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Snapshot of U.S. Marine Corps member Raymond C. Upchurch of Raleigh, N.C., wearing his Marine Corps uniforms, standing outside of a building at Bogue Field [or Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue], N.C., in November 1944 during World War II (November 1944).
From Raymond C. Upchurch Photographs, WWII 106, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot taken from tall building looking across the United States’ encampment at Tampico Flats in Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. The shot is looking across a river [believed to be the Scheldt River], showing boats and quays. Photograph taken or collected by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed there with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army (undated).
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Re-enactment WWII in Bedum (The Netherlands) in May 2011 remembering the liberation of this village in May 1945
This is the original canteen. 700 Austin Rover Workers used to work in these tunnels.
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If you have time, I recommend you look through all my pictures of the tunnels so that you gain a proper impression of the site.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakelow_Tunnels
Drakelow Tunnels:
Regional Government HQ (contains a good map of the tunnel layout): www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page223.htm
This is what I can remember the guide telling us:
Drakelow Tunnels cover about 285,000 square feet (26,500 square meters)
Built in 1939 for Austin Rover workers to make engine parts for Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes.
Later it became a Cold War regional defense bunker, hence the three blast doors we had to pass through to gain entry to the site.
The site is massive, the tunnels stretch for three and a half miles (five and a half kilometers) -- on entry, our guide told us not to wander off or we would become lost, and I can well believe it.
All sorts can be seen down there, including dormitories, canteens, and even an operating theater from the Cold War era. This had been found with all the equipment (such as an X-ray machine) unopened.
Snapshot taken out of the window a vehicle of part of the sign for the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge near Lawton, Oklahoma, hanging over the gate leading out of Fort Sill around 1943 during World War II. Photograph taken by U.S. Army soldier Everette H. Jones of Raleigh, NC, who was stationed nearby at the Field Artillery Replacement Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, attached to Battery C, 26th Battalion, 6th Regiment. Handwritten note by Jones on the back of the photograph reads: “This is a sign over the gate which leads out of the fort. It didn’t take so well because I was riding a ? at the time” [circa 1943].
From Everette H. Jones Papers, WWII 259, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
This US soldier in Alaska wears an Alaskan Department shoulder patch and stands by a Headquarters and Service Company signpost that bears a similar design. The Alaskan Department oversaw training, defense, and logistics in Alaska during WWII, including the complex issues related to lend-lease with Russia.
From a scanned negative.
Owen Mitchell with land army girls Alma, Jean, Big Renee, Little Renee and Joan on Broomfields Farm, Hadlow Down.
Photograph of the United States’ encampment at the Tampico Flats in Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. A barrage balloon is seen lying on the ground next to the apartment buildings (undated).
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Snapshot of William J. Ellis, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, posing for a photograph while wearing his military gas mask while standing along an unidentified body of water [believed to be at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland], taken within Ellis’ first year in service during World War II. Ellis later came to live in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1942) [Photograph collected by Ellis’ girlfriend Peggy Long in “His Service Record” book during Ellis’ WWII service].
From William J. Ellis Papers, WWII 53, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Tony posing
My grandfather recently passed away at the age of 98.
He was a hero to me. He fought in WWII, and upon return started a steak house in Ca, had his own construction business, road paving business, and who knows what else, before starting a very successful Mexican Foods business.
A true entrepreneur.
Husband of 70 years to his wife, and great grandfather.
His name is Tony Garcia.
Snapshot taken across the Scheldt River looking towards downtown Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II. Pictured in the foreground are 1st Sgt. Fenor (?) and Capt. Anderson on the dock. Photograph taken by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed there with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army [circa 1945] [description on back of photograph as being taken from “Ghent” is incorrect”].
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
Aircraft damaged beyond repair were dumped, post war some of the metal was salvaged, the rest remains and is slowly picked off by souvenir hunters. Photographed at the abandoned WWII air force base at Gorrie Field. This was a large base with a still impressive main runway. Light aircraft can still use the airstrip after 60 years without maintentance!
This is a mount for a (missing) 3" gun, on the fore deck of a WWII Japanese Patrol Boat, 40 feet deep. It makes a great photo prop, on clear days, due to the proliferation of so many colorful corals and fishes.
Found this image on the net, and wanted to share it with everyone. This is what i picture when I hear "WWII France".
Snapshot of an unidentified river and port in an unidentified city [believed to be Ostend] in Belgium during World War II. Photograph taken or collected by William L. Flournoy while he was stationed in Belgium with the 280th Port Company, U.S. Army (undated) [Print is turning pink from chemical impurities].
From William L. Flournoy Sr. Papers, WWII 109, WWII Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
WWII veterans watch and applaud as the All American Choir sings several songs inside the Sainte Mere Eglise town hall on May 31, 2018 at Normandy, France. The choir sang during an event in which French Families took paratroopers to dinner to show their gratitude for what division fore fathers did during WWII.
"MIRI: A seven metre high tunnel, extending for 40 metres from one end to the other, has been found at the foot of Canada Hill. The short tunnel, believed to be a bunker, was probably a relic from the Japanese occupation during World War II."
Tunnel believed from WWII found
"The tunnels were rediscovered when work was carried out at the site on the flyover project at Puchong roundabout, Miri." (translated by Ian)
"Unlike tunnels such as those at Gibraltar, Singapore, or Corregidor island in Manila Bay in the Phillipines, which were mostly designed to withstand extended naval bombardment, the key threat to the Matsushiro tunnels was precision bombing."
Matsushiro WWII Tunnel Complex
"In Borneo, B-25s and P-38s support Australian forces on Tarakan Island, P-38s
hit the Miri waterfront on the W coast and Keningau airfield in the N and
B-24s bomb the Kuching waterfront on the W coast."
"SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb
Shinchiku, Formosa. In Borneo, B-24s and B-25s hit Miri and Kudat Airfields
and support ground forces on Tarakan Island. "
COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
MAY 1945