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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:07 am
by pjones
another beach picture

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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:23 pm
by pjones
is that a follow me jeep driving down the airstrip?

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phil

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:38 pm
by pjones
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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:29 pm
by vista52
The B-29's tail code square O are 29th BG Guam 1945.

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:54 pm
by pjones
thanks for the information on the B-29s. very interesting. will post some more pictures soon.
phil

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:41 pm
by pjones
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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:30 pm
by Steve Webb
Those look like 8" howitzers in that last pic.

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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:53 pm
by zepher11
Steve Webb wrote:Those look like 8" howitzers in that last pic.
They sure do. I would hate to have those breathing down my neck. I checked out the pictures of the one you took photos of in Florida. Really neat. In the picture above, I initially thought those guns had some type of muzzle brake on them. There are two white dashes near the muzzle on each of the three guns. I wonder what those are?

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:29 am
by pjones
i wondered the same thing. is it a nickname?
phil

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:00 am
by Steve Webb
I think it says "This end towards enemy"

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:45 am
by zepher11
Steve Webb wrote:I think it says "This end towards enemy"
Hahaha...that gave me a great laugh for a Friday! :lol:

Well done!

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:23 pm
by pjones
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Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:03 pm
by pjones
i have several other pictures to post but they contain dead soldiers. would it be inappropriate to post them? they are not close up and the soldiers are unidentifiable. just thought i would ask first. the reason i want to post them is for the tanks in the picture.

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:26 pm
by Steve Webb
It has been done before

Re: a ww2 vets pictures...additional pictures

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:07 pm
by gerrykan
pjones,
As Steve pointed out, it has been done before, and as long as it is not done in a way that would be disrespectful of the dead soldiers it should not be a problem.
I have posted similar photos in the past and while I'm not 100% comfortable with it, it is a part of history.