Infantrymen of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, move through the woods toward Furstenberg, Germany, while under sniper fire. They have crossed the Weser River after capturing the town of Werhdon. Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 4/8/457yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japanese on Guam had been defeated. They (the Coast Guard) Put Us Here and We Intend to Stay is the way the Marines felt about it. August 1944. [2414x2895] [X-Post /r/wwiipics]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Men of the 7th Infantry Division using flamethrowers to smoke out Japanese from a blockhouse on Kwajalein Island, while others wait with rifles ready in case other Japanese come out. February 4, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/CombatFootage
World Heavyweight champ Joe Louis (Barrow) sews on the stripes of a Technical Sergeant---to which he has been promoted... April 10, 1945. [2338×3000]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
LST's pouring army equipment ashore on Leyte Island in the Philippines 1944 (Navy) [2785x2269]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Getting across the Rhine wasn't all there was to it. There was the little matter of establishing a beachhead. We threw our mortars at them and everything else we had until they finally gave way. [1945, WWII]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/CombatFootage
Negro sailors of the USS MASON commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which is first to have predominantly Negro crew. [3045×2033]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
A formidable task force carves out a beachhead, about 350 miles from the Japanese mainland. Landing craft of all kinds blacken the sea out to the horizon, where stand the battlewagons, cruisers and destroyers. Okinawa, April 13, 1945. [2753x2261]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Champs Elysees, Paris, in the Victory Parade. August 29, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The gun crews of a Navy cruiser covering American landing on the island of Mindoro, December 15, 1944, scan the skies in an effort to identify a plane overhead. Two 5 inch (127mm) guns are ready while inboard 20mm anti-aircraft crews are ready to act. [2809×2339]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
These two Chinese youngsters are fascinated by the sight of an American soldier shaving in the open. Yunnan, China.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The endless procession of German prisoners captured with the fall of Aachen marching through the ruined city streets to captivity., 10/1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
An American plane sweeps overhead to strafe the enemy hidden in their coral trenches, while a group of Marines lie prone in the sand peppering the Japanese across smoking No-Man's Land with rifle fire. Eniwetok Atoll, February 1944. [2938×2378]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
Mammoth 274mm railroad gun captured in the U.S. Seventh Army advance near Rentwertshausen easily holds these 22 men lined up on the barrel. Although of an 1887 French design, the gun packs a powerful wallop.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Deck load of Red headaches USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) Cruise Book 1951. [2197×2077]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
With the Americans northwest of Verdun. The skipper and gunner of a whippet tank, with the hatches open. France, 1918.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M4 tank, attached to a Motor Transport unit near Nancy, France. 761st Medium Tank Battalion. November 5, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island. February 19, 1945. [2930×2048]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Five steward's mates stand at their battle stations, as a gun crew aboard a Coast Guard-manned frigate in the southwest Pacific. On call to general quarters, these Coast Guardsmen man a 20mm AA gun. [3000×2442]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
The old (Pacific) swimmin' hole. Come on in mates; the water's fine. And there's plenty of it between the coast of California and the shores of the Philippines. Coast Guardsmen and Marines beat the heat by taking a dip from the side of the ship. [2956×2364]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
An armorer of the 15th U.S. Air Force checks ammunition belts of the .50 caliber machine guns in the wings of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane before it leaves an Italian base for a mission against German military targets. September 1944. [3000×2036]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Men of different branches of service units in Memorial Day ceremonies, in honor of the war dead, at a cemetery somewhere in Iceland.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Invasion of Inchon, Korea. Four LST's unload men and equipment on beach. September 15, 1950. [2956×2364]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Two Coast Guard-manned LST's open their great jaws in the surf that washes on Leyte Island beach, as soldiers strip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations, 1944. [2813x2313]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Americans of Japanese descent, Infantrymen of the 442nd Regiment, run for cover as a German artillery shell is about to land outside the building. Italy, April 4, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army. September 17, 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japanese on Guam had been defeated. They (the Coast Guard) Put Us Here and We Intend to Stay is the way the Marines felt about it. August 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lieutenant R. P. Yeatman, from the USS Bon Homme Richard, is shown rocketing and bombing Korean bridge. November, 1952. [3000×2096]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Japanese, along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Corporal Bernard Butnik, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Sergeant Richard Goodbar, Russellville, Arkansas, offer Agnes their snow woman, cigarettes and a coke. European Theater, January 14, 1945.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
