Correct,Corregidor on February 16 1945,jump by the 503rd.Probably one of the lesser know PIR during WW2.Your turn.
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This will be dead easy for someone who knows about it, or very hard to work out for those who don’t.
Well, the guy on the gurney looks like Gary Cooper, but I couldn’t find that he served in the military. Still looking.
Not Gary Cooper.
The guy on the gurney isn’t famous for anything except what he did on it.
Here’s another view of what happened.
The significance isn’t in who did it but why it was done, and for whom.
Is that the guy who had himself deliberately infected with Malaria?
No.
It was actually the reverse.
He gave his blood to save someone many people wanted dead. And who died because of, but not from, the blood transfusion.
This happened after VJ Day.
I should have posted this guess before this clue.Just by the picture the only clues I could come up with was Army? by the double buckle boot which would date it late 44 or 45.The Khaki uniform,Pacific.Was the blood transfusion for Tojo?
That’s it. Well done.
For general info: Tojo tried to commit suicide to avoid arrest as a war criminal but was saved by a blood transfusion from Sgt Jack Archinal, allowing Tojo to stand trial and be executed as a war criminal. http://www.lifestylesover50.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=211
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nevermind - I was answering to an old photo - that’s what happens when you don’t refresh the page enough times…
Evacuation by sea of wounded from Tunisia during Operation Torch?
The men in the stretcher are the focus of this event.It is not Tunisia or the MTO.
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Are they wearing pyjamas?
Or Indian (as in India) type clothes?
Are they wearing pyjamas?
Yes,these men mostly suffered from exposer.
Or Indian (as in India) type clothes?
Theater is Pacific.
Would they be survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis sunk 30 July 1945 and those not taken by sharks left in the water for four to five days, probably due largely to various USN stuff ups for which the captain was probably unfairly blamed?
Correct RS,I thought I was going to have to give more clues.317 survivors were rescued of the 880 that survived the sinking.This photo was taken on Guam August 1945.And a couple of other notes.
The non-arrival of that vessel on schedule was known at once to Lieutenant Gibson who not only failed to investigate the matter but made no immediate report of the fact to his superiors.
While Indianapolis sent distress calls before sinking, the Navy long claimed that they were never received because the ship was operating under a policy of radio silence. Declassified records show that three SOS messages were received separately, but none was acted upon because one commander was drunk, another had ordered his men not to disturb him and a third thought it was a Japanese prank.
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This is a 'Where (in a general sense) are they, who (in a general sense) are they, and what are they doing?.
My guess would be: New Zealand soldiers (2nd Division maybe?) doing some Haka in North Africa?