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Background imageGi Collection: Cheeky American Military postcard

Cheeky American Military postcard
A GI uses his position to his advantage, stopping and searching a pretty young girl who he accuses of being a spy! I think he has just spied something else however... Date: 1941

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar

WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar
WW2 - Wartime shoot for the July/August issue of Harper's Bazaar - Elegant Black dress and gloves with American GI soldier - shot date - April 26, 1944 Date: 1944

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar - Worth

WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar - Worth
WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar July/August 1944 issue - Elegant Black evening dress by Worth - American GI soldier - shoot date: April 26, 1944 (on location not studio)

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK

WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK
Sighted Sinkers - Sank Same! WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing with coffee and doughnuts

Background imageGi Collection: Black GIs at Rainbow Corner, London American Red Cross Club

Black GIs at Rainbow Corner, London American Red Cross Club
Black GIs in the Information Bureau at Rainbow Corner, the London American Red Cross Club. Thousands of messages are written on a large blackboard

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK

WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK
Don t Mind if I do! WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing with coffee and doughnuts (see: 10726079, 10726078, 10993898)

Background imageGi Collection: Silhouette of an American GI, WW2

Silhouette of an American GI, WW2
Silhouette of an American GI. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - American soldier looks up the word kiss in French

WW2 - American soldier looks up the word kiss in French, which his romantic interest is thinking is not really necessary!! Date: circa 1943

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK

WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK
Mision Completed WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing after a sortie with coffee and doughnuts

Background imageGi Collection: U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWII

U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWII
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Restaurateur in no hurry

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Restaurateur in no hurry
WW2 - Comic Postcard - A Restaurateur is in no hurry to serve his new guests - a band of German prisoners! Date: circa 1944

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - American GI presents a French girl with flowers

WW2 - American GI presents a French girl with flowers
WW2 - " He thinks I m Marlene Dietrich!" - Besotted American GI presents a French girl with a bouquet of flowers. Date: circa 1943

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 Humour - An American G. I. is mobbed by African Children

WW2 Humour - An American G. I. is mobbed by African Children
WW2 Humour - An American G.I. is mobbed by African Children, all keen to get their hands on his chewing gum. Date: circa 1942

Background imageGi Collection: Occupied Germany - Postcard Pack - Cartoons

Occupied Germany - Postcard Pack - Cartoons, featuring an American Dispatch Rider. Date: 1946

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - Propaganda first day cover - Back the Attack

WW2 - Propaganda first day cover - Back the Attack! American G.I.s roaring into battle in their little jeep. Date: circa 1943

Background imageGi Collection: WW1 - African-American G. I.s embark for France

WW1 - African-American G. I.s embark for France
WW1 - African-American G.I.s boarding a military transporting vessel for France. The African-Americans served with the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Background imageGi Collection: Halberstadt GI front, (on the ground)

Halberstadt GI front, (on the ground)

Background imageGi Collection: Gotha G I German long range reconnaissance bomber

Gotha G I German long range reconnaissance bomber
Gotha G I German long range three-seater reconnaissance bomber 9/15, completed and first flown in early 1915. Seen here is the prototype, with three-man crew. Date: circa 1915

Background imageGi Collection: Friedrichshafen G I German bomber

Friedrichshafen G I German bomber, believed to be the sole model built in 1915, precursor of the Gotha. Date: circa 1915

Background imageGi Collection: Piccadilly Circus - WW2

Piccadilly Circus - WW2
Piccadilly Circus, London - WW2 - Pedestrians military and civil, including an American GI and his gal. Date: circa 1942

Background imageGi Collection: WW2 - Italian brides of American GIs arrive in USA

WW2 - Italian brides of American GIs arrive in USA
WW2 - Seven Italian brides of American GIs reach the United States of America through the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on the last stage of their journey to their new homes

Background imageGi Collection: The problems of a long distance relationship

The problems of a long distance relationship
Both the American guy and his gal are concerned about their other half (and their romantic activities) whilst he is posted to the other side of the globe during World War II. Date: 1942

Background imageGi Collection: The Red Cross Canteen, Evansville, Indiana, USA

The Red Cross Canteen, Evansville, Indiana, USA at the intersection of Oio Street and Fulton Avenue. During World War II, over a million and a half GIs stopped in Evansville

Background imageGi Collection: Saucy WWII Postcard - Hot Dog Stand

Saucy WWII Postcard - Hot Dog Stand
A saucy World War Two postcard from the US, depicting a glamourous Hot Dog and Ice Cream seller in skimpy attire - drawing favourable looks from the hungry GIs Date: circa 1940

Background imageGi Collection: London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945

London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945
London girls dance with American GI soldiers during World War II in an unidentified bar. The GI at the far left of the picture is from the US Army 101st Airborne Division

Background imageGi Collection: Girls entertaining American GI in London bar

Girls entertaining American GI in London bar
Two glamorous girls entertain an American GI, whose cap badge indicates he is an Infantry Paratrooper in an unidentified bar in London during World War II, while a third waits table

Background imageGi Collection: Blitz - St Marks - Church Choir sing

Blitz - St Marks - Church Choir sing
St. Marks Church, one of the first London churches to be hit by German bombing during World War Two. Left a rofless ruin on the night of 21st September 1940

Background imageGi Collection: Police and Soldiers

Police and Soldiers
Metropolitan police officer talking to two American servicemen, G.I. soldiers in London


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