A Marine observation plane flies low over Naha, capital of Okinawa. On this flight, the tiny ship drew small arms and antiaircraft fire from the city which was in Japanese control at the time, ca. May 1945.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Gaunt Allied prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama cheer rescuers from U.S. Navy. Waving flags of the United States, Great Britain and Holland. Japan, August 29, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Out of the gaping mouths of Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft, rose the great flow of invasion supplies to the blackened sands of Iwo Jima, a few hours after the Marines had wrested their foothold on the vital island. February 19, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marine infantrymen take cover behind a tank while it fires on Communist troops ahead. Hongchon Area, May 22, 1951.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Across the litter on Iwo Jima's black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell Japanese positions cleverly concealed back from the beaches. Here, a gun pumps a stream of shells into Japanese positions inland on the tiny volcanic island. February, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Looking over guns in guard room. OSS Field Station, London, England circa 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
It appears that one Marine is relieving another on the beach at Saipan but they are really crawling under enemy fire, to their assigned positions. June 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Landing craft brings first wave of invading Yanks to Iwo Jima. February 19, 1945. [2845x2305]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
After the Marines captured this mountain gun from the Japs at Saipan, they put it into use during the attack on Garapan, administrative center of the island. July 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Getting across the Rhine wasn't all there was to it. There was the little matter of establishing a beachhead. We threw our mortars at them and everything else we had until they finally gave way.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
This Nazi officer is eating his words, and a can of C-rations, in the ruins of Saarbrucken. The day we hung our washing on this Siegfried Line stronghold, we of the Seventh [Army] linked up with Third Army armor west of Kaiserlautern. Was that a day. March, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
F4U's and F6F's fly in formation during surrender ceremonies; Tokyo, Japan. USS Missouri left foreground. September 2, 1945. [X-Post /r/HistoryPorn]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
T/5 Dexter Clayton and M/Sgt. Nelson T. Ewing are tying wire to pole after sag is taken up. France July 25, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Negro pilots in one of the flight formations which will soon carry them over enemy territory. Here they are flying the shark-nosed P-40 fighter aircraft, 1943. [3000×2226]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
All this inanimate wreckage around us was little enough compensation for the human wreckage we hauled back and forth, back and forth. Lunebach, Germany, ca. March 1945.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marines storm Tarawa, Gilbert Islands November 1943. Photographed by Warrant Officer Obie Newcomb, Jr., USMCR.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Crews of U.S. light tanks stand by awaiting call to clean out scattered Nazi machine gun nests in Coburg, Germany. April 25, 1945. [X-Post /r/TankPorn]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Astonished Marines of the 5th and 7th Regiments, who hurled back a surprise onslaught by three Chinese Communist divisions hear that they are to withdraw! Battle of Chosin Reservoir, 27 November – 13 December 1950. [2996×2048]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Capt. Ezekia Smith, 370th Inf. Regt., 92nd Div., receives treatment at the 317th Collecting Station, for shell fragments in face and shoulders suffered near Querceta, Italy. February 10, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Body of American soldier is borne on stretcher from terrain in vicinity of Malmedy, Belgium, where on or about 17 December 1944, the Germans committed many atrocities.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marines of VMF-222 on Bougainville relaxing in between strikes. Vought F4U-1 Corsair. [2609×2678]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a kamikaze attack, men are fed aboard the USS Solace (AH-5). May 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Men of the 9th Infantry Regiment man an M-26 tank to await an enemy attempt to cross the Naktong River. September 3, 1950.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island near Guam. July, 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Aerial view of SB2C in upper landing circle showing USS YORKTOWN, below July 1944 (Navy)9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Front view of 240mm howitzer of Battery. B, 697th Field Artillery Battalion., just before firing into German held territory. Mignano area, Italy. January 30, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moments rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial. April 12, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
A U.S. Marine tank follows a line of prisoners of war down a village street. September 26, 1950. [2853×2233]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Tank from 1st Battalion, 69th Armor, 25th Infantry Division, moves through Saigon shortly after disembarking from LST at Saigon Harbor, 3/12/1966.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Chow is served to American Infantrymen on their way to La Roche, Belgium. January 13, 1945.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Female members of the Wehrmacht are among the inmates of the Third U.S. Army prisoner of war enclosure at Regansburg, Germany. May 8, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
