20 mm cannon installed in the nose of B-17F 42-5897 Roundtrip Jack, 385th Bomb Group, August 19432mo ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Christmas packages destined for soldiers who have been killed or reported missing in action await return to sender stamps. New York City, 1944. [689x899]5yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
M18 Hellcat of the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion in action near Firenzuola, Italy, 19442yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/CombatFootage
S/Sgt. Herbert Limon from Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, after heavy fighting in the village of Lutrebois, Belgium, on 6 January 1945 [745x960] [COLORIZED]5yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The crew of an M26 Pershing, nicknamed Eagle 7, of the 3rd Armored Division pose for a photo after their famous victorious tank duel in Cologne, Germany, March 19454yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Men of the 2nd Platoon, Company D, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, fire a .30 caliber M1917A1 machine gun into the town of Schlich, Germany, during a successful attack, 10 December 1944.2yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/CombatFootage
A Japanese American soldier and his mother in a strawberry field. The soldier was given leave to help his family prepare for their evacuation to an internment camp. Florin, California, 11 May 1942. Taken by Dorothea Lange. [3000x2332]2yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
S/Sgt. Herbert Limon from Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, after heavy fighting in the village of Lutrebois, Belgium, on 6 January 1945.5yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/wwiipics
Christmas packages destined for soldiers who have been killed or reported missing in action await return to sender stamps. New York City, 1944. [689x899]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An American lieutenant sleeping on a pile of rocks during the Italian campaign. Undated, probably 1944. [1,920x1,324]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
American soldiers watch as the Tricolor flies from the Eiffel Tower again, c. 25 August 1944. [2,367x3,000]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
U.S. Army M4 Sherman tanks in England staged for D-Day invasion, 1943-1944.6yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A B-24 crewman stands beside his plane, showing what it took to survive at 25,000 feet. 1944-1945. [1,200x1,565]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A young assistant squad leader from the 12th Infantry, 4th Division, Sgt. Wyman P. Williams, takes a break near Villedieu following the hedgerow campaign. 1944.6yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/wwiipics
In celebration of the 6 millionth pound of ordnance dropped on Vietnam, CDR Clarence W. Stoddard's A-1H 572 carries a special bomb. October 1965. [1,050x559]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Members of the 2nd Infantry Division advance under machine gun fire into the outskirts of Brest, France. 9 September 1944. [2,089 x 1,669]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The remains of a combat-decimated American infantry squad (at full strength, 12 men). 1944-1945. [1388 × 888]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Visualization of an American self-propelled tank destroyer battalion8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A map of the various distances that WWII escort fighters could fly from their bases [1,255 x 1,005]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/aviation
The crew of the M10 tank destroyer Jinx after receiving Silver Stars for knocking out five enemy tanks at the Salerno beachhead on September 14, 19438yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
An M3A1 Halftrack named Bitching Pals of Company B, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, moves through Engers, Germany, on 27 March 1945. [Colorized]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Hoover Dam takes shape. Looking upstream from the Nevada rim, 24 February 1934. [1,600x1,280]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
M10 tank destroyer Accident of Company A, 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. St. Jean de Daye, Normandy, 11 July 1944. [3,019x2,480]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
The only original M10 tank destroyer of the 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion to survive WWII, 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A sandbagged M4A3E2 Jumbo of the 743rd Tank Battalion. Alsdorf, Germany, 27 November 1944.7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
USS Enterprise in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. A bomb is exploding off her stern, while two Japanese dive bombers are visible directly above the carrier. A flash from the battleship South Dakota's anti-aircraft guns can be seen in the distance. 26 October 1942. [2,929x2,368]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M4 Sherman of Company I, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division has amassed quite a pile of shell packing tubes while providing fire support near Vicht, Germany. 17 November 1944. [2,400x1,878]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
