Armored Bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion

An armored bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 28th Infantry Division at work in Europe during WWII.

An armored bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 28th Infantry Division at work in Europe during WWII.
An armored bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 28th Infantry Division at work in Europe during WWII.

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Cartoonist Bill Mauldin

Bill Mauldin, famous Willie and Joe cartoonist, is shown in these two snapshots in his jeep nicknamed “Jeanie” near the Po River in Italy.

Bill Mauldin, famous Willie and Joe cartoonist, is shown in these two snapshots in his jeep nicknamed Jeanie near the Po River in Italy.
Bill Mauldin, famous Willie and Joe cartoonist, is shown in these two snapshots in his jeep nicknamed Jeanie near the Po River in Italy.

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MP on M3 Scout Car

A group of Military Police from an unknown unit pose on the hood of an M3 Scout Car.

A group of Military Police from an unknown unit pose on the hood of an M3 Scout Car.
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Sherman Tank Wrecks in Italy

Destroyed Sherman tanks photographed in Italy during WWII; unfortunately, the photos are low quality and unlabeled.

M4 Sherman tanks knocked-out
Sherman tanks destroyed in Italy WWII

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Dug-in Jeeps

Two photographs taken in Italy during WWII show several U.S. Army jeeps dug-in to protect from shell fragments.

Dug-in jeep camouflage, Italy WWII
US Army jeep, Italy WWII

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102nd Infantry Division in Kofferen, Germany

An MP Robert Fleming of the 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division posts a warning sign in Kofferen, Germany in February 1945.

MP Robert Fleming of the 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division posting a warning sign in Kofferen, Germany in February 1945.

The original caption on the rear of the press photo reads:

ETO HQ 45 15620 25 FEB
CREDIT… U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS
PHOTOG–T/5 WILLIAM F. STICKLE…167

MP OF 102ND INFANTRY DIVISION, 9TH U.S.
ARMY, POSTS WARNING SIGN IN KOFFEREN,
GERMANY. HE IS PFC ROBERT FLEMING,
1400 CARR AVE., MEMPHIS, TENN. (B)

MP PLAT, 407TH INF REGT, 102ND INF DIV,
9TH U.S. ARMY, KOFFEREN, GERMANY

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Officers of the U.S. 406th Infantry Regiment

Officers of the U.S. Army 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division as listed in a souvenir 1943 Officers Mess’ Christmas Dinner menu.

U.S. Army 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division

Officers of the 406th Infantry

Col. Bernard F. Hurless

Lt. Col. John S. Switzer, Jr., Lt. Col. Cecil R. Everett, Lt. Col. Ralph L. Webb

Maj. Woodson D. Scott, Maj. Anthony A. Nardone, Maj. Isaac A. Gatlin, Maj. Verle D. Miller, Maj. Theodore J. Lieben, Maj. Hamilton M. Williams, Jr., Maj. Fred A. Pierce, Jr.,

Capt. Woodrow W. Bledsoe, Capt. Hamlin N. Iverson, Capt. John M. Davidson, Capt. Theodore K. Franke, Capt. Milton Salomon, Capt. Herbert J. Melies, Capt. Arden S. Morris, Capt. Milton Lazar, Capt. Edward T. Jones, Capt. Kenneth K. Keown, Capt. Alexander L. Zubritsky, Capt. Foster F. Kerr, Capt. George C. Armentrout, Capt. Arthur S. Bennett, Capt. John E. Czajkowski, Capt. Robert B. Dexter, Capt. Joseph A. Mann, Capt. Harold B. Roberts, Capt. Alfred S. Jensen, Capt. Jack L. Martin, Capt. Marion S. Fisher, Capt. Thomas F. McKeown, Capt. Wilmer A. Nicholls, Capt. Ned R. Bathes, Capt. William C. Hungate, Jr., Capt. William D. McGuinness, Capt. William F. Moore

