Some Rare World War II Photographs...

Reaganite Republican ^ | April 6, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Where have these been hiding for the past 65 years...?

Guam, 1944

Bougainville, 1943

Tinian - 1944

I do always post my full articles and never excerpt here at FR... but this particular post has too much- 
so just this once, more info, pics, and video at Reaganite Republican

Enjoy your day, FReeper patriots-

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[workerbee]

Wow, amazing photos. Thank you for sharing these.

[Constitution Day]

Great photos ping.

http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-rare-world-war-ii-photographs.html

[Wu]

Have seen “Bougainville, 1943” numerous times. The other two I have never seen. Good catch!

[adversarial]

Great pics, However at least one is misidentified.
The overhead shot of Marines wading through the surf is not
Tinian,it is actually Cape Gloucester, New Britain.I know this photo very well, I believe the man in the center is my
father.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wow, thanks!

[cayuga]

Thank you for posting these.

Some of these pictures have been published over the years, and a few are quite popular in specialty books.

The captions may not be correct on some of them. For example, the Snow on Deck photo is post-1947, by the red bar in the US insignia. The picture could be from the Korean War, but not WWII.

The Ju-88 is actually a Heinkel He 115, a plane so useful it was put back into production in 1943.

I only mention the errors because, once published, they acquire a life of their own.

[Constitution Day]

You’re welcome.

I have seen a bunch of WW2 photos in my day but I don’t believe I have ever seen these!

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’d only see one before.

[Cuttnhorse]

Great stuff Joe.

[Constitution Day]

The only one that looked vaguely familiar was that “Lucky Legs II” tank on Bougainville.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Same here, it was used in part (most of the tank missing)for the cover art of a recent book, “God in the Foxhole”.

[wideminded]

Rheinmetall Karl-Gerät self-propelled heavy mortars at Sevastopol

Guess who made the barrels of the M1A1 Abrams tank.

[patriot08]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

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[Reaganite Republican]

Is that right?

[r9etb]

Where have these been hiding for the past 65 years...?

Hiding? At least the last two were published in Life Magazines Picture History of WWII.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The overhead shot of Marines wading through the surf is not
Tinian,it is actually Cape Gloucester, New Britain.I know this photo very well, I believe the man in the center is my father."

Could very well be. Both landings were Marine only and both were unopposed at the beach. Tinnian was 2nd Mar Div and Cape Gloucester was 1st Mar Div.

Semper Fi

[wideminded]

Is that right?

"The main armament of the M1A1 and M1A2 is the M256A1 120 mm smoothbore gun, designed by Rheinmetall AG of Germany, manufactured under license in the United States by Watervliet Arsenal, New York. The M256A1 is a variant of the Rheinmetall 120 mm L/44 gun carried on the German Leopard 2 on all variants up to the Leopard 2A5. Leopard 2A6 replaced the L/44 barrel with a longer L/55." - Wikipedia

1. I was not aware that the US had maintained the capability to manufacture these guns under contract.
2. Apparently our tanks do not have the upgraded version of this gun which is used in the German Leopard tank.