An airfield in the Philippines full of B29 bombers.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
One Year on the Sea
The cake made to celebrate the LST 757's one year anniversary since it was commissioned.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Kill the Bastards!
A sign hanging above a roadway to remind US soldiers to give no mercy to the enemy
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk
This I believe is a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk sitting on a runway in the Philippines. If I am wrong on the model let me know and I will correct it.
LST-757 Crew Members
Here are some of the members from the LST-757 crew. Unfortantly the names of these men were not written down.
Target Down.
Its hard to see what is actually going on in this picture but I assume that it was firing some sort of rounds, possibly its battery guns(thanks to grahamsj3 for the observation). There are no clear numbers on the ship to identify it.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Surrender of Japan
In this photo you see Japanese represeentatives on board the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945 in preperation to sign the Surrender of Japan to the US.
"Standing in front are:
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (wearing top hat) and General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff.
Behind them are three representatives each of the Foreign Ministry, the Army and the Navy. They include, in middle row, left to right:
Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Army;
Katsuo Okazaki, Foreign Ministry;
Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Navy;
Toshikazu Kase, Foreign Ministry, and
Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi, Army.
In the the back row, left to right (not all are visible):
Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama, Navy;
Saburo Ota, Foreign Ministry;
Captain Katsuo Shiba, Navy, and
Colonel Kaziyi Sugita, Army."
Names taken from the Naval Historical Center website.
"Standing in front are:
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (wearing top hat) and General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff.
Behind them are three representatives each of the Foreign Ministry, the Army and the Navy. They include, in middle row, left to right:
Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Army;
Katsuo Okazaki, Foreign Ministry;
Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Navy;
Toshikazu Kase, Foreign Ministry, and
Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi, Army.
In the the back row, left to right (not all are visible):
Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama, Navy;
Saburo Ota, Foreign Ministry;
Captain Katsuo Shiba, Navy, and
Colonel Kaziyi Sugita, Army."
Names taken from the Naval Historical Center website.
Carry Me Home
In this emotional photo you see American soldiers carrying a wounded soldier away from combat on a stretcher. It seems as if the medic is checking his pulse.
LST-757
THe LST-757 was assigned to the Asiatic- Pacific theater and participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing in January 1945 and the Mindanao Island landings in April 1945.
LST-757 Poem
This is a poem written by Edward Madden about the ship in which he was stationed on, the LST-757
Thursday, January 17, 2008
POW Camp
This photo is what I presume to be an American camp were POW's were held.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Fire!
In this seen you see an American warship firing missles. The timing of this photo is amazing, especially for cameras back then.
I tried to find the ships name, you can see a large 137 on the front of the ship. I did find the DD-137 Kitty, but I am not definite that is it.
Taken by Edward Madden.
I tried to find the ships name, you can see a large 137 on the front of the ship. I did find the DD-137 Kitty, but I am not definite that is it.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Japanese Surrender
The Japanese are signing the treaty that ended the war in the Pacific during WWII.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Smokey Horizon
These soldiers are taking cover as what it looks like to be artillery shells explode just a short distance from theirs.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Taken by Edward Madden.
Staring at Death
This soldier is looking at what seems to be two dead Philippines, they look like civilians.
Picture taken by Edward Madden.
Picture taken by Edward Madden.
And It Begins...
Well I recently started scanning a collection of 500+ vintage WWII pictures that my mother received from my uncle, who is now deceased. The pictures I have and will post were taken by Edward Madden, of the USS LST 757. Most of the photos are from the Philippines. Some are in combat, some on the ship, some of the Japanese surrender, and a lot more. I don't know the story behind every photo, but I will put up as much as I can for each one, and if you have any info on any of the photos I post, please comment and say what you know!
I have posted a couple pictures so far, but expect a lot more to come. I will be posted a couple pictures a day, so keep checking back! I'm excited to share these historic pictures with all of you, and I hope you all enjoy!
The picture you see above is what the pictures are in. This is how I received them, in a plastic container. They were in bunches, in between cut cardboard pieces, held together with rubber bands. Not the best way to store photos but hey, they still are in good condition and unaffected.
Thanks!
Ryan.
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