Lt. David Costa, Lt. Rodman E. Lindow, Lt. Joe W. McCrary, Lt. Ben Cashman, Lt. Robert O. Williamson, Lt. Harold L. Pratt, Lt. Merrill G. Oaks, Lt. Clarence T. Isensee, Lt. Henry E. Cochran, Lt. Paul E. Potts, Lt. Tom Dyer, Lt. John R. Joyce, Lt. James E. McCullough, Lt. Joseph A. Di Filippo, Lt. George E. Lamont, Lt. William J. Lore, Lt. Paul A. Blomquist, Lt. Clarence C. Dean, Lt. William H. Hoskins, Lt. Carroll E. Jones, Lt. Alfred B. Sidebotham, Lt. Paul F. Gillen, Lt. Robert L. Harger, Lt. John E. Blair, Lt. Homer L. Payne, Lt. James S. Turner, Lt. Louis F. Danforth, Jr., Lt. George A. Haney, Lt. Wilbert Needleman, Lt. Roderick A. Bacon, Lt. Vincent R. Bush, Lt. Clifford A. Monfils, Lt. Ernest P. Geoffrion, Lt. Ross H. Hemphill, Lt. Bertram E. Lutz, Lt. George C. Ritter, Lt. Jessie D. Turnipseed, Lt. James P. Cunningham, Lt. John W. Cox, Lt. Francis H. Gilbert, Lt. Jack H. La Marche, Lt. William H. Maynard, Lt. Woodrow W. Park, Lt. Henry D. Schultze, Lt. Dennis M. Blanton, Lt. Howard A. Lloyd, Lt. John M. Bigelow, Lt. Harold C. Boger, Lt. Frederick B. Maness, Lt. Jack L. Dial, Lt. Joe W. Parham, Lt. Joseph D. Smith, Jr., Lt. Steven Selmecy, Lt. George A. Hulse, Lt. Thomas A. Conners, Lt. Robert J. Mulford, Lt. Norman A. Carson, Lt. Elmer L. Chalberg, Lt. William Jacobs, Lt. Joseph R. Pondish, Jr., Lt. Frank W. Frazier, Lt. Ray C. Sherman, Lt. James D. Whalen, Lt. Duane A. Hansen, Lt. Frank E. Edmondson, Lt. Thomas J. Jabaily, Lt. Simon E. Fuller, Lt. Charles H. Kaiser, Lt. John G. Manley, Lt. John W. McGee, Lt. Kenneth E. Thurber, Lt. Marion N. Voshell, Lt. Maurice W. Jackson, Lt. Charles E. Kinney, Lt. Oliver S. Woody, Lt. Robert M. Bombino, Lt. Richard R. Carper, Lt. George W. Rulon, Jr., Lt. Paul H. Binford, Lt. Charles W. Tilley, Jr., Lt. Claude L. De Hart, Lt. John B. Guernsey, Lt. Felice P. Ippolito, Lt. Gilbert H. Rollins, Lt. Joseph G. Witham, Lt. Walter F. Anderson, Lt. David E. Barrett, Lt. Robert C. Gardanier, Lt. Robert H. Heilman, Lt. William E. Bartlett, Lt. Arthur G. Dudley, Lt. Morris D. McFarland, Lt. James G. McNamara, Lt. John B. Goddard, Lt. Robert F. Malsby, Lt. Philip C. Miller, Lt. Richard Millington, Lt. Louis A. Muller, Lt. Edwin Y. Simmons, Lt. James W. Lain, Lt. Mathias J. Glaser, Lt. Richard J. Loges, Lt. Louis M. Hannum, Lt. Homer H. Hayden, Lt. Robert E. Owens, Lt. James H. Welborn, Lt. Hartwell T. Wilson, Lt. James W. Clark, Lt. Frank E. McFarland, Lt. Lloyd T. Paul, Lt. Harry Price, Lt. William S. Yoe, Lt. Charles G. Ray, Lt. Felix N. Stacy, Lt. Carl E. Seabranch, Lt. John D. Snyder, Lt. William D. Trumbly, Lt. Eugene B. Machiverna, Lt. Silas B. Ragsdale, Lt. Keith W. Askew, Lt. Richard N. Blomquist, Lt. Ralph E. Pyle, Jr., Lt. Robert Winter,

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89th Infantry Division in Germany

Photographs of the U.S. Army’s 89th Infantry Division in Germany.

WWII photographs of the U.S. Army 89th Infantry Division in Germany, 1945.
WWII photographs of the U.S. Army 89th Infantry Division in Germany, 1945.

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Early-War Uniform

A private photograph from 1942 showing details of the early-war U.S. uniform and equipment. The unit and location are unidentified, but several of the photos in the set are labelled as “561-E.?.C. just before going across.”

Early-war WWII U.S. Army Uniform, 1942

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Ambulances and Medical Vehicles

A variety of Italian and German ambulances and medical vehicles are parked outside an Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Italy in 1945, from a photo collection of the U.S. 345th Engineers.

Ambulances and medical vehicles outside a Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Italy in 1945, from a photo collection of the U.S. 345th Engineers.

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