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Posted: 7/26/2009 9:42:45 AM EDT
My Dad took tons of pictures during WWII. I brought home a big fat packet with 100s of pics in it.
I will sort through them and get them scanned into the computer. Here are a few random ones I pulled out. I scanned a couple a little crooked, I will rescan those. He even wrote on the back of when and where these are taken. June 1945, enroute to Kaufbeurn. 
August 1945, Scheyern, Germany 
May 1945, Hospital, Epinal, France 
July, 1945 Aldrans Austria (My Dad is the one on the right) 
June 1945, Enroute to Kaufbeurn 
June 1945 Epinal, France Bridge Out 
August 1945 Camp Dachau, Germany 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 9:54:01 AM EDT
[#1]
Cool!
More please. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 9:57:35 AM EDT
[#2]
I love these threads.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 9:58:24 AM EDT
[#3]
Cool stuff
Edit: I beat the cool story bro pics... |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:01:03 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted: Cool stuff Edit: I beat the cool story bro pics... Anybody posts that shit in a worthy thread like this should be shot.....or at least the ban hammer. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:06:44 AM EDT
[#5]
Very cool thread.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:07:03 AM EDT
[#6]
I like these original pictures, not the same ones you see played over and over on the history channel.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:11:36 AM EDT
[#7]
Couple more.
June 1945 Enroute to Depot. He then wrote "Allied Air Power" 
March 1945 ObersuazBoch, France 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:16:19 AM EDT
[#8]
These are awesome, thanks for the pics!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:16:38 AM EDT
[#9]
Awesome stuff. Tagging.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:20:58 AM EDT
[#10]
Awesome Cap!!! Thanks for posting
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:24:14 AM EDT
[#11]
Awesome pics!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:51:30 AM EDT
[#12]
This one doesn't have anything written on the back.
June 1945, Mannemeim, Germany 
August 1945 Scheyern, Germany 
Reichsautoban 
Scheyern, Germany 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 10:53:03 AM EDT
[#13]
Thanks capn.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:02:41 AM EDT
[#14]
cool.
do a high res scan and clean 'em up in PS/Gimp 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:04:49 AM EDT
[#15]
wow. sweet pics!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:10:12 AM EDT
[#16]
Cool! Love the pic of the train.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:20:04 AM EDT
[#17]
Thanks for the pics!
This reminds me to get a hold of my Dad and have his slides of Vietnam copied onto a disk. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:40:50 AM EDT
[#18]
All these home made photos are the best |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:44:20 AM EDT
[#19]
Tiggety-tag! |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 11:45:16 AM EDT
[#20]
great stuff
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Posted: 7/26/2009 1:11:46 PM EDT
[#21]
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing
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Posted: 7/26/2009 2:46:54 PM EDT
[#22]
Enroute to Kaufbeurn.
These two had no description on the back. 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:25:48 PM EDT
[#23]
just seeing what we could do to help clean these up 
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:27:28 PM EDT
[#24]
Quoted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army15.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army15_adj.jpg just seeing what we could do to help clean these up
Cool! I have Photoshop Elements, I will try to clean some up too. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:32:23 PM EDT
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Quoted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army15.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army15_adj.jpg just seeing what we could do to help clean these up
Red_5, if you wouldn't mind, could you clean up the train one? |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:36:29 PM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:
Quoted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army15.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army15_adj.jpg just seeing what we could do to help clean these up
Red_5, if you wouldn't mind, could you clean up the train one? I'll give it a go
btw, I don't mind doing this at all.. doing my part for history(~)
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:49:24 PM EDT
[#27]
eta: I just adjusted the colors and cropped 'em.. there's a few more things that could be accomplished with more time and a higher quality scan |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 3:51:31 PM EDT
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Quoted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army8.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army8_adj.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army16.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army16_adj.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/capnrob97/army17.jpg http://coloradoshooting.org/v-web/gallery/albums/7idl@CO-AR15-com/army17_adj.jpg Thank you sir! I will get serious about getting these scanned in and cleaned up. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 4:12:13 PM EDT
[#29]
Cool. Thanks for sharing those.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:11:29 PM EDT
[#30]
Great pics, and thanks for sharing them!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:13:39 PM EDT
[#31]
wow! VERY AWESOME PHOTOS, thanks for sharing with us.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:20:42 PM EDT
[#32]
Thanks Capn, keep them coming!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:21:36 PM EDT
[#33]
I am sure I do not need to tell you this but make sure you take good care of those, and keep as much information as you can on the photos. When you pass them down there can be a written copy with all the information.
Thank you for sharing. I love seeing pictures like those. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:29:30 PM EDT
[#34]
Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:30:27 PM EDT
[#35]
It always amazes me when seeing photos of WWII. That our boys could take a photo of the utter hell and destruction of war, yet on the same roll of film photograph the few moments of joy they had while making the best of it. God bless them all !!!!!!!!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:33:31 PM EDT
[#36]
Thanks for sharing. It is always cool to see pics like this. I like the point of view. He took pictures that were of interest to him.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:34:13 PM EDT
[#37]
Thanks for sharing. It is always cool to see pics like this. I like the point of view. He took pictures that were of interest to him.
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:37:23 PM EDT
[#38]
Excellent!
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:39:09 PM EDT
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Are you the guy whose Dad took the Bougainville pic? (just a shot in the dark, since your pics are mostly from europe. Damn, i can't remember that guys screen name!) this pic- http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u29/hawken50/ww2-141.jpg No, that is a great pic! |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 5:42:32 PM EDT
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My FIL (84yo) has pics from Mathausen concentration camp when they liberated it. Old, turning-brown photographs with the scalloped edges. Bodies in stacks, then layed out with a white wooden marker on their chests before burial........
They didn't take SS prisoners. |
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Posted: 7/26/2009 6:22:59 PM EDT
[#41]
Thanks for the pics!
I have a couple pics of one of my grandfathers in Lehti(spelling?), but literally nothing from the other one––he gathered up everything he'd sent home, including letters, and burned it after the war. 
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Posted: 7/31/2009 3:34:49 PM EDT
[#42]
My brother just called, Dad is going into a hospice home tomorrow, in The Villages south of Ocala.
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Posted: 7/31/2009 3:38:47 PM EDT
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Quoted:
My brother just called, Dad is going into a hospice home tomorrow, in The Villages south of Ocala.
Sorry to hear that. Thank you again for posting those pics! 
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Posted: 7/31/2009 3:56:16 PM EDT
[#44]
Excellent Pics, keep'm coming!
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Posted: 7/31/2009 4:03:28 PM EDT
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Quoted:
My brother just called, Dad is going into a hospice home tomorrow, in The Villages south of Ocala.
Wow, sorry to hear that.
Nice pics too, thanks for sharing! |
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Posted: 7/31/2009 4:12:11 PM EDT
[#46]
When you see the devastation is makes it easier to understand why much of Europe is pacifist in nature.
Thanks for sharing the pics. |
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Posted: 7/31/2009 4:15:17 PM EDT
[#47]
Cool pics, thanks for sharing
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Posted: 7/31/2009 4:18:06 PM EDT
[#48]
The greatest generation. Thanks for posting these.
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Posted: 7/31/2009 4:26:34 PM EDT
[#49]
Capnrob,
If its any consolation, mention to your Dad that we enjoyed his photos. Might make him feel a little better.
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Posted: 7/31/2009 5:32:35 PM EDT
[#50]
How can you not like these threads?
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