WW2 photos

apis mellifera · 02-23-2007, 10:29 AM

Does anyone have large/high quality pictures (digital) of a WW2 era GI with a 1911 or M1 Carbine and a German with a Luger or P38? Ideally these would be action photos of the guns being aimed/held and recognizable (no holster or gore photos, please). Post them here or email to: slash5bmw @ yahoo.com

Many Thanks
Matt

trigger643 · 02-25-2007, 12:29 PM

p.38

trigger643 · 02-25-2007, 12:50 PM

M1 Carbine

Vlim · 02-25-2007, 05:54 PM

A German soldier who saw too many movies:

And slightly earlier. 1937 Luftwaffe photo:

apis mellifera · 02-25-2007, 06:42 PM

Those are great!

Ron Smith · 02-25-2007, 07:11 PM

waltherguy · 03-11-2007, 01:07 PM

Love the Pics guys! Keep em coming!

stu398 · 05-16-2007, 08:15 PM

Slightly late, yet I noticed this photo of Himmler with some sort of Luger, and thought it may be of some interest!

Brickie · 05-17-2007, 07:53 PM

Great pics guys. I really enjoyed them. All looked liked good soldiers except Himmler.

John Sabato · 05-18-2007, 02:06 PM

Meet First Sergeant (U.S. Army Retired) Larry Faulkner, I am justly proud to call him my friend.

A man who fought shoulder to shoulder with my late father in the 39th Infantry Regiment, during WW2, through North Africa, Italy and 6 other major campaigns from D-Day to the end of the war...and then went on to combat in Korea, and finally Vietnam...

No need to go into detail on the medals I don't recognize... but I do see the Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB), Three Bronze Stars, Two Silver Stars, and Two Purple Hearts...

This soldier's soldier is now about 88 years old, and I hope to visit with him this summer at the next reunion of the WW2 9th Infantry Division Association in Grand Rapids Michigan...

At last count, we are losing between 1200 and 1700 WW2 veterans a day... the world will be a darker place without them.

Our current generation is no less brave... May God bless the sons and daughters of this forum, and all proud Americans that are today protecting freedom around the world.

captain_bob_badfish · 05-30-2007, 04:16 AM

I use this as the desktop on my computer. Some nice Carbines, a Thompson and a little drama.

KGR84 · 07-17-2007, 02:25 PM

I have any pictures from my opa, he shot the pictures whil he was in rushia, on the pictures you can see rushian tanks. He keep this photos in his cigarette case which he wear in his left breast pocket above his heart, But there is a hole in it. Unfortunally there are no Lugers to see.

But this pictures (or the cigarette case) saved his live. A splitter from (supposably) a tank grenade hit him, and he notice nothing while the battle.

Ron Smith · 07-17-2007, 03:08 PM

Bob,

That is a mesmerizing photo. It's hard to stop looking at it.

Roman,

That's a very interesting story. Can you post some of the photos?

Ron

KGR84 · 07-17-2007, 03:50 PM

Sadly my grandfahter is died a few years ago. So I had to ask my father.

Short-time before he died we found a carton whit many items.

There was a Eisernes Kreuz erster Klasse whith the matching distinction, a rusty barrel from a MG42, a steel helmet whit an black/white/red emblem on it, an rushian bayonet, a wallet whith Reichsmark in it, an poster which everybody had to hang out in his house, and an book which everybody becomes in the third Reich when he gets married.

But he wasn't willingly in the war, so he dosn't like to speak abouth it and hide this items.

Only twice times he tell me somethin, onece time when I saw his frozen black toes, and a secound time when he saw me playing a game whit aeroplanes, then he tell me, when he escape of the imprisonment from the rushians, he operate a FlAK on a ship by Norway. And there was so much bombers in the air, that it was dark on a sunny day, nobody have the heart to fire on the bombers. So they fly along to them operation and do nothing.

And once time he swarming, becose he was in Germany in furlough and there was the first escalator in the world.

Unfortunately my two uncles assert them claims to the thinks also, so this items are far-flung in the hole family.

