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Background imageUs Collection: WW II - US Airforce crew return to USA - Monotonous Maggie

WW II - US Airforce crew return to USA - Monotonous Maggie
World War II - US Airforce crew prepare for return to USA following end of war in Europe and possible redeployment in Japan. Bomber named Monotonous Maggie

Background imageUs Collection: All are not Friends

All are not Friends Who Speak Us Fair. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Background imageUs Collection: 508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal

508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944 this area was taken by the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd Airborne Division. The figure on the wall is a Memorial to that Division

Background imageUs Collection: 101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve

101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve
This area was in the landing zone of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st US Airborne Division, and was known as DZ C. It was where the 506th PIR were due to land

Background imageUs Collection: 101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch

101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch
The Memorial, which is in Sint Oedenrode, was initiated and funded by 101st Airborne veterans in recognition of the Dutch resistance against the Germans

Background imageUs Collection: US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland

US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the airborne forces were charged with capturing a series of bridges over waterways that impeded the ground troops advance

Background imageUs Collection: Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland

Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland
The US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was given the Operation Market Garden task of capturing this position and completed the clearing of the area on 17 September 1944

Background imageUs Collection: Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland

Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland
This was put up by the people of Best in memory of Private 1st Class Joe E. Mann of H Coy, 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956

Background imageUs Collection: Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Striped gopher, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). Chromolithograph by Trautmann, Bailey and Blampey after an illustration by Ernest E

Background imageUs Collection: Sophie plum, Prunus domestica

Sophie plum, Prunus domestica. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H. Prestele from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Mercer cherry, Prunus avium

Mercer cherry, Prunus avium. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H. Prestele from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Cherry varieties, Bing and Napoleon, Prunus avium

Cherry varieties, Bing and Napoleon, Prunus avium. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H. Prestele from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Royal Church raspberry, Rubus idaeus

Royal Church raspberry, Rubus idaeus. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H. Prestele from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Webcap mushroom, Cortinarius turmalis

Webcap mushroom, Cortinarius turmalis. Chromolithograph by Trautmann, Bailey and Blainpey from the Report of the Microscopist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Turpentine orcharding in France

Turpentine orcharding in France. Worker on a ladder tapping the sap of a turpentine tree, Pistacia terebinthus. Lithograph from the Report of the Division of Forestry, US Department of Agriculture

Background imageUs Collection: Japanese persimmon variety, Costata, Diospyros kaki

Japanese persimmon variety, Costata, Diospyros kaki. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by D.G. Passmore from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Hannibal raspberry, Rubus idaeus

Hannibal raspberry, Rubus idaeus. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H. Prestele from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Primus blackberry, Rubus ursinus x Rubus crataegifolius

Primus blackberry, Rubus ursinus x Rubus crataegifolius hybrid. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by William H

Background imageUs Collection: Eldorado blackberry, Rubus fruticosus

Eldorado blackberry, Rubus fruticosus. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by D.G. Passmore from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Buffalo berry, Shepherdia argentia

Buffalo berry, Shepherdia argentia. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by D.G. Passmore from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: Red or plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius

Red or plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius. Chromolithograph by Trautmann, Bailey and Blampey after an illustration by Ernest E

Background imageUs Collection: Gray or northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides

Gray or northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides. Chromolithograph by Trautmann, Bailey and Blampey after an illustration by Ernest E

Background imageUs Collection: Richardsons ground squirrel, Urocitellus richardsonii

Richardsons ground squirrel, Urocitellus richardsonii (Richardsons spermophile, Spermophilus richardsonii). Chromolithograph by Trautmann, Bailey and Blampey after an illustration by Ernest E

Background imageUs Collection: Caesars mushroom, Amanita caesarea

Caesars mushroom, Amanita caesarea. Chromolithograph from the Report of the Microscopist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892

Background imageUs Collection: General Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Meautis

General Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Meautis
As the US 8th Infantry Regiment, the spearhead of the 4th Divison landed on Utah Beach the Assistant Divisional Commander, General Roosevelt

Background imageUs Collection: US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial

US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial
These fading plaques are on a wall in the Club Belambra on Omaha Beach. The wall is on what was Exit 3 used for tanks. The Division landed on 9 June and went into action on the 11th

Background imageUs Collection: US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach

US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach
The 29th, the Blue and the Grey, was a National Guard Division, and on the beach just below the memorial the 116th Regiment landed

Background imageUs Collection: US Federal Monument Utah Beach

US Federal Monument Utah Beach
This marks a Memorial Area just behind the beach in which can be found the US Navy Memorial, the 90th Inf Div Memorial, the 1st Engineer Special Brigade Memorial among others

Background imageUs Collection: US 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment Chef du Pont

US 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment Chef du Pont
The Memorial has opposite a Memorial Garden with a Plaque to Our friend, O. B. Hill, founder of the 508th PIR Association

