The 82nd Airborne Division and Fort Bragg, NC: 1945-1948 Negative Collection

April 4, 2012April 4, 2012 / portraitsofwar / 1 Comment

From the vaults of PortraitsofWar comes an amazing archive of images taken by an enlisted paratrooper with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The collection is comprised of roughly 225 images taken between 1945 and 1948 with a small portion of wartime material compared to the postwar activities of the 82nd. Included in the collection are a grouping of shots of the 555th PIR “triple nickles” as well as airborne drops, life around camp, tank maneuvers, and paratrooper horseplay. Please enjoy and don’t hesitate to contact me with any requests.

Rare Color Transparency

Airborne Drop

Jeep and Glider

Our Photographer

WACO Glider Landing

Bazooka Girl

758th Tank Battalion

Division Cartoonist

Fort Bragg PX

555th Vs. 325th Boxing

Kissing Booth

Fayetteville Lions Club

Post-WWII Photo Negative – 82nd Division Paratroopers in Downtown Fayetteville, NC

March 10, 2012March 10, 2012 / portraitsofwar / 2 Comments

A series of post-WWII negatives from the 82nd Airborne Division is keeping me busy at the V700 Scanner! Nearly 200 superb images of life in and around Fort Bragg in the years between 1943 and 1948 keep me clicking the SCAN button. These photos were taken in a downtown Fayetteville diner in 1947. Love the stereotypical activity in the background. Check out the prices on the sandwiches – Twenty cents? WHAT? Also, apparently everyone drank coffee upside down in the 1940s……………….