Vintage Pics of the Day

[JoJo357]

That top pic is a modern fake...

I'm hip to that Robbie, but it's a good effort tho'.

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[Steve Slocombe]

Picture 4455 could be The Hornets, a tribute bike group appearing at the contemporary UK Goodwood Revival, but I don't recognise the participants. Here they are in 2022.

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[JoJo357]

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[FLFD7]

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March 1942, 102nd Cavalry (NJ National Guard)
On Indian 640Bs

[FLFD7]

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[FLFD7]

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[FLFD7]

The 102nd Cavalry had an interesting history during WW2, a little google searching shows that to 102nd was split up and formed the 102nd Cavalry Recon Squadron, the 117th Cavalry Recon Squadron and the 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron. Some interesting facts from the 102nd website:

1. The 102^nd Cavalry Group and Squadron are the only units from New Jersey listed as participating in Operation Overlord on D-Day.
2. The 117^th Cavalry Recon Squadron actively participated in the liberation of Rome on 5 June, 1944.
3. Four troopers from the 102^ndCavalry Recon Squadron were the first American soldiers to enter Paris on the night of 24/25 August 1944.
4. The 38^th Cavalry Recon Squadron was the first American unit to enter Paris early on 25 August 1944.
5. The 102^nd Cavalry Recon Squadron was the first Allied unit to cross the Meuse River on 5 September, 1944.
6. The 102^nd Cavalry Recon Squadron liberated Bastogne, Belgium, on————–
7. The 102^nd Cavalry Recon Squadron penetrated the Siegfried Line on 20 March, 1945.
8. The 102^nd Cavalry Recon Squadron was the first unit in V Corps to reach the Rhine River, crossing it on 27 March 1945 at Mannheim, Germany.
9. Troopers from the 102^nd Cavalry Recon Squadron were rumored to be the first American combat troops to link up with Russian combat troops in Torgau, Germany on 27 April 1945.
10. The 102^nd Cavalry Group and Squadron were the Allied units that finished the war with the furthest penetration to the east, stopping their progress in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia on 1 May 1945.
11. Lt. Al Shehab of the 38^th Cavalry Recon Squadron is believed to be the only Lebanese prince to serve in combat in WW2.
12. The 38^th Cavalry Recon Squadron was one of the few, if not the only, US military units to successfully maintain their position (Monschau, Germany) despite heavy enemy attacks during the Battle of the Bulge

You gotta wonder what those guys in the picture did during all that.

I found the yard long picture at a car show and bought it because of the Indian Scouts. Here is the original photo:

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My brother is involved in photography and was able to scan and enhance the original, faded photo. He made me several copies, larger than the original and sharper image. I contacted the 102nd Cavalry here in NJ and sent them the enlargement as they did not have a copy of that photo.

[FNG1]

Thanks FLFD7, great pics

[Spag]

Let’s Go Fishing on an Indian

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[JoJo357]

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[DEEBS47Chief1991]

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[ammorest]

The passenger on the Henderson looks somewhat less than thriiled.
Dave

[Rubone]

The passenger on the Henderson looks somewhat less than thriiled.
Dave

That's because she can't hear her cell phone....

[ammorest]

HAHA!!!! Good one, Robbie.
Dave