February 1st, 1944 – Roi Namur Islands in the Kwajalein Atoll. American forces land from inside the lagoon while large ships provide cover fire. Up close to the beaches are the gunboats of LCI Flotilla 3 that will prove to be the most battle-tested and blooded of all LCI Flotillas. Their valor would earn them a place with the Victory Fleet in Tokyo Bay at the surrender. – National Archives
Major General Mark Clark arrives at his Headquaters in the Western Theater of Operations. – Signal Corps Photo SC-111-151989 (National Archives)
US raid on Makin Island, August 1942. Marine Commandos, aboard USS Nautilus; Entering Pearl Harbor after the raid on Makin Island. – National Archives
22 February 1944 – Parry Island at Eniwetok Atoll. Two Corpsman tend to a casualty. There are lots of details to view in this photo. – National Archives
Flight deck of USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) covered with P-47s for delivery to Saipan Islands in the Marianas. Photo taken 19 June 1944. – National Archives
Interesting series of photos of a B-17 crew picked up out of the water near Anzio, Italy. Looks like British LCI in the background. – National Archives
11 December 1943 — Aboard the USS White Plains (CVE-66), an escort carrier that later fought with the legendary “Taffy 3” during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The ship’s mascot, a dog named Poncho, stands proudly on deck. – National Archives
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, CinCPac during an inspection of newly acquired bases in the Marshall Islands. Caught by the camera through the porthole in the bridge of a destroyer. – National Archives
American General George Patton chats with French General Charles Noguès, the Resident General of Morroco. – National Archives (Signal Corps Photo No. 151898)
Members of three tank crews which fought in Egypt against General Rommel, were still vitally interested in the news from that sector when they stopped at Fort Knox, Kentucky to report to Major General Jacob Devers, Chief of the Armored Force on July 20, 1942.
Here they are, just after eating their first “hot dogs” since they left this country on a 28,000 mile round trip. These men were at Tobruk the day before it fell, battled side by side with the British and Australians.
Left to Right – first row, Sgt Stuart McCann, Madison, CT; Sgt Gerard Legasso, Rocking Beach, NY; Staff Sgt William Z. Fralish, Ariton AL; Sgt Roy Clough, Chelmsford, MD; Cpl Carl (illegible entry); SECOND ROW – PFC Clarence F. Green, Coldwater, OH; FC Paul Monroe, Indianapolis, IN; Cpl Martin Johnson, NY City, NY; Cpl William H. Norman, Hosston, LA; Cpl Henry Parko, Johnstown, NY; Cpl Clifford Disbrow, Elizabethtown, NJ; Pfc Arthur Stratton, Fulton, NY; Cpl James Mont-(picture is cut off) – National Archives
11 September 1944 – Belgians gather to watch troops of the 120th Infantry Regiment march down the road on their way to take another town in Belgium, Eben-Emeal, which lies along the road ahead.
Side Note – COGG’s Vice President Dennis Blocker is the Great Grandson of Pfc Frank Soben who served in the 120th through France, Holland, Belgium and then on into Aachen, Germany where he was killed in action on 27 October 1944. Pfc Soben might be one of the soldiers in this photograph.
3 July 1944 – Photograph from a Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger of the Escort Carrier USS White Plains (CVE-66). In the background is the island of Saipan. The coastal craggy cliffs of Marpi Point can be seen at bottom. This was the site of the mass suicide of hundreds if not thousands of Japanese civilians.
After the special Thanksgiving Day services outside of Westminster Abbey the services were held inside for members of US Forces to celebrate the holiday. London, England. 26 November 1942. – National Archives (Signal Corps Photo SC 151917)
Men of Battery A, 17th Regiment at Tidworth, England receive regular visits from four year old neighbor named “Nessa”, 9 November 1942.
31 July 1943 – German prisoners are being fed “C” rations by American soldiers shortly after their capture in the hills near Cafala, Sicily. – National Archives (Signal Corps Photo SC 185458)
1 August 1943 – Commanding General of the US 37th Infantry Division General Robert S. Beightler (left) coming up hill as he approaches Infantry forward command post during reconnaissance trip in New Georgia. – National Archives
Legendary Hollywood actor Gary Cooper watches low flying aircraft from a DUKW in New Guinea. 21 November 1943 – National Archives
19 February 1944 – Carroceto Area, Italy – Captured Group of German Prisoners pass by infantry fox holes on small road near Carroceto, Italy. Photo by Bonnard 163rd Signal Photo Company. – National Archives (Signal Corps Photo SC-187701)