45th Infantry Division Thunderbird, WWII

45th ID Headquarters crest WW2

Wartime Photos
Sicily & Italy

45th ID Headquarters crest WW2
45th Infantry Division Thunderbird Second Worldwar
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Introduction to the WWIIRA and 45th Infantry Division, World War II Reenactors

An explanation of who the WWIIRA and World War Two reenactors are

What you will want to know if you have an interest in working with us.

The photo gallery has historical images of the WWII, Thunderbirds and 45th ID reenacting photos.

Information about Venturing Crew 1941, Boy Scouts of America

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These are the World War II events that you will find the WWIIRA in attendance.

Learn about the Men and campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division in WW II.

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Learn about our project to help our present day Military with civilian relations

Table of Contents listing all of the pages on our WW II 45th Division and Reenacting website, including a list of Maps.
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Welcome to our 45th Infantry Division photo Gallery. We have placed this here so that you can get to see the faces and places of the men behind the history and so that you can help us identify the names of people and places not listed in the caption. If you have photos that you would be willing to share with us,or information about photo's that we have up already, please E-mail us at:
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Sicily & Italy Photos
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Thunderbirds loading onto the USS Dorothea Dix, Newport News , VirginiaTroops brought in by train right onto the docksBatty B, 189th FA loading onto ship.45th ID Vehicles waiting to be loaded onto the ships
S. France & Alsace Photos
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Germany Photos
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Half track with 37mm AT gunSling loading a half trackCamoflage 6x6 truckVehicles preparing to load.
Veterans Now and Then
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Veterans Now and Then,
157th Infantry Regiment
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Prepareing Vehcles for loading onto ships.Scoglitti, SicilyAmmunition vessel hit by German aircraft, SicilyEvacuating wounded from Gela , Sicily.
Gerald Hall Photos
(157th Infantry Regiment)
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troops marching through Caltanisseta, SicilyPassing the Facist Youth HQ Caltanissetta, SicilyGen. Bradley, II Corp Commander, drives by resting thunderbirds Caltanissetta, Sicilyleaving Caltanissetta, Sicily
Veterans Now and Then,
179th Infantry Regiment
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Marching to the North Coast Messina, Sicily 17 August 1943loading at the docks in PalermoT-Bird waiting to land in Italy
Veterans Now and Then,
180th Infantry Regiment
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USS W. A. Mann at Newport News VA carried replacementsUSS W.A. Mann carried 45th ID for invasion of ItalyEnlisted quarters on board shipDinning area aboard ship
Veterans Now and Then,
645th Tank Destroyers
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bathroom aboard shipLanding near Salerno, Italy"The Tobacco Factory" Persano, ItalyPeastum Italy
Veterans Now and Then, Division Artillery
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Peastum ItalyPeastum ItalyPeastum ItalyEboli, Italy
Gilbert Wailes
A Battery,
160th FA Bn.
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Officers Mess, 179th Infantry HQ ItalyRuins, ItalySniper hunting in Caiazzano , Italy 
Reenacting Photos
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Italian Shoe makers modifying bootsRemoving a dud shell , Presenzano, Italy120th engineers run a ferry across the Volturno river.Volturno river ferryVolturno river ferry
Volturno river ferryVolturno ValleyNorth of VenafroMarching through mountainsVenafro, Italy
Ration dump Vairano, Italy
Ration dump Vairano, Italy
Bring in the mules
G.I. Mule
Italian Mule
56th Evac HospitalLanding at AnzioMussolini cannal Anzio beachhead"The Factory"Dead Germans near "the factory"
"The Caves"Supply DepotSupply DepotFired a lot of artillery shellsHell's half acre, the Evac Hospital
Rail gun shells land in the harborConcealed Tank Destroyer"The over pass"
Garabaldis tomb, 179th Infanty Command Post
German Goliath remote control bomb tank
German Armor prepares for the offensive
Shermans ready their attack
Unloading more
wounded being readied to leave
Break out begins
Medic Jeep and a German SP 88mm
German Dual Purpose 88mm
Along the road to Rome
Crossing the Tiber River outside Rome.
Memorial Day 1944 Nettuno, Italy
Rest area outside of Rome
Naples harbor August 1944
waiting to load at Naples
Convoy loading for Southern France Invasion
 
France Photos
 
Germany Photos
 
  
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