[ILS21R]

First page alone looks awesome. THANK YOU!

[FightforFreedomCA]

are these pictures you took personally?

[Obadiah]

Vey cool. Thanks.

[skeeter]

Bookmarked, thanks.

[nutmeg]

Incredible photos... THANK YOU, Stolly!

[nutmeg]

ping

[isthisnickcool]

It is amazing the pictures people have stashed away. A few years ago I was helping an older frined work on his computer. I need a screwdriver and he told me there was one in a box on his shelf in his study. I picked the wrong box and when I opened it I saw the most horrid pictures. They were pictures he had acquired in WWII. They were captured photos that had been taken by the Japanese during the Bataan Death March. Horrid horrid images. He would not talk about them.

I had another odd "picture" event with another friend. I was chatting with him one night at his house and he mentioned that he had been on the road crew and had worked for Elvis Presley. I said I thought that was pretty cool. Then he went in to a closet and pulled out a large box. My friend is a heck of a photographer and the box was full of hundreds of pictures of Elvis Presley. Backstage, in hotel rooms, in the car, rehearsing at different places. It would have taken me a long time to look at all of them.

You never know what people might have stored away....

[Gator113]

Bookmarked

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Bookmarked....they look very interesting.

[oh8eleven]

Thanks for posting these.
My father-in-law was with the 5th Armored Div in the ETO. When he died ten years ago, we discovered six albums filled with photos very much like yours.
Even though I'm a former Marine and VN combat vet, he never discussed his experiences with me other than general references.

[YHAOS]

A very great service. Thank you.

[Cheetahcat]

Ping for later

[Philo1962]

One thing you learn very quickly is that people usually do not keep negatives, and the paper used for prints will turn yellow and deteriorate very quickly. It’s important to get these historic moments scanned into a digital record, which will last forever.

Until somebody deletes it ...

[OneBob]

THANKS for posting!!!!
Very interesting!

[BelegStrongbow]

Wow! ping for later because those are really good!

[Huck]

Awesomeness, thy name is Stolly!

[Apple Blossom]

Thanks for putting this together.

My daughter and I went on a school trip this past Spring Break to WWII sites in Germany and France. After Germany, we spent 3 days in northern France visiting the American cemetary, Omaha & Utah beaches, Point du Hoc, and what’s left of the man-made port in Arromanches. We were based in a hotel in Caretan, which is centrally located. Then we were off to Paris for two days before coming home.

Amazing what you can pack into 9 days. Great trip!

[Billthedrill]

Fantastic photos, and thanks for posting. Somewhere there’s a sysadmin who’s wondering what just clobbered his server. ;-)

[IrishCatholic]

Way cool bookmark.
Thanks for putting in the effort.

[DCBryan1]

As a historian, and WWII buff, THANK YOU!