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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crazybuddy" data-source="post: 17575863" data-attributes="member: 326070">           <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10410819_587777104685419_3776775768159834221_n-png.187161/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           U.S. Army Pfc. Jesse E. Devore (born in Oklahoma) of the 38th Infantry   Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, holds a young French boy following the   Allied Landings at Normandy and the liberation of Trévières on the 10th   of June 1944. Devore was killed in action at the age of 23, just two weeks after this   photograph was taken, and was buried in the American Cemetery at   Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France on the 27th of June   1944.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/1011078_587427621387034_2097067168959043922_n-jpg.187162/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           US Marines lie flat and try to spot the source of the fire which has them immobilized.The 2nd and 4th Marine Division 1st Hours on Saipan Beachheads.15th of June 1944.(This could be 'Red Beach 2' and if so, these are men of the US 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division) At about 08.43, men of the 6th and 8th Marines of the 2rd Division and   the 23rd and 25th Marines of the 4th Division hit the beach and   immediately came under intense mortar and artillery fire. All units   suffered heavily. There was no hesitation, however; the Marines were   well oriented, and the attack moved forward. Within 20 minutes, 700   LVT's and 8,000 troops were ashore. Many leaders were hit, but their   responsibilities were rapidly assumed by their immediate subordinates.   Shells showered on the beach. Over the next two days, the Marines secured and expanded the beachhead.   The morning of 16th of June was spent closing the gap between the two   divisions, which were separated by a strong Japanese force on Afetna   Point. By noon, this goal was accomplished. A huge Japanese   counterattack was successfully repelled that afternoon and the Marines   engaged in the largest tank battle of the Pacific War. Aslito Airfield   was under pressure at the close of the day. In contrast, the 27th   Infantry Division (Army) came ashore to support the Marines on the   morning of 17th of June and bore the brunt of a door-to-door fight   through Garapan village, another novelty in the Pacific War The loss of life during the Battle of Saipan was tremendous.   Approximately 3,426 of the 67,451 U.S. troops who participated in the   battle were killed or reported missing in action. Four times this number   were confirmed wounded. Japanese losses were far greater. Of the   approximately 31,629 Japanese troops who participated in the battle,   29,500 were lost. Japanese sources, however, estimated the total number   killed on Saipan to be well over 40,000. Additionally, 14,560 civilians   were placed in internment camps (including 1,173 Koreans) and it is   estimated that 22,000 civilians committed suicide (including Japanese,   Koreans and native islanders). Civilians on Saipan were afraid of being   imprisoned and tortured by the U.S., thus a vast number committed   suicide, some with children in hand.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10355482_587231988073264_5459467221586816189_o-jpg.187163/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           Troops of the 51st Highland Division aboard a landing craft heading for   Normandy, reading travel information booklets on France which they were   issued before embarkation. 7th of June 1944.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10524565_587042194758910_8089151612474693057_n-png.187164/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           US Marines of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade sit in pouring rain   while one of them uses a radio for communication during a lull in the   fighting for the Orote Pennisula, Guam.July 29th 1944 (Photographer: W. Eugene Smith for 'Life' Magazine) On July 21, 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade assaulted and   landed south of the Orote Peninsula on Guam, the largest island of the   Mariana Islands. It consisted of the 4th Marines and the 22nd Marine Regiment. After the   invasion of Guam it was disbanded and formed into the 6th Marine   Division. A Marine's experience of life on Guam:"Rain falls on Guam almost every day in the year. In order to   distinguish between the wet and the dry season, any rainfall under 12   inches is part of the dry season. We landed in the middle of the wet   season. Aside from a few minor discomforts like mosquito clouds, flies,   living in pup tents, eating K-rations, wading up to your .... well -   navel, delayed mail, and about 8,000 loose Japs, life the first few   weeks was about as tame as a girl scout hike....."            