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4 WWII Color Photographs With Thompsons


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4 WWII color or colorized photographs for your enjoyment.

#1. Cover of Newsweek, September 14, 1942 (Almost Sgt. Joe Gunn)

#2. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 17th Airborne Division, 1944

#3. G.I. in German City or Town, 1944-45

#4. Sailor with a Thompson in Salerno, Italy

Newsweek Sept 1942.jpg

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 17th Airborne Division .jpg

German City or Town 1944-45.jpg

Salerno, Italy.jpg

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I wonder where #3 got a flight jacket?

 

Looks like either a B-6 flight jacket or a D-1 mechanic’s jacket. Without a better picture it's hard to tell. The way some men "wheeled and dealed," there's no telling.

 

http://www.eastmanleather.com/eastman-p-179.html

http://www.eastmanleather.com/eastman-p-178.html

 

These Eastman jackets are excellent quality.

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