M4(75) Sherman Hurricane undergoing engine maintenance. Normandy, 1944. [3,100x2,480]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
M26 tractor 'Judy Mae III' of the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion recovering a disabled Sherman of 12th Armored Division. France, December 19448yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
USAF F-15s and F-16s fly over oil fires set by retreating Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. 1991. [3,840x2,400]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A pair of M10 tank destroyere come ashore during training exercises in preparation for D-Day, with an LST in the background. England, 1944. [3,259x2,480]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A column of new M4A3(76)W HVSS of Company B, 43rd Tank Battalion in Lambach, Germany. 16 April 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
USS Alabama (BB-60) in Casco Bay, Maine, c. December 1942. [5,457x4,092]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The three primary tanks of the Army. Fort Hood, Texas, October 19478yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
B-17s of the 390th Bombardment Group with little friends escort fighters during a mission to Emden, Germany. 27 September 1943. [3,602x2,233]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Secretary of War Henry Stimson is blindfolded as he draws the first number for the United States' first peacetime military draft lottery in Washington, D.C. on 29 October 1940 [1,160x707]6yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M4 Sherman of Company F, 32nd Armored Regiment guards a crossroads at Spontin, Belgium. September 1944.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A B-17G of the 452nd Bomb Group prepares to drop its load. Over Europe, 1944. [1,600x1,072]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The crews of Company B, 759th Tank Battalion, take a rest in the French town of Montebourg. August 1944.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Deep wading tanks of Company A, 741st Tank Battalion loaded aboard an LCT while waiting for D-Day. Late May-early June 1944. [1,100x763]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A map of the various distances that WWII escort fighters could fly from their bases [1,255 x 1,005]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
P-51D-20-NA undergoes maintenance. Ober Olm, Germany, 17 April 1945.7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
M4A3(76)W HVSS and M4A3(76)W VVSS of Company C, 781st Tank Battalion guard the border crossing between Austria and Italy. 4 May 1945. [1,976x1,251]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Pfc. John A. Arnett gets in the chow line for his Thanksgiving Day dinner; a turkey leg from 1st Cook, Cpl. Fred Burks. Korea, 22 November 1951. [3,000x2,430]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A very rare Sherman, the M4A3(75)W HVSS. Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, May 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
An M26 tractor of the 464th Ordnance Evacuation Company drags a trackless Panther through the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany. 4 December 1944.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Private Kenneth Boyer of Company B, 37th Tank Battalion sits on his tank near Arracourt. 26 September 1944. [1,488x1,200]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
German troops field testing War Daddy II, the first complete M4 Sherman captured by the Germans. 1943. [2,048x1,422]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M4A1 Sherman after a very one-sided duel with a Panther. July 20, 1944.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/DestroyedTanks
An M4A3(76)W photographed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey on April 3, 19488yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
An M4 Sherman from the 3rd Armored Division carrying troops of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment moves through Stolberg. 14 October 1944. [2,660x2,077]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Tanks of Combat Command A, 11th Armored Division, ford the Muhl River near Neufelden, Austria. 4 May 1945.7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A GI on the Italian front observes his earthly possessions. 1943-45. [1,000x1,000]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
GIs of Company C, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division shelter behind an M4 Sherman tank in the destroyed town of Geich, Germany. 11 December 1944. [4,000x3,218]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M35 Prime Mover tows the barrel and recoil assembly of an 8 inch Gun M1. 1944-1945. [1,841x2,048]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Inmates of the Ebensee concentration camp after their liberation by the US 80th Infantry Division. Ebensee, Austria, 6 May 1945. [2,843x2,087]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M4 High Speed Tractor of the 105th Field Artillery Battalion tows an 8 inch Howitzer M1 to the front at Carentilly, 31 July 1944. [3,665x2,480]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
B-17F All American after being rammed by a German fighter. The bomber and crew made it back to base intact. February 1, 1943. [1,800x1,112]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The crew of an M4 Sherman tank loads up on ammo. Pine Camp, New York, fall 1943.7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