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10701933_586390774824052_1537243687343762187_n-png.187165/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           A comrade nails a division sleeve badge on the grave of Cpl. Marcelino   Gil Martin of the 2nd Battalion, 263 Inf. Regt., 250th 'Division Azul'   Wehrmacht Spanish Volunteers (Died 22/8/42) in Grigorovo, Near Novgorod   in Russia. This photo was taken in June 1943 when his brother, Lt. Angel Eustaquio   Gil Martin obtained the necessary permission to go to the Volkhov Front   to look for the grave of his brother Marcelino, who fell the previous   year.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10696287_584800391649757_4041951421215775611_n-png.187166/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           The iconic image of American photographer Lee Miller in Adolf Hitler's   bathtub in Prinzregentenplatz 16, Munich. The image was taken on April   the 30th 1945, the day that Hitler was reported to have committed   suicide in Berlin. (Photograph by David E. Scherman) Lee Miller, covering WWII for 'Vogue' magazine, teamed up with the   American photographer David E. Scherman, a 'Life' magazine correspondent   on many assignments. The photograph by Scherman of Miller in the   bathtub of Adolf Hitler’s apartment in Munich is one of the most iconic   images from the Miller-Scherman partnership. The New York Times had  this  to say: “A picture of the Führer balances on the lip of the tub; a   classical statue of a woman sits opposite it on a dressing table; Lee,   in the tub, inscrutable as ever, scrubs her shoulder. A woman caught   between horror and beauty, between being seen and being the seer.” This apartment is where Hitler's half-niece Geli Raubal died, having   supposedly committed suicide on the 18th of September 1931.This was also   where Hitler and Chamberlain met on September the 30th 1938, following   the signing of the four-power Munich Accords.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/16367_584729398323523_6173775776513727189_n-png.187167/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           U.S. Army Sgt. Norwood Dorman of 'E' Company, 36th Field Artillery   Regiment, from Benson, North Carolina, mimics the pose of a statue on a   memorial for Italian soldiers of WWI while taking a brief rest during   the Allied invasion of Sicily. Brolo, Province of Messina, Sicily. 14th August 1943.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10291065_584015271728269_6784241509223317203_n-jpg.187168/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           Well, we are still here.Here's a man who needs no introduction along with an extract from one of   his many famous speeches. Also an excellent colourisation from 'Mads'. "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the   sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and   exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the   job." Winston ChurchillFebruary 9, 1941Broadcast from London            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/10688238_582918718504591_8116690316964734276_o-jpg.187169/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           A mixed group of German soldiers (Kampgruppe) aboard a leichte   Schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.250/1 Neu (halftrack) somewhere in the Aachen   area of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.c.March 1945.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/1490697_582828221846974_8729321879922602015_o-jpg.187170/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           The American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) nicknamed "Big Ben"   listing, with crew on deck, 19 March 1945, photo taken from the USS   Santa Fe (CL-60) light cruiser, running along side in preparation to   evacuate wounded crew. Before dawn on 19 March 1945, 'Franklin', which had maneuvered to within   80 km (50 miles) of the Japanese mainland, closer than had any other   U.S. carrier during the war, launched a fighter sweep against Honshū and   later a strike against shipping in Kobe Harbour. The 'Franklin' crew   aboard had been called to battle stations 12 times within six hours that   night and Captain Gehres downgraded the alert status to Condition III,   allowing his men free to eat or sleep, although gunnery crews remained   at their stations. Suddenly, a single Japanese aircraft pierced the   cloud cover and made a low level run on the ship to drop two   semi-armour-piercing bombs. The damage analysis came to the conclusion   that the bombs were 550 lb (250 kg), the Aichi B7A "Grace" had this   capability (reports of the exact aircraft type are still inconclusive,   also as to whether the plane was shot down or escaped). One bomb struck   the flight deck centerline, penetrating to the hangar deck, effecting   destruction and igniting fires through the second and third decks, and   knocking out the Combat Information Center and air plot. The second hit   aft, tearing through two decks. At the time she was struck, 'Franklin' had 31 armed and fueled aircraft   warming up on her flight deck. The hangar deck contained 22 additional   planes, of which 16 were fueled and five were armed. The forward   gasoline system had been secured, but the aft system was operating. The   explosion on the hangar deck ignited the fuel tanks on the aircraft,  and  gasoline vapour explosion devastated the deck. Only two crewmen   survived the fire on the hangar deck. The explosion also jumbled   aircraft together on the flight deck above, causing further fires and   explosions, including the detonation of 12 "Tiny Tim" air-to-surface   rockets. 