10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines the ranged weapon system known

the ranged weapon system known as the bow and arrow can be dated from around 72

one carrying the “Man-Portable M2-2 Flamethrower”

rifled musket

Nicknamed “the GI General” by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle

"Last Shot"

10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines the ranged weapon system knownThe United States Army Air Forces (U. S. A. A. F. or A. A. F.) was the major land based aerial warfare service of the United States Army. When established it was composed of 15 permanent combat groups, each organized into three or four flying squadrons. By World War II it held 67 combat groups: 26 were classified as Bombardment; 26 Pursuit groups (renamed fighter group in May 1942); 9 Reconnaissance groups; and 6 Troop Carrier Combat Cargo groups.