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Challenge: Anything Military 2nd-4th April 2020
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Apr 2, 2020 09:37:23   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
Great photo. Wasn't this the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb?

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Apr 2, 2020 09:38:10   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
Studio263 wrote:
What ever happened to this skinny kid?


Is that you? Great photo. Thank you for your service.

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Apr 2, 2020 09:38:37   #
Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho
 
The second picture looks like my "steel pot" from the Vietnam war. The device under the "hatband" is a P38 can opener. I never kept my P38 in the band but always carried cigarettes, bug dope, and first-aid items there. Take care & ...

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Apr 2, 2020 09:38:54   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
RichardTaylor wrote:
Mid 1960's. Army reserve, field exercise.
I was in a signals unit.
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I love looking at your old photos Richard. This is a great photo. Thank you for your service.

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Apr 2, 2020 09:40:00   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
AnnMurrey wrote:
This is the best I can do for the moment. Will need to think and see what I can do. So sorry about your plans having to change.


Thank you Ann. Who is this fine young soldier?

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Apr 2, 2020 09:40:47   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
judy juul wrote:
My boy, Bill. US Coast Guard Vet.


What a great photo. Please thank him for his service.

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Apr 2, 2020 09:41:25   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
SueScott wrote:
Taken at Edinburgh's Riding of the Marches parade this past September.


Wow, great photos Sue.

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Apr 2, 2020 09:44:27   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
Al Beatty wrote:
The second picture looks like my "steel pot" from the Vietnam war. The device under the "hatband" is a P38 can opener. I never kept my P38 in the band but always carried cigarettes, bug dope, and first-aid items there. Take care & ...


Thanks Al, my son collects a lot of vintage war items. He does research on every item and was looking for a pack of cigarettes from this time period to put under his "hatband". So this is called a "Steel pot" how interesting. Thanks for that.

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Apr 2, 2020 09:46:30   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
I'm looking to find more military things around the house, now I'm bringing out the t-shirts lol.

This is the one I was going to wear from family day and will wear the next time I see my son.


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Apr 2, 2020 09:55:11   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
WWII 7th Army Ike Jacket this was worn by a Private with the "Seven Steps to Hell" Patch.

The 7th Army was the first U.S. Field Army to see combat in WW II and was activated at sea when the I Armored Corps under the command of Lt. General George Patton was redesignated on July 10th, 1943.
The Seventh Army landed on several beaches in southern Sicily and captured the city of Palermo on July 22nd and along with the British Eighth Army captured Messina on August 16th. During the fighting, the elements of the Seventh Army killed or captured over 1 13,000 enemy soldiers. The Headquarters elements of the Seventh Army remained relatively inactive at Palermo, Sicily, and Algiers, North Africa, until January of 1944 when Lt. General Mark Clark was assigned as Commander and the Army began planning for the invasion of southern France.

The invasion was originally given the code name of "Operation Anvil" but was changed to "Operation Dragoon" before the landing. In March of 1944, Lt. General Alexander Patch was assigned to command the Army which moved to Naples, Italy, the following July. On August 15th, 1944, Seventh Army units assaulted the beaches of southern France in the St. Tropez and St. Raphael area. Within one month, the Army employing three American Divisions, five French Divisions, and the First Airborne Task Force had advanced 400 miles and had joined with the Normandy forces. In the process, the Seventh Army had liberated Marseilles, Lyon, Toulon, and all of Southern France.

The Army then assaulted the German forces in the Vosges Mountains, broke into the Alsatian Plain, and reached the Rhine River after capturing the city of Strasbourg. During the Battle of the Bulge, the Seventh Army extended its flanks to take over much of the Third Army area which allowed the Third to relieve surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne. Along with the French First Army, the Seventh went on the offensive in February of 1945 and eliminated the enemy pocket in the Colmar area.

The Seventh then went into the Saar, crossed the Rhine, captured Nuremberg and Munich, crossed the Brenner Pass, and made contact with the Fifth Army - once again on Italian soil. In less than nine months of continuous fighting, the Seventh had advanced over 1,000 miles and for varying times had commanded 24 American and Allied Divisions.

The Seventh Army was inactivated in March of 1946, in Germany, reactivated for a short time at Atlanta, Georgia, and assigned to the Regular Army with Headquarters at Vaihingen, Germany, in November of 1950.

The shoulder patch for the Seventh Army was approved on June 23rd, 1943. The letter "A" (for "Army") is formed by seven steps indicating the numerical designation of the unit. The colors suggest the three basic combat branches which make up a field army - blue for Infantry, red for Artillery, and yellow for Armor (Cavalry).