'Franklin' lay dead in the water, took a 13° starboard list, lost all   radio communications, and broiled under the heat from enveloping fires.   Many of the crew were blown overboard, driven off by fire, killed or   wounded, but the hundreds of officers and enlisted who voluntarily   remained saved their ship. A recent count by 'Franklin' historian and   researcher Joseph A Springer brings total 19th March 1945 casualty   figures to 807 killed and more than 487 wounded. Certainly, the casualty   figures would have far exceeded this number, but for the work of many   survivors. Among these were the Medal of Honor recipients Lieutenant   Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, the warship's Catholic chaplain, who   administered the last rites, organized and directed firefighting and   rescue parties, and led men below to wet down magazines that threatened   to explode; and also Lieutenant JG Donald A. Gary, who discovered 300   men trapped in a blackened mess compartment and, finding an exit,   returned repeatedly to lead groups to safety. Gary later organized and   led fire-fighting parties to battle fires on the hangar deck and entered   the No. 3 fireroom to raise steam in one boiler. The Santa Fe rescued   crewmen from the sea and approached Franklin to take off the numerous   wounded and nonessential personnel. 'Franklin', like many other wartime ships, had been modified with   additional armament, requiring larger crews and substantial ammunition   stocks. Aircraft were both more numerous and heavier than originally   planned for, and thus the flight deck had been strengthened. The   aircraft carrier, therefore, displaced more than originally planned, her   freeboard was reduced, and her stability characteristics had been   altered. The enormous quantities of water poured aboard her to fight the   fires further reduced freeboard (exacerbated, on her starboard side,  by  the list), and her stability was seriously impaired, such that her   survival was in jeopardy. 'Franklin' had suffered the most severe damage   experienced by any U.S. fleet carrier that survived World War II. USS Franklin was taken in tow by the heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh until   she was able to raise enough steam to reach a speed of 14 kts (26  km/h),  and then she proceeded to Ulithi Atoll under her own power for   emergency repairs. Next, she steamed to Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, where   repairs permitted her to steam to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, via   the Panama Canal, where she arrived on 28 April 1945. She was eventually restored to active service after WWII had ended.USS Franklin received four battle stars for her World War II service.            <img src="http://forum.goregrish.com/attachments/1973996_582696665193463_3841759588511972450_o-jpg.187171/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />           Royal Air Force 'Thunderbolt' Mark I. (P-47D-22-RE USAAF s/n 42-26228,   RAF HD173 "A" nearest) of No. 135 Squadron RAF, lined up at Chittagong,   India, while being overflown by three other Thunderbolts.September 1944 - June 1945(© IWM CF 201) The South East Asia Command (SEAC) had been formed in August 1943.   Allied forces began to put up a stout defense on the Indian frontier   with Burma, then slowly pushed the Japanese southward. The Brewster Buffalo, which had been rejected for European service, was   sent to Malaya and Burma and slaughtered by the Oscars and Zeros. The   Curtiss Hawk 75, which the RAF called the Mohawk, soldiered on in the   role of fighter-bomber until 1944, and the Hawker Hurricane grew long in   the tooth in this theatre of operations. Spitfires (usually the Mk  VIII  or Mk XIV) were both rare, and without the long-range needed to  cover  the immense distances involved, to escort RAF Liberator strikes,  for  example. Something had to be done about the fighter bomber situation, and the RAF   started taking delivery of the heavy-hitting Republic P-47D. Powered  by  the 2,300 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800, and armed with 8 x .5″ M2   Browning machine-guns and up to 2,000 lb of bombs it was just what the   RAF needed. The P-47 had an immensely strong, two-spar, wing with Frise   type ailerons and slotted flaps. The RAF Thunderbolts differed from   standard with modified turbo-superchargers and engine vents and extra   cooling gills either side of the cowling. A total of 826 Thunderbolts   were taken on charge, comprising 239 ‘Razorbacks’ (which the RAF called   the Mk 1) and 587 ‘bubble’ canopy versions (which the RAF called the Mk   II). The first unit to convert was No 135 Squadron in September, 1944. It appears in a Dark Earth, Dark Green camouflage scheme, typical of   SEAC, with the white markings on the cowling, wings and tail to identify   it as a P-47. The RAF roundels and fin flash show NO red component, as   there had been well-document instances of ‘friendly fire’ in combat,  due  to confusion with Japanese markings.                     </blockquote>

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