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A Rhino barge docked with LST-347 in Portland Harbor, Dorset, England, United Kingdom during preparations for the Normandy invasion, 1 Jun 1944.Marmite cans with blood collected from rear echelon troops in England, United Kingdom were being transferred from Dodge WC54 Ambulance to waiting Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman for air transport to NormandyRussian Army Captain Orset Chevstov receiving a painting from African-American merchant seaman and artist George Wright, 18 Aug 1944; note painting theme of Russo-American cooperationAfrican-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee Johnson
A Rhino barge docked with LST-347 in Portland Harbor, Dorset, England, United Kingdom during preparations for the Normandy invasion, 1 Jun 1944.Marmite cans with blood collected from rear echelon troops in England, United Kingdom were being transferred from Dodge WC54 Ambulance to waiting Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman for air transport to NormandyRussian Army Captain Orset Chevstov receiving a painting from African-American merchant seaman and artist George Wright, 18 Aug 1944; note painting theme of Russo-American cooperationAfrican-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee Johnson
Lieutenant Commander Albert O. Vorse with his lucky green scarf aboard USS Ticonderoga at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day he assumed command of Air Group 80, 16 Oct 1944.Commander Air Group 80, Lt Commander Albert O. Vorse, discussing the results of the 6 Nov 1944 raid on Manila with Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford, right, aboard the USS Ticonderoga.Fantail of the carrier USS Hancock in the western Pacific, Dec 1944. Note SB2C Helldiver on the after flight deck and the aircraft’s horseshoe tail geometric identifying it as from Bombing Squadron 7 from the HancockDead horses in a German town, 15 Dec 1944; 6 German soldiers (5 of whom were killed) were hitching them to an artillery piece on the previous day when a US shell exploded near them
Lieutenant Commander Albert O. Vorse with his lucky green scarf aboard USS Ticonderoga at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day he assumed command of Air Group 80, 16 Oct 1944.Commander Air Group 80, Lt Commander Albert O. Vorse, discussing the results of the 6 Nov 1944 raid on Manila with Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford, right, aboard the USS Ticonderoga.Fantail of the carrier USS Hancock in the western Pacific, Dec 1944. Note SB2C Helldiver on the after flight deck and the aircraft’s horseshoe tail geometric identifying it as from Bombing Squadron 7 from the HancockDead horses in a German town, 15 Dec 1944; 6 German soldiers (5 of whom were killed) were hitching them to an artillery piece on the previous day when a US shell exploded near them
African-American men of USCG Horse Patrol Unit atop their steeds in New Jersey, United States, date unknown; left to right: Seamen 1st Class C. Johnson, Jesse Willis, Joseph Washington, Frank GarciaSoviet forces marching past a wrecked German Panzer IV tank, 1943-1945; note ZiS-3 gun being towed by horsesUC-64A Norseman aicraft (44-70439) of USAAF 3rd Air Commando Group, Philippine Islands, circa 1944-1945View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat.
African-American men of USCG Horse Patrol Unit atop their steeds in New Jersey, United States, date unknown; left to right: Seamen 1st Class C. Johnson, Jesse Willis, Joseph Washington, Frank GarciaSoviet forces marching past a wrecked German Panzer IV tank, 1943-1945; note ZiS-3 gun being towed by horsesUC-64A Norseman aicraft (44-70439) of USAAF 3rd Air Commando Group, Philippine Islands, circa 1944-1945View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat.
Captain Rolf Larson of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) atop a horse at the Shweli River bivouac, Kachin, Burma, Jan 1945Private First Class Harper of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) atop a horse at the Shweli River bivouac, Kachin, Burma, Jan 1945Bill Hale, a battery commander of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), riding the horse Sheila, Burma, 5 Jan 1945Churchill tank originally of C Squadron of British Army North Irish Horse regiment carrying Italian infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Mar 1945
Captain Rolf Larson of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) atop a horse at the Shweli River bivouac, Kachin, Burma, Jan 1945Private First Class Harper of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) atop a horse at the Shweli River bivouac, Kachin, Burma, Jan 1945Bill Hale, a battery commander of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), riding the horse Sheila, Burma, 5 Jan 1945Churchill tank originally of C Squadron of British Army North Irish Horse regiment carrying Italian infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Mar 1945
Men of the British 5th Dorsetshire Regiment crossing the Rhine River into Germany in a Buffalo tracked landing vehicle, 28 Mar 1945German horses killed by US artillery fire, near Lug, Germany, 1945US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945George Patton riding the horse Favory Africa in Sankt Martin, Austria, 22 Aug 1945
Men of the British 5th Dorsetshire Regiment crossing the Rhine River into Germany in a Buffalo tracked landing vehicle, 28 Mar 1945German horses killed by US artillery fire, near Lug, Germany, 1945US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945George Patton riding the horse Favory Africa in Sankt Martin, Austria, 22 Aug 1945

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