746th AAF Band

Thank you to @NPR @MorningEdition producer @thetaylorhaney for the amazing article on my grandpa and the @746thFEAFband music! #Grammy4WW2 npr.org/2021/03/20/979…

83 years ago today, the crew of the Memphis Belle returns from its 25th and last mission in a bombing raid against Lorient, a German submarine base. 🇺🇸

USAAF Boeing B-17 Radio Operator gun position. ✈️ The radio operator’s gun was designed to cover the upper fuselage between the tail and the top turret.

In May of 1944, tanks of the 755th Tank Battalion wait for the order to advance in Coreno Ausonio, Italy. 🪖

Hero 🇺🇸

Rangers & paratroopers working together…now that’s diversity in film😎

Soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division enjoy bottles of Coca-Cola during the Italian Campaign in 1943. 🪖

In May of 1944, Pvt. Robert Scullion holds the Purple Heart he was awarded after being wounded by shellfire while in a field hospital during the Battle of Anzio. 🪖 The holes in the tent were caused by shell fragments from an explosion just outside. 💥

“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.” -Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz ⚓️

Major John Flickinger, Commanding Officer of the VMSB-244 Helldiver unit, in his aircraft on Bougainville in 1944….heroic service in WW2 & Korea. -Distinguished Flying Cross ✈️ - Bronze Star 🎖️ -Purple Heart 💜 - 5 Air Medals 🛫 -Pistol & Rifle Marksman 🎯

Who else is going to see the new D-Day movie, “Pressure” 🪖

The phrase “too close” is not in this man’s vocabulary 😎

Two soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division stop for a short respite after engaging the enemy near Wiltz, Luxembourg. 🪖 The Greatest Generation was built different 🇺🇸

May God have mercy on our enemies, because Patton won’t. 😎 - 2 DSC 🇺🇸 - 4 DSM 🪖⚓️ - 2 Silver Star ⭐️ - legion of Merit ⚔️ - Bronze Star 🎖️ - Purple Heart 💜 - Silver Lifesaving Medal 🥈 - 4 Campaign Stars WWI ⭐️ - 7 Campaign Stars WWII - Army Occupation Medal 🪖 - Olympian 🇺🇸

Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division exit the church of Saint Georges d'Elle in Normandy, France. 🪖

A soldier of the 2nd Infantry Division smiles for a photograph near Saint-Georges-d'Elle in Normandy, France. 🪖

What’s the most iconic photo from World War II that isn’t this one? 🤔

The window in Foy, Belgium where Shifty Powers eliminated the German sniper who killed several members of Easy Company. 🎯

Night time is the right time for a picture of Mighty Mo 😎

81 years ago today, the forward elevator of the USS Enterprise is blown into the air after a kamikaze hit. ⚓️

General Dwight Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley share a laugh as they leave General Ira Wyche’s 79th Infantry Division headquarters in Huanville, France. 🪖