Tag Archives: 1945

Photo Set, Unknown Unit in Germany

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Small set of photos from an unknown U.S. unit in Germany. Several photos are stamped as cleared for personal use, 15 Jan 1945. Locations are unknown.

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89th Infantry Division in Germany

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

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

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Ambulances and Medical Vehicles

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

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.

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Margaret Bourke-White in Germany, 1945

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A photograph of the famous photographer/journalist Margaret Bourke-White in Germany during 1945. Bourke-White was one of the first female war correspondents and the first woman journalist to work in the combat zone during WWII. Original photo is labelled: Margaret Bourke-White, famous … Continue reading →

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995th Field Artillery Battalion #8

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Photograph of Fred Minehart of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion taken in Alsace in February 1945. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com) Additional photograph of Fred Minehart of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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1/6th Figure: 1./PzRgt-5, Wiking Division, Hungary 1945

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New 1/6th-scale Dragon WWII figure covering the Wiking Division fighting in Hungary in 1945: Item No. 70830, Hauptsturmfuhrer “Paul Senghas”, Commander, 1./PzRgt-5, “Wiking” Division, Hungary 1945. Scheduled for release June 2012.  

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FW-190 near Frankfurt

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. Brig. Gen. George C. McDonald stands in front of a German FW-190 fighter captured near Frankfurt, Germany. (U.S. Air Force Photo)  

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WAC 3rd Anniversary

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Newsmap poster from April 1945 celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC):

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Germans Surrender in Czechoslovakia

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. Army video of German troops surrendering in Czechoslovakia in 1945: Part 1 — German soldiers, wagons, and trucks surrender. U.S. soldiers inspect abandoned German equipment and artillery. Wehrmacht soldiers in a Schwimmwagen are directed forward by U.S. soldiers. Part … Continue reading →

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