Hi Gang,
Here's some more with a military theme to them covering three wars. Enjoy!
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945.01-cheer_cart-PX.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945.01-Pfc_Tony_Vaccaro.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945.02-Wonder3.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945.10-boat-PX.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945_Sam_Shere.jpg
1 2 3 4 5#1 - 1945.01-Cheer cart(original caption) The "Cheer Cart" brings reading materials and snacks to serviceman in the Camp Kilmer hospital in 1945.
More on Camp Kilmer can be read here:
https://www.archives.gov/nyc/exhibit/camp-kilmerCOMICS:
Sensation ?
Real Life Comics (Pines) #19 (September 1944)
Dynamic Comics (Chesler) #14 (April 1945)
Green Hornet Comics (Harvey) #23 (March 1945)
Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett) #28 (March 1, 1945)#2 - 1945.01-Battle Of The Bulge-Pfc Tony VaccaroPhoto by Pfc Tony Vaccaro
Photo credit: Peacefilmfest.org
A bio and more photos by him are shown on his site here:
http://tonyvaccaro.studio/And check out the HBO documentary on him here:
http://tonyvaccarofilm.com/#3 - 1945.02.02-reading Wonder 3Story-Teller Becomes Enchanted
(original caption) Stephen Schaeffer, New York City, becomes enchanted with his own story as he reads from a comic book to two hill-dwelling Kachin youngsters. A pile of the comic books, carried by liason personnel with the Chinese Army keeping the Japanese clear of the link between the Stilweel and Burma Roads, is between the threesome waiting to be read.
Credit: Bettmann / Contributor
Editorial #: 515384276
Collection: Bettmann
Date created: 02 February, 1945
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/515384276They are reading
Wonder Comics (Pines) #3 (November 1944)#4 - 1945.10-aboard USS SarsiSource unknown.
Reading
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #45 (April 1945) aboard USS Sarsi in the Aleutians Oct. 1945 -PX
#5 - 1945-Sam Shere(Original caption) Reading a comic book while traveling on a Pullman car, 1945.
Sam Shere—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
http://time.com/22575/classic-comics-in-praise-of-an-american-art-form/http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945-OurNavy.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950.09.09-machine_gun_and_comic_book.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950.09.09-machine_gun_and_comic_book_(verso).jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950-Korea_1.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1951.05.21-Korea_2.jpg
6 7 8 9 10#6 - 1945-Our Navy 1945.04.15This sailor is looking over the March 1945 issue of The Shadow Comics in an onboard canteen, or Gyp Joint, on the cover of the April 15, 1945, issue of Our Navy.
www.thepulp.netRow behind the Our Navy logo:
Fight Stories (Spring 1945)
Famous Fantastic Mysteries (March 1945)Air Ace (S&S) v2 #8 (March 1945)
Captain Midnight (Fawcett) #28 (January 1945)Row behind his head:
Young Allies #15 (Timley-Spring 1945)
Startling Comics #32 (Pines-March 1945)
Picture Stories from the Bible New Testament (EC) #1 [2nd] (1946)
Three Ring Comics #1 (Spotlight-March 1945) x2
Camera Comics #2 (U.S. Camera-December 1944)3nd row down:
Comic Capers #3 (Timley-Spring 1945)
Our Gang Comics (Dell) #16 (March-April 1945)
Blue Circle Comics v2#1 (4) (Rural Home-February 1945)Reading
Shadow Comics v4#12 [48] (S&S-March 1945)#7 - 1950.09.09-machine gun and comic bookSee next pic for details
#8 - 1950.09.09-machine gun and comic book (verso)Original source unknown.
#9 - 1950-Korea_1440th Signal Battalion Historic Pictures:
http://www.geocities.ws/patrickwmahoney/korea.html"Relaxing in Korea, Sgt Schultz reading a comic book"
#10 - 1951.05.21-Korea_2(Original caption) Private G.U.I. Lambert, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, reads a comic book in a slit trench, Korea
Credit: Paul E. Tomelin. Canada. Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada, PA-128806 /
Date(s) : May 28, 1951
You can see it in much larger sizes here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/8682609079/sizes/o/http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1951-Korean_War-John_Dominis.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952-military.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1954-Naval_Hospital_Beauforts_gift_shop.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1960s-Nam-Reading_comics.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1970-mad_soldier.jpg
11 12 13 14 15#11 - 1951-Korean War-John DominisAmerican troops read comic books during the Korean War, 1951.
John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
http://time.com/22575/classic-comics-in-praise-of-an-american-art-form/(Original caption) Relaxing and reading comic books during break in the retreat.
Life Magazine, January 01, 1951#12 - 1952-Comic Books in Barracks(Original caption) Two soldiers read comic books on their barracks cots while a third looks on at an unidentified US military base, Korea, 1952. (Photo by Harold Feinstein/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/526780986#13 - 1954-Naval Hospital Beauforts gift shop(Original caption) A man in a wheelchair with his leg in a cast examines the magazine and comic book selection at Naval Hospital Beaufort's gift shop, circa 1954.
Photograph courtesy of Regena Kowitz, Public Affairs
Officer/Customer Relations Officer, Naval Hospital Beaufort.
COMICS are at bottom right.
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie) #11 (February 1954) -guess
Wendy Parker (Marvel) #7 (May 1954)
Shocking Mystery Cases (Star) #58 (April 1954)
Mighty Bear (Star) #14 (March 1954)
Red Ryder Comics (Dell) #128 (March 1954)
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell) #54 (March 1954)
Donald Duck unknown issue,
Tip Top Comics (United) #185
The Spirit (Fiction House) #5 (1954)#14 - 1960s-USA soldiers of the LRRP in VietnamSource unknown.
Reading a Conan, or a Conan like comic
#15 - 1970-Mad soldierhttp://comicpixmad.blogspot.ca/2011/08/30-mad-soldier-1971.html?m=0Reading
Mad Special #3, 1970-71That's it for this batch. More military to come in the future!
-Yoc