02-23-2007, 10:29 AM	#1
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	WW2 photos Does anyone have large/high quality pictures (digital) of a WW2 era GI with a 1911 or M1 Carbine and a German with a Luger or P38? Ideally these would be action photos of the guns being aimed/held and recognizable (no holster or gore photos, please). Post them here or email to: slash5bmw @ yahoo.com Many Thanks Matt

02-25-2007, 12:29 PM	#2
trigger643 User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Murfreesboro Posts: 502 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	p.38 Attached Thumbnails __________________ "There are three reasons to own a gun: To protect yourself and your family, to hunt dangerous and delicious animals, and to keep the King of England out of your face." Ã¢?? Krusty the Clown

02-25-2007, 12:50 PM	#3
trigger643 User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Murfreesboro Posts: 502 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	M1 Carbine Attached Thumbnails __________________ "There are three reasons to own a gun: To protect yourself and your family, to hunt dangerous and delicious animals, and to keep the King of England out of your face." Ã¢?? Krusty the Clown

02-25-2007, 07:11 PM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	__________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-11-2007, 01:07 PM	#7
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Love the Pics guys! Keep em coming! __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

02-25-2007, 05:54 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	A German soldier who saw too many movies: And slightly earlier. 1937 Luftwaffe photo:

02-25-2007, 06:42 PM	#5
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Those are great!

05-16-2007, 08:15 PM	#8
stu398 User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Slightly late, yet I noticed this photo of Himmler with some sort of Luger, and thought it may be of some interest!

05-17-2007, 07:53 PM	#9
Brickie User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great pics guys. I really enjoyed them. All looked liked good soldiers except Himmler.

05-18-2007, 02:06 PM	#10
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Here is a SOLDIER. Meet First Sergeant (U.S. Army Retired) Larry Faulkner, I am justly proud to call him my friend. A man who fought shoulder to shoulder with my late father in the 39th Infantry Regiment, during WW2, through North Africa, Italy and 6 other major campaigns from D-Day to the end of the war...and then went on to combat in Korea, and finally Vietnam... No need to go into detail on the medals I don't recognize... but I do see the Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB), Three Bronze Stars, Two Silver Stars, and Two Purple Hearts... This soldier's soldier is now about 88 years old, and I hope to visit with him this summer at the next reunion of the WW2 9th Infantry Division Association in Grand Rapids Michigan... At last count, we are losing between 1200 and 1700 WW2 veterans a day... the world will be a darker place without them. Our current generation is no less brave... May God bless the sons and daughters of this forum, and all proud Americans that are today protecting freedom around the world. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

05-30-2007, 04:16 AM	#11
captain_bob_badfish New User Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW Washington Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I use this as the desktop on my computer. Some nice Carbines, a Thompson and a little drama.

07-17-2007, 02:25 PM	#12
KGR84 User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 36 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have any pictures from my opa, he shot the pictures whil he was in rushia, on the pictures you can see rushian tanks. He keep this photos in his cigarette case which he wear in his left breast pocket above his heart, But there is a hole in it. Unfortunally there are no Lugers to see. But this pictures (or the cigarette case) saved his live. A splitter from (supposably) a tank grenade hit him, and he notice nothing while the battle.

07-17-2007, 03:08 PM	#13
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Bob, That is a mesmerizing photo. It's hard to stop looking at it. Roman, That's a very interesting story. Can you post some of the photos? Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

07-17-2007, 03:50 PM	#14
KGR84 User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 36 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sadly my grandfahter is died a few years ago. So I had to ask my father. Short-time before he died we found a carton whit many items. There was a Eisernes Kreuz erster Klasse whith the matching distinction, a rusty barrel from a MG42, a steel helmet whit an black/white/red emblem on it, an rushian bayonet, a wallet whith Reichsmark in it, an poster which everybody had to hang out in his house, and an book which everybody becomes in the third Reich when he gets married. But he wasn't willingly in the war, so he dosn't like to speak abouth it and hide this items. Only twice times he tell me somethin, onece time when I saw his frozen black toes, and a secound time when he saw me playing a game whit aeroplanes, then he tell me, when he escape of the imprisonment from the rushians, he operate a FlAK on a ship by Norway. And there was so much bombers in the air, that it was dark on a sunny day, nobody have the heart to fire on the bombers. So they fly along to them operation and do nothing. And once time he swarming, becose he was in Germany in furlough and there was the first escalator in the world. Unfortunately my two uncles assert them claims to the thinks also, so this items are far-flung in the hole family.