President Truman and party aboard USS Augusta for return trip from the Potsdam Conference. Watching boxing bouts during smoker on well deck. August 1945. [2364×2956]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Lieutenant Colonel John Weber, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines on Cape Gloucester, sitting on his helmet, receives a report from one of his company commanders. PFC Vincent Miley, looking on, blows cigarette smoke out of his nose.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pressure bandaged after they suffered burns when their ship was hit by a kamikaze attack, men are fed aboard the USS Solace (AH-5). May 1945. [2904×2406]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Near Song Sil-li, Korea, a tank of 6th Tank Bn. fires on enemy positions in support of the 19th RCT. January 10, 1952.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
V-J Day in New York City. Crowds gather in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan. August 15, 19459yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Crews of U.S. light tanks stand by awaiting call to clean out scattered Nazi machine gun nests in Coburg, Germany. April 25, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
F4U's and F6F's fly in formation during surrender ceremonies; Tokyo, Japan. USS Missouri left foreground. September 2, 1945. [2777x2243]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Two Negro DUKW drivers turn riflemen after their vehicle is destroyed. Battle of Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945. [3000×2369]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Cheering U.S. veterans of the China-Burma-India campaigns arrive in New York September 27, 1945, aboard the Army transport General A. W. Greely. The men and women were members of the Flying Tigers, Merrill's Marauders, and other heroic outfits.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Landing barges loaded with troops sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island as American and Japanese planes duel to the death overhead. Troops watch the drama being written in the skies as they approach the hellfire on the shore. October 1944. [X-Post /r/WarshipPorn]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
F9F Panther crash on flight deck of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). Cruise Book 1951, Page 34. [2374×3038]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione. Last American KIA in WWII, August 18, 1945, three days after the Japanese agree to unconditional surrender. (Album in comments) [X-Post /r/HistoryPorn]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The crew of the U.S. Navy submarine chaser (PC- 1264) salutes the United States flag as the 173-foot long escort vessel is commissioned in a U.S. East Coast port. [3000×1945]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Columns of troop-packed LCIs trail in the wake of a Coast Guard-manned LST en route for the invasion of Cape Sansapor, New Guinea. The deck of the LST is closely packed with motorized fighting equipment [3017×2048]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
American troops going forward to the battle line in the Forest of Argonne. France, September 26, 1918.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Landing barges loaded with troops sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island as American and Japanese planes duel to the death overhead. Troops watch the drama being written in the skies as they approach the hellfire on the shore. October 1944. [2761×2180]9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Troops of a field artillery battery emplace a 155mm howitzer in France. They have been following the advance of the infantry and are now setting up this new position. June 28, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Members of Battery A, 4520 AA stand by and check their equipment while the convoy takes a break. November 9, 1944. [3000×2442]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
Marine Corps tanks ready for the front lines are swung aboard a barge at the Naval Supply Center by crane, for transhipment to our forces in the Pacific Far Eastern Command. Oakland, California, 1950.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/TankPorn
Verboten! Men of 101st Airborne Division remember they can not fraternize as they watch a shapely Fraulein swing up the walk to their rest center in Konigsee, Germany. 6/18/19459yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Americans take shelter during mop-up of Brest. Crouching behind a pile of rubble, a U.S. Soldier watches for German snipers in the streets of Brest, while a companion covers him from behind a doorway. September, 1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Canines of the QM War Dog Platoon were used on Biak Island, off the coast of New Guinea, to track down Japanese hidden in caves and jungle fastness. One of these dogs is seen here, at the order to attack, straining at the leash. 7/18/1944.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Capt. Ezekia Smith, 370th Inf. Regt., 92nd Div., receives treatment at the 317th Collecting Station, for shell fragments in face and shoulders suffered near Querceta, Italy. February 10, 1945. [2445×3000]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Harassing fire directed towards Japanese positions in Southern Okinawa begins during the early morning hours of May 11, 1945 as an all out offensive gets underway.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Stars and Stripes European Theater of Operations Front Page, October 30, 1943.9yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
General Omar N. Bradley & Marshal Ivan S. Konev meet days before VE-Day. May 5, 1945. [OC] [5038×3240]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moments rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial. April 12, 1945. [2380×3000]8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Platoon Sergeant John Basilone, Medal of Honor Recipient, May 1943. (Album in comments, USMC Muster Roll Documents) [2131x3000]10yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Pvts. George Cofield and Howard J. Davis guard a newly constructed bridge site over the Rhine River, built by U.S. Ninth Army Engineers. March 30, 1945.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two German prisoners of war are being taken to the 6th Division Prisoner of War Encampment for interrogation and searching. There were 218 captured by the Free French Infantry and 6th Armored Division troops. Plouay, France. 8/28/19449yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member of the 93rd Infantry Division is among the first Negro foot soldiers to go into action in the South Pacific theater. May 1, 1944.8yr ⋅ dc103d ⋅ r/wwiipics
