Ozark mountain family at their cabin in Arkansas. Date unknown.
Captain James Kolb and Sgt. Keogh of Company A/147th Infantry Regiment work together to use a flamethrower against dug-in Japanese Troops on Iwo Jima in April of 1945.
The 147th had a unique World War II experience because they were considered a “lost regiment” and not attached to an Army division in the Pacific. They would fight in several battles alongside a greater number of United States Marine Corps troops and at one time formed a CAM (Composite Army-Marine) Division when combat losses were at their peak on Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima would prove to be their most difficult fight as they relieved Marine units and fought on the island from March to September of 1945. These men would move their way through the intricate cave systems made by the Japanese and clear the remaining enemy combatants on the Island.
At the end of World War II, the 147th Infantry Regiment fought in the infamous battles of Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. These battles are often associated with the Marines, but no American unit other than the 147th fought in all of these battles.
June 27th, 1950 – A USAF F-82 Twin Mustang shoots down a North Korean Air Force Yak-9, making the first air-to-air kill of the Korean War.
