Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos
Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos
A lot of dramatic photos out there of interest.Please post any(with source) that you consider of value.
Here's one that was posted on the gunboards forum.Said to be Iwo Jima but look like Army mopping up there,or in training mode.Said not to be photoshopped but might be.
Here's one that was posted on the gunboards forum.Said to be Iwo Jima but look like Army mopping up there,or in training mode.Said not to be photoshopped but might be.
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From gunboards forum.
MG in Burma.Note insect nets.
MG in Burma.Note insect nets.
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From Time-Life
Japanese prisoner picked up by battleship...cleaning himself up.
Japanese prisoner picked up by battleship...cleaning himself up.
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From ebay,seller unknown.
Grisly souvenir
Grisly souvenir
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Australian War Memorial O14037.
Vickers MG at Buna.
The dead Australian on the left is Corporal Charles Knight,one of the operators.
Vickers MG at Buna.
The dead Australian on the left is Corporal Charles Knight,one of the operators.
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From WW2 in the Pacific Bison Books 1990.
Marines with shot down Japanese sniper
Marines with shot down Japanese sniper
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Same source.
Saipan--knocked out Sherman with those that did it lying slain nearby
Saipan--knocked out Sherman with those that did it lying slain nearby
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Okinawa looking like Flanders 1917
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From Eddy Bauer's World War 2,1972.
Hellcat roars off USS Lexington
Hellcat roars off USS Lexington
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Interestingly here's the same pixie in a '43 magazine. Although cpl Knight's hand can be seen the body has been cropped out. The caption makes reference to "They just got my cobber".Peter H wrote:Australian War Memorial O14037.
Vickers MG at Buna.
The dead Australian on the left is Corporal Charles Knight,one of the operators.
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Thanks Graeme.
From the Australian Roll of Honour.
Described as a Corporal on the photo but the date(1st January 1943) and unit(2/12th Battalion) match.
/Peter
From the Australian Roll of Honour.
Charles Nathaniel Knight
Service number: TX1749
Rank: Private [Pte]
Unit: 2/12 INF BN
Service: Army
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 1 January 1943
Place of death: Papua
Cause of death: Killed in action
Described as a Corporal on the photo but the date(1st January 1943) and unit(2/12th Battalion) match.
/Peter
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From Time-Life.
No location given.
No location given.
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From Time-Life,Burma.
Identified elsewhere as Brigadier Cottrell-Hill,71st Indian Brigade,coming ashore at Ramree.
Robert Cottrell-Hill
http://www.generals.dk/general/Cottrell ... itain.html
Identified elsewhere as Brigadier Cottrell-Hill,71st Indian Brigade,coming ashore at Ramree.
Robert Cottrell-Hill
http://www.generals.dk/general/Cottrell ... itain.html
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From wikipedia.
West Africans of 81st Division mingle with Indian troops.
West Africans of 81st Division mingle with Indian troops.
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From Eddie Bauer's World War 2.
Stockwell,commanding the 82nd West African Division,gets a helping hand in river crossing.
General Sir Charles Stockwell:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Stockwel ... itain.html
Stockwell,commanding the 82nd West African Division,gets a helping hand in river crossing.
General Sir Charles Stockwell:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Stockwel ... itain.html
1942 - 1943Commanding Officer 30th East African Brigade, East Africa
1943 - 1944Commanding Officer 29th Independent Brigade Group, India - Burma
1944 - 1945Commanding Officer 29th Brigade, India - Burma
1945 General Officer Commanding 82nd West African Division, Burma
1945 - 1946General Officer Commanding 82nd West African Division, Burma
1946 - 1947District Officer Commanding Home Counties District
1947 - 1948General Officer Commanding 6th Airborne Division, Palestine
1948 - 1950Commandant of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1951 - 1952General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
1951 - 1952District Officer Commanding East Anglia District
1952 - 1954General Officer Commanding Malaya
1954 - 1956General Officer Commanding I Corps, Germany
1956 General Officer Commanding Ground Forces, Suez
1957 - 1959Military Secretary to the Secretary of State of War
1959 - 1960Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1959 - 1962Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
1960 - 1964Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
1964 Retired
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