Pics-From somewhere-cira 1942

dej(Jed)

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Found some old pics that a departed Uncle left behind. I knew he was a MS and served in the islands somewhere, but never knew where. Anyone recognise the gun or the terrain? Guesses would work too?
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As long as we are guessing , twin 50 cal. AA gun somehere in the Pacific.
I have lots of letters from my Dad to my mother durring WWII with the return address "Somewhere in Austraila" on them. Thanks for posting!
 
Looks to be a small AA gun. Clearly somewhere in the South Pacific.

Philippines, or Okinawa, perhaps?

Dean
 
Don't know where it is but I would guess on one of those God-for-saken Islands in the Pacific.
I can even keep this tractor related; my Wife's uncle who just died this past fall was a Seabee on Guam during WW-II and operated a large dozer (Allis-Chalmers, I think) building and repairing bombed up landing strips. For awhile he was ordered to sleep with the dozer and his rifle at night.
We must never forget any of these guys for what they did for us and all the free world.
Truly the Greatest Generation!!
 
It is a captured (after having the crap blown out of it) Jap anti-aircraft gun. If it is dated 1942 it likely is on Tarawa or Guadalcanal. To many trees for Midway or Wake.
 
(quoted from post at 10:59:21 01/25/13) It is a captured (after having the crap blown out of it) Jap anti-aircraft gun. If it is dated 1942 it likely is on Tarawa or Guadalcanal. To many trees for Midway or Wake.


Darn sure ain't no "fifties". Could also be New Guinea, everyone seems to forget that we fought there too. Although the official start of the US Army's campaign in New Guinea didn't start unit 1943 US forces under Australian command were involved in 1942.

Judging by the lack of weapons (individual), helmits and other gear I would bet that was taken near a captured port or air field.

Really cool picture, thanks for sharing!

Rick
 
Robert....off topic and we may've had this conversation before (CRS); are you a descendant of John Cunitz, who was killed in the Tuscarora Indian war of 1711? Your name is so very similar to mine........
kinfolk??
 
It does not look like Tarawa or Guadalcanal.

I do not believe it is a 1942 photo.

Dean
 
I"m not sure If I have any ancestry in North Carolina, My family is from Ohio and Pennsylvania, My last name is spelled differently, I guess it;s an old German way of spelling it, but I guess as far as Geneaology is concerned, anything is posssible.
 
I cant rule out the Philippines either. I would bet they littered the country. They knew we would probably be back to try to take those islands at least after Midway.
 
There is a movie called no man is an island. It is based on a true story of Guam during WWII. Looks like we held Guam from august of 44 to present. That movie is a good movie, I bought my copy from Deep Discount DVD.

Battle of Guam may refer to:
The Battle of Guam (1941), a World War II battle in which Japanese forces took the island from the Americans in December 1941
The Battle of Guam (1944), a World War II battle in which two American divisions fought for a month to retake the island from the Japanese

The Second Battle of Guam (July 21 — August 10, 1944) was the American capture of the Japanese held island of Guam, a United States territory (in the Mariana Islands) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
 

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