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Behind The Lines Photos and captions of fighting men at ease behind the lines. Reading letters, chow lines, shore leave and general R&R.

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Old March 22nd, 2008, 09:26 AM
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U.S. Quartermaster's Corps - Postal Service"We Deliver"



G.I.'s happy at the prospect of a warm meal





** Please forgive the clarity of these pics, this whole film was "Grainy" **
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A group of Russian sergeants eating soup from captured German mess kits



Soviet troops making the most out of a captured German field kitchen
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Finnish troops chowing down with surplus WWI German mess kits
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A group of Russian sergeants eating soup from captured German mess kits



Soviet troops making the most out of a captured German field kitchen
The "goulash guns" as I recall...
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Yeah, those things were and still are called "Gulasch Kanone". So "Goulash Cannon" would perhaps be the better translation.
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A Finnish trooper, his platoons ratios on his back, navigates a narrow foot bridge
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Pre-war lunch break at the Panzerschule near Bad Toltz
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Fallschrimjägers grab a quick bite on the Ost Front, 1944
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An American soldier makes bread in a flue type improvised ground oven, date and location unknown
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Personnel of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment (Canadian) having tea and sandwiches outside Battalion Headquarters. Ortona, Italy
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