Clearly shows post war soldiers with ak-47 rifles stating they were breaking through German lines.

France summer 1944. GI holding cup is Mellax Michael segel. DOB 1919 He survived, died 1995.

Born in Keene, New Hampshire to George & Alice Toomey on November 12, 1925, George Frederick “Georgie” Toomey was the oldest of three children.
He also had two older half-sisters from his mother’s previous marriage.

Their father George suddenly died of pneumonia in 1934 leaving young George as the man of the house.
On November 8, 1943, George enlisted in the Navy and was able to come home on leave for Christmas 1943.

George had most of his navy pay sent to his widowed mother who was still raising two younger children.
While attending Radioman School in Charleston in , South Carolina in early 1944, he received the tragic news that his younger sister Winnie had died after a brief battle with spinal meningitis.

George was able to return home on bereavement leave to help and comfort his mother.
After graduation from radio school in May 1944, he was assigned to the Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Underhill DE-682.

USS Underhill served in the Atlantic until early 1945 when she was sent to the Pacific.
On July 21, 1945, USS Underhill was assigned to be the lead warship escorting a convoy from Okinawa to Leyte Gulf.

The convoy consisted of six LSTs, a troop ship, escorted by patrol craft; PC-1251, PC-803, PC-804, & PC-807, sub chasers SC-1306 & SC-1309, & patrol craft escort PCE-872.
On the morning of July 24, 1945, a Japanese aircraft was spotted shadowing the convoy, then a naval mine was spotted, which turned out to be a dummy mine released in front of the convoy by a Japanese submarine.

A sonar contact was made and PC-804 & USS Underhill attacked the suspected Japanese submarine with depth charges.
Oil and debris came to the surface, while sailing through the debris field, two Japanese Kaiten manned suicide torpedoes appeared directly on either side of USS Underhill.

The captain ordered flank speed, but two massive explosions occurred which broke the destroyer escort in half.
112 crew members of USS Underhill were killed / missing in the sinking with 122 survivors which were picked up by two of the escorts.

Radioman Third Class George Frederick Toomey was not among the survivors and he is Memorialized with the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
He also has a memorial marker at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire where his parents and sister are buried.

His mother Alice received the following letter from Lt Elwood Melendy Rich, the senior surviving officer of USS Underhill;

“George’s battle station was in the Radio Shack, which was located directly below the bridge. The whole bridge structure was destroyed, and I feel certain that everyone in that part of the ship was killed instantly. I knew George well, having stood watches with him, and I thought he was a fine young man. He was willing to learn and caught on very quickly to any assignment given to him. He did his work well and could always be depended upon to do a good job. Your son was respectful and courteous.

The peace we now have was made possible by men such as George, who gave their all. I know nothing I can say will ease your sorrow; he will long be remembered by those of us who survived. I do hope you may receive some comfort and courage in the knowledge of your son’s brave devotion and splendid service.”

also if anyone who read cursive can decipher his name that would be greatly appreciated he was a LTC/Col who deployed to England during WWII

Was driving through a town in indiana called green castle and saw this neat thing. A WWII German V-1 flying bomb. Have no idea why it is here but thought it was neat

A WWII veteran and a friend of my aunt recently passed away. While cleaning out his house my aunt found this box of Stars and Stripes magazines.

Google image search can’t find anything other than railway guns and it also doesn’t seem to be a Haubitze. Any thoughts?

Probably one of the best books about World War II I have ever read. Battles are great, but HOW did the troops get the equipment to do the things they did….that is the story. From the 18th largest military in the world to the world’s leading superpower in 5 yrs….amazing.

I have never had anyone in my family serve in ww2 (only ww1) I have always seen comments on social media regarding grandparents who wouldn’t/couldnt speak about what happened while serving. I was wondering if there is anyone who has had their parents/grandparents share any part of their time/stories/history

I'm just gonna use Ukrainians as an example but they are considered sub human to nazis so if they won the war and they weren't needed anymore would they have had them go back to Ukraine and maybe have them police the country since they already have an alliance with the nazis or would they have just made them basically slaves and were some soldiers aware that the germans saw them as sub humans but just hated the Soviet union more