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Today is the official start of my WWII photo series. These photos have been never before been seen and I am excited to share them all with you. These were taken by my grandfather while stationed overseas, in Europe, at the end of the war. You can read more about that here.
We are staring out at the beginning of one roll of film and unfortunately, I cannot be exactly certain this is in chronological order. As you will see in the first picture below, the Base he is at was captured during the last month of the war. It could simply be that is when he first acquired a camera, but it is hard to say. None the less we have over 400 exciting photos of battlefields, tanks, cities, planes, etc. to look through.
Here is my grandfather Joe on the left and some hard-charging ol’ Sarge on the right (plus a photobombing pup). This headquarters is located in south-central Germany in Bavaria. The Americans captured it and began using it to launch P47 Thunderbolts, which probably explains why we have that P47 in my original post. The airfield was used for attack missions and as a place to stage the wounded. You can read more about that here.
Next up we have this striking young man posing with a guitar chilling out behind a desk. One can only assume that this is an office in the headquarters there at Kitzigen already decorated with some lovely ladies of the day. From what I am guessing we have on the bottom left Joan Crawford, bottom right Lana Turner, top left Lucille Ball, and the top right is unknown to me. Please correct me in the comments if I am wrong or if you know who the other lady is. If only we could make out the date on the newspaper!
Lastly, here we have a sort of blemished (overexposed) photo of a young man driving a supply truck. I wish I knew exactly what type of truck it is, but sadly I do not.
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howdy there balticbadger! another interesting post my friend, and curie liked it too, great job!
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I spent a few weeks at that base before it closed down in 2003. I was there in 2002 working. I really liked that base
Wow, that's pretty cool! I was in the Army but never had the opportunity to serve in Germany, everyone I talked to who had been there loved it. I was stationed at Ft. Bragg Germany was my second choice. As fate would have it we moved to Germany anyway and plan on staying, we like it so much.
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That's awesome thank you for doing that!
Wow the photo of the guy with the guitar is really great! So cool the quality is good enough to see the pinup girls. Love all of these. This is such a cool series you are sharing :)
Thanks a lot! I am really amazed too, finding so many things in these photos I had not seen before.
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Amazing again..this series is about to get interesting :)
Thank you, Alice! 😁
Your welcome :)