abn deuce Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Troops on the move just before June 6th . Troops on parade just before Eisenhower's D-Day invasion of Normandy during WWII. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: 1944 Photographer: Bob Landry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 First African American troops the United States has ever sent to England, marching back to camp after a rest at a local pub, during WWII. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: 1942 Photographer: David E. Scherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Note in the 1st pic. the absence of Divisional patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 That looks like a crop of the one posted in an earlier thread. Never did decide were it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 With regards to the African troops - what division/regiment were the from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 No markings visible but noticeable that the OR's are armed with the old Springfield rifle rather than the Garand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 So rifle and not carbine - so front line troops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Probably service troops, not front line at that date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Probably service troops, not front line at that date. But they wouldn't be armed or at best armed with carbines:??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Carbines were for officers, noncoms and troops who didn't have the facility to carry a rifle, most front line troops had the Garand so I think its reasonable to assume that service troops would have the '03 Springfield which had mostly been relegated from front line service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 In 1945 black troops served frontline in the 1 and 99th div. Who knows more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 American soldiers embarked for D-Day American troops aboard transport ship en route to Normandy for the Allied D-Day invasion of France. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: June 05, 1944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 a second photo taken on the same vessel I believe , 24 hours or less from D-Day Troops and equipment en route, in preparation for Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: June 1944 Photographer: David E. Scherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 In the 1st pic. mostly ESB but also one 29th Div. marked helmets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 another photo of activities just be fore D-Day . a rare photo , first I ve found of a number of water cans at one time American servicemen loading large landing craft, part of the D-Day invasion preparations. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: June 1944 Photographer: David E. Scherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 The cans are empty or the man on the right is reaaaally strong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 The BBC has been trailing a programme about an American Archive of life stories. One of the trails was a piece about the tuscoly ( I think that's it) Flyers? The black squadron, meant to prove the 'Black men did not have the technical skills to fly aircraft'. Their unique boast is that they are the only group never to have lost a bomber they were escorting to enemy fighters'. Will try to find the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Tony you mean the Tuskegee airmen I think, they were based in Italy. Edited March 23, 2009 by Degsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 There is plenty of info on Wikipedia. To summarise first posted to N.Africa then Sicily before Italy. Initially there was just one fighter squadron, the 33rd but later joined in Italy by 3 more squadrons to become the all black 332nd fighter group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thanks Degsy, now I can spell it I'll go hunting for the web site.:n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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