An M3 medium tank crew from Company F, 13th Armored Regiment displays 75 mm ammunition. North Africa, 1942-43.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
Sergeant Pershing Wadsworth wears a mask, which he has made from an army-issue scarf, to protect his face from the wind, in snowbound Odeigne. Belgium, 15 January 1945. [1,000x1,378]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The crew of an M4 Sherman tank loads up on ammo. Pine Camp, New York, fall 1943. [1,479x1,600]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Salvage crews examine the torpedo damage to the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma during recovery operations. 31 December 1943. [3,000x2,426]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An ex-DD M4A1 of the 3rd Armored Division with a hedgerow cutter, July 19448yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
The Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) of Major Virgil C. Fields lies on the beach at Salerno after being shot down on September 9, 19438yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
An M4A3(76)W HVSS of CCA, 10th Armored Division (21st Tank Battalion) passes through Rosswalden, Germany. April 20, 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
US aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll. The carriers are (from front to back): USS Wasp, Yorktown, Hornet, Hancock, and Ticonderoga. USS Lexington and an Independence-class light carrier are to the left. 8 December 1944. [2,367x1,766]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
An M4A1(76)W Sherman waits in ambush in a hedge, Normandy, 1944. [3,356 × 2,480]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
TBD Devastators of VT-6 being prepared for takeoff on the deck of the USS Enterprise diuring the Battle of Midway. 10 of the 14 aircraft were lost in the ensuing attack. 4 June 1942. [2,125x1,591]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The last B-26C leaves the Martin-Omaha production line, 4 April 19447yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Lt. Robert J. Shorty Rankin after shooting down 5 Bf 109s during one mission over Germany. 12 May 1944. [812x1,024]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A jeep of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division moves through the leveled village of Grosshau in the Hurtgen Forest. 1 December 1944. [3,000x2,395]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
78th Fighter Group P-47 fitted with 20 mm cannons on the wing pylons for additional firepower. February 1944. [500x400]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
M18 Hellcat of Company A, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Brest, France. August 1944.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
German armor and infantry of the 116th Panzer Division push past a disabled M10 tank destroyer of the 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Near Schmidt, Germany, November 5-9, 1944. [1,616x1,143]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Tanks of Company C, 781st Tank Battalion guard the border crossing between Austria and Italy. 4 May 1945. [1,976x1,251]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The 62nd Fighter Squadron showing off their new P-47's to the British. RAF King's Cliffe, 10 March 1943. [1,024x759]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
P-47 ace Robert S. Johnson, the first American pilot to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's WWI victory total of 26, sits in his plane. Taken between 30 January and 20 February 1944. [2,161x2,854]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Petty officer first class Tadayoshi Koga's captured A6M Zero, in US markings, on a test flight. 1942. [1,910x1,456]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
M18 Hellcats of the 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion and Shermans of the 752nd Tank Battalion wait in Bonizzo for a pontoon bridge to be completed across the Po River. 25 April 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
An M4A3 Sherman called Caballero of the 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division is recovered after being knocked out. It was penetrated through the turret splash guard on the left side. January 1945.8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/DestroyedTanks
M10 tank destroyer on the production line, March 1943. [8,046x6,337]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/TankPorn
A map of the various distances that WWII escort fighters could fly from their bases [1,255 x 1,005]7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/MapPorn
An M4 Sherman of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 59th Armored Field Artillery Battalion set afire by an enemy artillery strike near Cassino, 1944. [1,932x1,407]8yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/DestroyedTanks
American double-ace Capt. Walker Bud Mahurin standing on the wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt while chatting with his crew chief. Halesworth, England, late November 1943. [5,137x3,540]9yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
B-17s of the 390th Bombardment Group with little friends escort fighters during a mission to Emden, Germany. 27 September 1943.7yr ⋅ the_howling_cow ⋅ r/pics