Veterans of the Seventh Army wore a tab reading "Seven Steps to Hell" under the patch, but this tab was never officially authorized.


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Apr 2, 2020 09:55:45   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
Lorima wrote:
WWII 7th Army Ike Jacket this was worn by a Private with the "Seven Steps to Hell" Patch.

The 7th Army was the first U.S. Field Army to see combat in WW II and was activated at sea when the I Armored Corps under the command of Lt. General George Patton was redesignated on July 10th, 1943.
The Seventh Army landed on several beaches in southern Sicily and captured the city of Palermo on July 22nd and along with the British Eighth Army captured Messina on August 16th. During the fighting, the elements of the Seventh Army killed or captured over 1 13,000 enemy soldiers. The Headquarters elements of the Seventh Army remained relatively inactive at Palermo, Sicily, and Algiers, North Africa, until January of 1944 when Lt. General Mark Clark was assigned as Commander and the Army began planning for the invasion of southern France.

The invasion was originally given the code name of "Operation Anvil" but was changed to "Operation Dragoon" before the landing. In March of 1944, Lt. General Alexander Patch was assigned to command the Army which moved to Naples, Italy, the following July. On August 15th, 1944, Seventh Army units assaulted the beaches of southern France in the St. Tropez and St. Raphael area. Within one month, the Army employing three American Divisions, five French Divisions, and the First Airborne Task Force had advanced 400 miles and had joined with the Normandy forces. In the process, the Seventh Army had liberated Marseilles, Lyon, Toulon, and all of Southern France.

The Army then assaulted the German forces in the Vosges Mountains, broke into the Alsatian Plain, and reached the Rhine River after capturing the city of Strasbourg. During the Battle of the Bulge, the Seventh Army extended its flanks to take over much of the Third Army area which allowed the Third to relieve surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne. Along with the French First Army, the Seventh went on the offensive in February of 1945 and eliminated the enemy pocket in the Colmar area.

The Seventh then went into the Saar, crossed the Rhine, captured Nuremberg and Munich, crossed the Brenner Pass, and made contact with the Fifth Army - once again on Italian soil. In less than nine months of continuous fighting, the Seventh had advanced over 1,000 miles and for varying times had commanded 24 American and Allied Divisions.

The Seventh Army was inactivated in March of 1946, in Germany, reactivated for a short time at Atlanta, Georgia, and assigned to the Regular Army with Headquarters at Vaihingen, Germany, in November of 1950.

The shoulder patch for the Seventh Army was approved on June 23rd, 1943. The letter "A" (for "Army") is formed by seven steps indicating the numerical designation of the unit. The colors suggest the three basic combat branches which make up a field army - blue for Infantry, red for Artillery, and yellow for Armor (Cavalry).

Veterans of the Seventh Army wore a tab reading "Seven Steps to Hell" under the patch, but this tab was never officially authorized.
WWII 7th Army Ike Jacket this was worn by a Privat... (show quote)


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Apr 2, 2020 09:57:53   #
Lorima Loc: Colorado
 
How do I remove the duplicate post?

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Apr 2, 2020 10:32:59   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
Lorima wrote:
How do I remove the duplicate post?


Hi Lori I think after a short time after post 5 minutes i believe have to PM Administration and ask to remove.
But I wouldn't worry about it, we all have done it.

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Apr 2, 2020 10:37:42   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
A couple more, pic of Boot camp with reverse showing signatures of my platoon.
Have more still looking Lori.

Before graduation. 1968
Before graduation. 1968...

Lee Trevino's son was in our platoon!!
Lee Trevino's son was in our platoon!!...
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Apr 2, 2020 10:39:29   #
Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa
 
Lorima wrote:
So last month when I decided to host this "Anything Military" Challenge but I didn't realize how quickly everything was going to change with the Coronavirus.

My son is in Basic Training (Boot Camp) at Fort Benning, Georgia. He left home Jan 13th and we had been looking forward to seeing him for a few days for family day on March 26th. He was planning to show me around the base so he and I could take photos together and spend some quality time together but that quickly changed as family day and graduations have all been cancelled until further notice. No family members are aloud on base, my only way of communicating with my son now is through letters as they are not aloud their phones while they are training.

So now I am scrambling trying to find some Military photos to take. Thank goodness my son collects WWII items that are still in his bedroom.

So let me see your military photos but please be careful out there and remember the social distancing rule.
Hope you are all healthy and keeping safe out there. I don't go anywhere without gloves and a mask on these days. Once a week to the grocery store and that's it for me.
So last month when I decided to host this "An... (show quote)


Nice photos Lori. I can't believe they still using that can opener

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