun 27 2022 at 6:41pm |
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Rebel92
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Posted: Jun 28 2022 at 10:47am |
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CarbineKid, we are on the same facebook group. I took a screen shot of that picture, and was going to post it today as the photo of the day but you beat me to it! Very cool. I have a picture of my grandfather on land on Okinawa, but he was a gunners assistant (or something like that) on a PT boat, but I have no idea why he was on land. His photo, isnt carrying a rifle, but posing in front of a large rock formation, with a cave entrance right next to him. That is about all I know about it, except that it was taken before the end of 45.
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Posted: Jul 09 2022 at 11:21am |
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Recently posted on USMilitaria. Identified as US Army Special Forces Sgt preparing for jump early 1960s  |
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New2brass
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Posted: Jul 10 2022 at 9:39am |
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I wonder how many stock broke this way?
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Abel4287
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Posted: Jul 12 2022 at 6:20pm |
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Fall mountains just don't fall on me
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Matt_X
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Posted: Jul 12 2022 at 8:00pm |
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Source? Location? Looks like its been cropped.
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Abel4287
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Posted: Jul 12 2022 at 8:55pm |
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here is what I have on it:: December 9, 1944
"These soldiers of the 357. or Regiment, 90. to Infantry Division, were fighting the enemy last night across the Sarre River near Dillingen. "They just received word that they are part of the 64 U.S. soldiers to be granted a thirty-day leave at home plus 2 months of travel time." They have all received the Purple Heart and several other decorations for outstanding acts of courage. L a R , ( sitting ).. Regards to Sgt. Thomas L. Chamberlain, Kansas City, MO; S/Sgt. Merle A. Welfare, Ledyard, Ia.; Sgt. Joseph Dorner, New England, North Dakota; and from left to right (standing)... S/Sgt. Ed Melton, Haskell, Texas; Private James Jirles, Aphens, Tennessee; S/Sgt.. Albert J. Apple, Fondo, Texas; S/Sgt. Victor E. Wold, Friday Harbor, Wn.; and T/Sgt. Albert E. Lambright , Yellow , Texas . ( A ) .
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Fall mountains just don't fall on me
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Posted: Jul 13 2022 at 3:54pm |
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Posted: Jul 24 2022 at 11:20am |
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Posted by a member of my family, this is my great Uncle John Byrd Foster. I have reached out to her and asked for details on the picture of her Dad, but haven’t heard back. I just saw it and asked her last night. She Lives in Virginia now so I never see or talk with her, but I will update when I find out more, but based on features of the carbine I would say it’s taken in WW2
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