Forgotten Archives 1

Forgotten Archives 1: The Lost Signal Corps Photos by Darren Neely

The US Army Signal Corps photographs were the official standard for photo documentation of the American army during World War II. These photos were captured by trained cameramen and in most cases were taken under enemy fire, in a ditch with riflemen or as enemy shells landed nearby. Signal Corps photos have been used over and over in textbooks, popular trade books at bookstores in every shopping mall and now on the internet. The photos in this book are those that have not yet been published or have only appeared in hard to find unit histories and cover events in the ETO, from the Normandy breakout until the end of the war.

Beautifully illustrated with 266 rare large format photos over 240 pages, Forgotten Archives 1 is must see for the student of military history or armour enthusiast.

Book Data

Author: Darren Neely
ISBN: 978-1-908032-11-9
No of Photos: 266
No of Pages: 240
Size: Hardcover, 270x210mm, landscape

Website Reviews

The Modelling News
AMPS
Military Modelling
InScale.org
Modellers Alliance
Armorama (video)

Chapters

1. Breakout and to the German Border
2. From the Patton Museum – Through the lens of an Ordnance Officer
3. Bogged Down
4. Ardennes – Bloodied and Counterattack
5. Ardennes – Through the lens of Lt. Joseph Zinni
6. Alsace, Germany and the End
7. The Photographers

Vehicles

Allied (US) T26E3 Heavy Tank M4 Medium Tank M4A1 Medium Tank M4A3 Medium Tank M4A3E8 Medium Tank M4A1 w/E4-5 Flame gun M4 Tank Dozer M4A3E2 Assault Tank Sherman Crocodile Sherman IC Firefly M24 Light Tank M5A1 Light Tank M3A1 Light Tank M18 GMC M10 GMC M36 GMC M12 GMC M7 HMC M32 TRV M31 TRV M8 Light Armored Car M3A1 Halftrack M2A1 Halftrack M4A1 Mortar Carrier M26 Tractor M51 AA Gun M1 105mm Howitzer M29 Weasel DUKW Jeeps (inc. Armored) P47 Thunderbolt (Plane)

German Tiger II Tiger I Panther Ausf.A Panther Ausf.G Jagdpanther Pz.Kpfw.IV Jagdpanzer IV Panzer IV/70(A) Panzer IV/70(V) Sturmgeschütz IV Hummel Pz.Kpfw.III Sturmgeschütz III Flammpanzer 38 Sd.Kfz.251 Sd.Kfz.251/9 Sd.Kfz.250/3 Sd.Kfz.7 Sd.Kfz.11 Sd.Kfz.10/5 s.W.S Sd.Kfz.261 RSO/01 Kfz.70 Kettenkrad 15cm s.FH.18 10.5cm le.FH.18 10.5cm Flak.39 21cm Mrs.18/19 3.7cm Flakzwilling 43 2cm Flakvierling 38 8.8cm Flak 8.8cm Pak.43 Bf-110 G (Plane) He-111 (Plane) Me-262 (Plane)