Background imageUs Collection: HQ General Maxwell Taylor Hiesville Normandy

HQ General Maxwell Taylor Hiesville Normandy
This 101st US Airborne Division HQ had been chosen from a map while the troops were still in England and the headquarters was operative by 0900 hours on 6 June 1944

Background imageUs Collection: US 507th Parachute Inf Regiment Memorial Amfreville

US 507th Parachute Inf Regiment Memorial Amfreville
The figure stands in a Memorial Park unveiled by the Mayor on 23 July 2002. The structure is titled The Beginning and lists the medals

Background imageUs Collection: US 82nd Airborne & 90th Inf Div Memorial Gourbesville

US 82nd Airborne & 90th Inf Div Memorial Gourbesville
The Memorial commemorates the 300 men who died during the liberation of the village. Early on 6 June the 507th Parachute Infantry dropped nearby but the men were very scattered

Background imageUs Collection: US 5th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial Omaha Beach

US 5th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial Omaha Beach
The memorial is standing on German bunker WN62 and overlooks Omaha Beach. It has a number of memorial plaques one or more of which has been stolen

Background imageUs Collection: Orientation table US Cemetery St Laurent Omaha Beach

Orientation table US Cemetery St Laurent Omaha Beach
The table which is in the St Laurent Cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach which can be seen beyond the guard rail. Standing beside the table

Background imageUs Collection: US Naval Memorial Utah Beach Normandy

US Naval Memorial Utah Beach Normandy
The three 8-feet tall bronze figures represent a Naval Captain, a sailor with a 5 inch shell and a member of a demolition team carrying a rifle

Background imageUs Collection: US Advanced Airfield A13 Marker Vaucelles Normandy

US Advanced Airfield A13 Marker Vaucelles Normandy
The Airfield was built by the 864th US Air Engineers Battalion & the Memorial was unveiled on 6 June 1989. The Franco-American 9th Airforce Normandy Airfields Association has marked all the 9th USaF

Background imageUs Collection: US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window

US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window
This is one of two stained glass windows in the church at Trevieres. The other pictures St George and is in memory of Geo L Praz and the American friends of Trevieres

Background imageUs Collection: US Cemetery Marker Number 1 St Mere Eglise Normandy

US Cemetery Marker Number 1 St Mere Eglise Normandy
This is one of three markers at the locations of the first American cemeteries. There were 3, 000 soldiers buried here. By 10 June there were eight battlefield cemeteries but these were later

Background imageUs Collection: US 5th Ranger Battalion Omaha Beach Normandy

US 5th Ranger Battalion Omaha Beach Normandy
The two Ranger Battalions - the 2nd and the 5th - were commanded by Texan Lt Colonel James E Rudder. The 2nd were charged with taking Pointe du Hoc and the 5th 5th Pointe de la Percee

Background imageUs Collection: Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division

Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division
The Division landed on Omaha Beach on 9 June 1944 and went into action on the 11th. It earned its nickname in the fighting for Carentan

Background imageUs Collection: US 354th Fighter Gp Memorial Cricqeville en Bessin

US 354th Fighter Gp Memorial Cricqeville en Bessin
This is ALG (Air Landing Ground)A2. The 354th flew fromhere between 17 June 1944 and 15 March 1945. The Memorial was unveiled on 17 September 1990 in acknowledgement of the 354ths part in Operation

Background imageUs Collection: US Paratrooper hanging on Ste Mere Eglise church

US Paratrooper hanging on Ste Mere Eglise church
American John Steele landed on the church during the night of 5/6 June 1944 and hung there playing dead. He survived and died in Kentucky in May 1969

Background imageUs Collection: American Rangers Memorial Grandcamp Maisy

American Rangers Memorial Grandcamp Maisy
Unveiled in 1999 this Memorial to the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6th US Rangers in front of the town hall, is near a marker to the visit of General de Gaulle on 14 June 1944

Background imageUs Collection: Dassault Falcon 20C N804F

Dassault Falcon 20C N804F (msn 5, probably), of Pan American World Airways, somewhere in the UK, during delivery to the US

Background imageUs Collection: Piaggio P. 166 N7650E

Piaggio P. 166 N7650E
Piaggio P.166 N7650E (msn 342), circa 1961. Imported to the US by Trecker. Date: circa 1965

Background imageUs Collection: Bell 209 Cobra N209J

Bell 209 Cobra N209J (given the spoof serial 64-7015). The private venture prototype of the Huey-Cobra, built by Bell while the US Army was wasting time and money on the Lockheed AH-65 Cheyenne

Background imageUs Collection: Grumman TC-4C Academe 155729 Spirit of Fentress

Grumman TC-4C Academe 155729 Spirit of Fentress
United States Navy - Grumman TC-4C Academe 155729 Spirit of Fentress (msn 186, base code AD, call-sign 577), of VA-42 The Green Pawns

Background imageUs Collection: Vertol UH-46D 153409

Vertol UH-46D 153409
United States Navy - Vertol UH-46D 153409 (base code UP, call-sign 71) of HC-1, as a Medium-lift utility transport helicopter for the US Navy combat supply role. Date: 1967



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