ww2 video: Double mg on jeep

[Faer]

Thanks for sharing. They re really amazing.

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Sailors clean a jeep aboard the ship.1947

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source: http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675077261_American-sailors_sailors-aboard-ships_cleaning-deck_sailor-sleeping

Tibor

[Chuck Lutz]

USS MACON.....Blatimore Class Heavy Cruiser commissioned 1945.

I would bet this jeep is painted Grey....maybe Ocean Grey or one of the USNs many shades of grey.....the tint on the photo is wrong.

[Escort]

Do you remember this picture? Then we didn't know where it was taken. The spot: Camp Pendleton, California. San Diego California.
http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=105571&p=606555#p606555

I've found same video on CriticalPast:

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U.S. marines and equipment load into boats during Amphibious assault training at Camp Pendleton, California. San Diego California 1943

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058899_Allied-troops_Landing-Craft-Vehicle-Personnel_jeep-swings_landing-nets

Tibor

[Mark Tombleson]

Yes, training in San Diego in 1943... Ist, 3rd or 4th Division was there.

3rd went to New Zealand in early 1943... then to Bougainville... so it is not them.

Ist Division was at Guadalcanal which is too early for the radio jeep and then they refitted in Australia. Possible but not likely.

Now the 4th Division was not active until Mid August 1943... after the radio jeep delivery started... they left San Diego late December in 1943 for the Kwajalein invasion. This may be photos of the 4th training.

Even though all three Divisions were deployed was there this type of training for replacements?

Any markings on anything as to which Division the photos are with?

Hahaha, after pondering all this I looked at the footage again and see the ship... USS Callaway (APA-35)

A quick look see and here we have where APA-35 has been.

"Callaway sailed from Norfolk 23 October 1943 to San Diego and trained with Marines to prepare for the first of her five assault landings. Joining TF 53 at Lahaina Roads, Hawaii, Callaway sailed for her baptism of fire at Kwajalein, where she landed troops in the assault that overwhelmed the defenders 31 January 1944."

I see my powers of observation are not entirely gone.

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Germany 1945
source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675024452_World-War-II_ruins-of-German-cities_factory-of-weapons-destructed_corpses-lie-on-ground
Tibor

[Escort]

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Latin American officers from US Army, fire 37mm anti-tank guns in Fort Riley Kansas.1942

source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675030495_Latin-American-officers-during-military-exercise_57mm-anti-tank-gun_army-jeep_target-point

Tibor

[gerrykan]

Nice find Tibor.
Easy to see how the gun's recoil would destroy the jeep fairly quickly.

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The 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division prepare for a mission in the Netherlands.

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source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675044543_82nd-Airborne-Division_101st-Airborne-Division_gliders-take-off_paratroops_C-47

Tibor

[Escort]

Just found some good pictures on Patton's jeep: 20339141-S GPW

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Tibor

[Escort]

P47 "Rat Racer" and a MB jeep, hn X 21814. 8th Air Force, England, 1943.

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source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675034814_P-47-Thunderbolt-aircraft_8th-Air-Force_Bombing-Bremen-Germany_planes-taxiing_jeep-in-mud

Tibor

[macaddict23]

Is that the oil bath filter mounted on the driver-side fender??

[Escort]

AVG,
I found these films.

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Source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675060999_Claire-Lee-Chennault_Flying-Tigers_P-40-Tomahawk-fighters_P-40s-in-flight

Tibor

[Escort]

Sherman Calliope in action

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source:http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675045624_United-States-troops_soldiers-move-forward_soldiers-firing_wrecked-houses

Tibor

[Ben Dover]

My former Commanders who were WWII Artillery Officers always referred to a barrage as a "Serenade".