“Thru France with the 2nd” from the G.I. Stories booklet: From D + 1 to 105: The Story of the 2nd Infantry Division published by the Information and Education Division, ETOUSA in 1944-45.
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A collection of photographs of the 265th Engineer Combat Battalion by Pfc Ben Fox is available on footnote.com at the topic page: 265th Engineers WWII For pictures of the 265th training at Camp Shelby with the 65th Infantry Division, see the 65th Infantry Division Yearbook, pages 46 and 47.
The Handbook on German Army Identification was printed in 1943 by Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland. The handbook was designed to provide a reference manual for intelligence personnel in combat operations. The handbook included the following illustrations of a typical German army rifleman uniform. German Rifleman – Deutscher Schütze: Helmet, brim type, [...] Concord has announced two new books covering Axis forces in World War II. Early Panzer Victoriesby Frank V. De Sisto Concord 7064ISBN 962-361-145-572 pages, 16 color plates, 167 photos Nice set of photographs of the 607th TD Battalion in the ETO during WWII showing U.S. and German equipment including destroyed Panther tanks: 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion The unit history of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion is also online on the website of the 90th Division Association: History of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Scenes from the WWII booklet “Camp Shelby, Mississippi” by the Public Relations Office at Camp Shelby. Cover of Camp Shelby Booklet Called to the Colors — Mississippi selectees inducted into the services at Camp Shelby. The best in the world pass in review. For more on Camp Shelby during WWII, see 65th Infantry Division, Camp Shelby, [...] The U.S. WWII field manual FM 17-12: Tank Gunnery illustrated representative trajectories of the 37-mm, 75-mm, and 76-mm guns. Low velocity guns with more highly curved trajectories require very accurate range estimation. As shown in the figures below, even small errors in range estimation reduce the effectiveness of the opening shot and increase [...] Duel No. 2 — Sherman Firefly vs Tiger: Normandy 1944Author(s): Stephen A. HartPublished: September 2007ISBN: 9781846031502The [...] German SdKfz 251 Ausf D halftracks destroyed by the U.S. 9th Air Force near Gavray, France in August 1944. The foreground SdKfz 251 is an unknown variant with extended top armor plate over the passenger section. German SdKfz 251 Ausf D (U.S. Air Force Photo)
Photograph of a destroyed German SdKfz 251/9 halftrack in France in August 1944 showing the gun mount and vehicle interior. The SdKfz 251/9 mounted the short 7.5cm KwK37 (L/24) to provide a support weapon with antitank capability to panzergrenadier units. The nickname for the SdKfz 251/9 was “Stummel” (Stump). Destroyed German SdKfz [...] |
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