An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers (LOC)
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An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers
[between 1941 and 1945]
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Army
Soldiers
Forts & fortifications
Bombs
World War, 1939-1945
United States--Virginia--Fort Belvoir
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-69 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35465
Call Number: LC-USW36-451
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 120593
[between 1941 and 1945]
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Army
Soldiers
Forts & fortifications
Bombs
World War, 1939-1945
United States--Virginia--Fort Belvoir
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-69 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35465
Call Number: LC-USW36-451
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 120593
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snoweyes
Hard to digest...I get it! Crazy but funny in an old charming way :)
Thomadeus
This is an awesome photo. Posed, sure, but the expression on this guy's face is perfect.
dklimke
amazing image, the soldier almost looks like a mannequin
tsevis
This is a wonderful photo. BTW, sincere congratulations for this photostream. It's great for us to have all this collection on Flickr.
kostia
wonderful title!
jimmyhickey1
This entire collection is amazing. Thank you so much for putting this up on the internet for the entire world to see. I know I will be spending a lot of time looking over the entire album. Thank you!
▲NDREW
Looks like it could be from a propaganda poster.
roderickbodine
I used to have plastic toy soldiers in the exact same pose
adnartm
This is also war propaganda. Posters such as this were used to motivate the public and keep the moralle at a higher level. While photos such as those with women doing men's jobs, were meant to motivate the women into joining the assembly lines, pictures such as this were meant to keep the moralle high by depicting the soldiers on the battle field in heroic, dominating poses.
Somilo
'Did I? Or didn't I pull the pin?
The Queen of No
wow!
David Dubin
I learned to throw "pineapples" at Ft. Jackson, S.C. in 1966. This was not part of any propaganda effort, but as part of a training effort. When I went through basic training in 1966, we saw slides/photos like this to show us the "correct" way to do it. You are to sight down your left arm and throw the grenade to the spot at which you are pointing. Considering that the typical hand grenade had a killing radius of 5 meters, his concentrated look is not surprizing.
yourFAVORITEmartian
Now that is G.I. Joe, the real American hero.
Psalm Love
awesome photo, shoddy scanning. u can see it on most of the other photos. shame, such an amazing collection too. or was everything just really dark and underexposed in the 40's? =/ beautiful nonetheless. great expression on his face, perfect angles and composition.
synonymous crib
@daviddubin: did my training in 1986, still taught to through this way. In 1966 you were at Tank Hill, in 1986 I was in Hollywood.
WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photography and the New Science of Neuro-Aesthetics, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
www.rodmaurice.com
incredible ... technically perfect, and what an amazing force !
Rohirrim
It's amazing to see photos from this era in such splendid colour and detail!
hubsio
great shot!
gantert
Sure it's posed. It was shot 4x5 format. Not exactly conducive to action photography. The expression probably came from holding the pose for so long. You know they probably bracketed.
alihq812
nice work....
terrific lake
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Shai Rachamim
4 touchdowns in one game
fresh plants
A very interesting photograph.
Sibin Arsenijevic
Great photo ;)
Saaer
Illegal use of white phosphorous! Against kids in Gaza . http://www.flickr.com/photos/23862067@N02/3186171458/
Saaer
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Journalism ( Social &Political -Officials&Citizens), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
zealous control
grenades are surprisingly hard to throw..not like baseballs or anything as one might imagine.. the reason you thow them this way is if you just wind up and chuck it.. your hand on the backswing could hit something and make the grnade fall out.. and that would be a permanent no-go for you.
pablolopez26
Great shot!
tobias f.
realy great...
rat022996
Nice angle!!! Excellent shot!!!!
岡崎亜龍
The lighting on this one is amazing! I wish I was this good with a flash...
Wesley Danes
FSA and American War Propaganda... :(
smooth stomach
Saeer, your first comment has nothing to do with this photograph.
akortrey
To answer the question about underexposure, that was likely done deliberately to make the colors more rich and vibrant. Common technique with slide film.
www.rodmaurice.com
the exposure is more than perfect.
rainbow6562011
This caption is awfully dumb. I remember throwing a hand grenade in Army Basic Training. Unlike the sound of an explosion in movies, it is really loud! I can still hear the shrapnel hitting the roof of the shelter I was in.