Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Re: Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Post by cuscus » 13 Jul 2013, 22:56

sorry if this has been posted already. Image is from the 1943 Salamaua–Lae campaign



NX12463 LIEUTENANT R. H. DAWSON OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, FIRING A CAPTURED MOUNTAIN GUN ONTO THE JAPANESE IN THE "COCONUTS" IN THE BOBDUBI AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-30, WATCHED BY A MEMBER OF HIS OBSERVATION POST PARTY, GUNNER W. G. PENGELLY. (FILM STILL)
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Re: Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Post by Le Page » 17 Oct 2013, 09:30

1st Cav DUKW passing Japanese tank on Leyte:
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Re: Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Post by tigre » 12 Nov 2016, 22:29

Hello to all :D; a little more.................................

Amphibious Assault.

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Re: Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Post by fp5849 » 30 Apr 2017, 23:52

Are only "combat" photos to be posted here?

Are photos of USAAF "buddies" appropriate here?

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Post by aghart » 01 May 2017, 16:15

An M3 Lee Tank of the British 3rd Carabiniers, Burma 1944.
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Post by aghart » 01 May 2017, 16:30

An M3 Stuart of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR), Burma 1942. 2 RTR was part of 7th Armd Brigade, which was withdrawn from North Africa and sent to reinforce Singapore at the outbreak of the Pacific war. Singapore fell before 7th Armd arrived and the Brigade was diverted to Rangoon.
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Post by Dan W. » 28 May 2017, 19:46

Trivia Question: What was the last U.S. Naval Warship to sink an enemy combatant in WWII?

Answer: The U.S.S. Torsk, now a museum on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

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Post by LineDoggie » 30 May 2017, 00:01

M3 Lee Tank, 193rd Tank Bn. Makin Island. Only use of the M3 in combat outside the MTO by the US. Its passing a Medical jeep of the 165th Infantry Regimental Combat Team (NY's Fighting 69th)

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Post by tigre » 27 Nov 2018, 02:42

Hello to all :D; more.....................................

Leyte 1944.

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Re: Post your WW2 Pacific & Asian War photos

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Post by dgfred » 25 Jan 2019, 18:27

cuscus wrote:
13 Jul 2013, 22:56
sorry if this has been posted already. Image is from the 1943 Salamaua–Lae campaign



NX12463 LIEUTENANT R. H. DAWSON OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, FIRING A CAPTURED MOUNTAIN GUN ONTO THE JAPANESE IN THE "COCONUTS" IN THE BOBDUBI AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-30, WATCHED BY A MEMBER OF HIS OBSERVATION POST PARTY, GUNNER W. G. PENGELLY. (FILM STILL)
Looks like they are enjoying firing the gun back at the original owner.

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