USA WW2 Gear and Vehicles Collection: This is a collection of posters and ads which are related to the vehicles, gear and weapons which was used by US troops during Second World War. Some of these posters are produced by US Government to boost morale but majority are advertisement of various companies which were serving in War Production during these war years, like Cadillac producing airplanes and Oldsmobile tanks. If you know anything more about these posters than mentioned, all help is appreciated.
USA WW2 Gear and Vehicles Collection:
Gear & Artillery:
1942 In radios, telephones, sound systems… there is nothing fines than Stromberg-Carlson
1942 ‘… me and my rifle against every Jap on Guadalcanal’ O.F. Mossberg and Sons
1943 Stepping Stones To Victory! Exide Ironclad Batteries
1943 From ‘Music on the Road … a Clearer Voice For War. Delco Radio
1943 Motorola Radio delivers!
1943 Chrysler Corporation. How to boss a Bofors!
1943 Relying upon Winchester is an Old American Custom
1943 ‘Nice goin’, baby!’ Fisher
1943 Aim High! Container Corporation Of America
1943 Every branch of the Armed Services use the telephone. No 2. of a series, Submarine. Western Electric
1943 Every branch of the Armed Services use the telephone. No 4. of a series, Battleship. Western Electric
1943 Every branch of the Armed Services use the telephone. No 6. of a series, Coast Guard. Western Electric
1943 Every branch of the Armed Services use the telephone. No 7. of a series, Air Forces. Western Electric
1944 Every branch of the Armed Services use the telephone. No 13. of a series, Naval Aviation. Western Electric
1944 Strato-Flak by Fisher
1944 Tough job Tough men and bullets! SuVeneer. Superior Steel
1944 At The Battle Of Stalingrad. SuVeneer fought, too!
1944 Chrysler. ‘Nelly Gets Another One! … She’s a Bofors gun…’
1945 Pontiac Making Shells for ‘Long Tom’ – our seventh war assignment
Vehicles:
1941 International Trucks. Proved All Ways for Come what may!
1942 You Wanted Steel Windows but the Army Needed Tanks! Truscon Steel Company
1942 Diamond T on duty… in defense of Freedom!
1942 Diamond T Trucks. With the colors… for the duration
1942 GMC. When GMC Means Life or Death
1942 ‘The Invisible Crew’ of Our Bullet Belching Monster. Bendix
1942 Willys Jeep. Avenging Jeeps Blast Japs From Chinese Village!
1943 Willys Jeep. Fighting Americans Breach Hitler’s Fortress Europe
1943 Willys Jeep. ‘Ordnance Doctors’ Operate Under Fire
1943 Willys Jeep. Till Hell Freezes Over
1943 Studebaker. Arctic cold on the Alcan highway doesn’t faze these big Studebaker trucks
1943 International Truck. Earthquake Express!
1943 Studebaker Military Trucks. No war front is too tough for these powerful heavy-duty Studebakers
1943 Studebaker Military Trucks, like our Yanks , are certainly seeing the world
1943 Studebaker’s bug military trucks stand out in all the major war zones
1943 Learn To Recognize These Vehicles
1943 Learn To Recognize These Vehicles
1943 Learn To Recognize These Vehicles
1944 Buick M-18 Hellcats Score In 21 Days of Steady Action
1944 Cadillac. Cannon on a rampage… at 30 miles an hour!
1944 Oldsmobile. Running Interference for the Infantry
1944 Cadillac. ‘In training’ for twenty-seven years!
1944 Chevrolet Trucks – Tremendous Production Meets a Tremendous Worldwide Transportation Problem
1944 Autocar Trucks. Gangway for Victory!
1944 GMC 2-1/2-Ton Amphibian Truck. No wonder they call it the ‘Duck’
1944 Studebaker Military Trucks. Mighty Allied armies mass in India and Studebaker trucks help transport them!
1945 Oldsmobile. Another General Motors War Contribution… Hydra-Matic For Tanks And Armored Cars
1945 International Trucks. Out Of This War
1945 Studebaker. i’ve been driving a ‘Champion’… that’s why I’m going to buy one
Air Force:
1942 Victory their Destiny… Guided by the Stars. Plaskon
1942 How to get home from Tokyo! Gruen
1942 … When Johnny Comes Flying Home. Airacobras for victory – Bell Aircraft
1942 There goes a Headline… the Axis won’t print. Airacobras for victory. Bell Aircraft
1942 Nash Kelvinator. Nazi Nightmare
1942 No More ‘Jams’ at 50c Below! Call In Socony-Vacuum
1942 All We Can Do… for all that America means! Bendix
1942 Packard. Ask the man who Flies one! Curtiss Warhawk
1942 ‘The Invisible Crew’ Bendix
1943 On his own… but never alone! Bendix
1943 ‘Together, we’re building bridges across the seven seas’ Bendix
1943 It’s Okay. Mom. Bell Aircraft. Airacobras for victory
1943 Sudden Death… made in U.S.A. Airacobras for victory – Bell Aircraft
1943 Tonight’s lesson for Japs … subtracting Zeros. Airacobras for victory – Bell Aircraft
1943 Performance Controls The Air. Pesco
1943 Appointment in Electronia… Bendix
1943 On his own… but never alone! Bendix
1943 Stout-Hearted shot to hell… but heading home. Bendix
1943 Call it Lightning – Say The Pilots. Lockheed P-38
1943 On every fighting front. Fisher
1943 Aircraft Insignia
1943 They’re Writing Headlines With A Martin Marauder
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Bell P-39 ‘Airacobra’ U.S. Army – Pursuit
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Brewster SB2A-1 ‘Buccaneer’ U.S. Navy – Dive Bomber
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Consolidated PBY-5 ‘Catalina’ U.S. Navy – Patrol Bomber
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Douglas SBD ‘Dauntless’ U.S. Navy – Dive Bomber
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Grumman F4F-4 ‘Wildcat’ U.S. Navy – Fighter
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Martin B-26 ‘Marauder’ U.S. Army – Medium Range Bomber
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. North American B-25 ‘Mitchell’ U.S. Army – Medium Range Bomber
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Vultee Trainer – U.S. Army
1943 Drink Coca-Cola. Waco Glider CG-4 U.S. Army Troop Transport
1943 Drink-Coca-Cola. Curtiss P-40-F ‘Warhawk’ U.S. Army – Pursuit
1943 When Dependability Counts Most… GoodYear
1943 Studebaker. ‘Betcha Dad worked on those engines!’
1943 Studebaker craftsmen again give ‘more than they promise. Studebaker Flying Fortress
1943 Studebaker War Production. Swarms of Flying Fortresses fly on Studebaker-built Cyclone engines
1943 Mosquito… With A Deadly Sting!. Nash Kelvinator
1943 Mitchell Bombers Sink Aleutian Japs. North American Sets the Pace!
1943 Nash Kelvinator. Not Alone…
1943 Bruiser. Vega Ventura. A subsidiary of Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation
1943 Sub smasher. Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed For Leadership
1943 Equipped for high flying. Eimac Tubes
1943 lighthouse for aircraft… Eimac Tubes
1944 Edition of the Bendix ‘Invisible Crew’
1944 Oldsmobile. The Black Widow Snares An Axis ‘Fly’!
1944 They Packed The Attack… Douglas Aircraft Company
1944 Night Patrol with G-E Airplane landing lamps
1944 Flying Bazooka. North American Aviation Sets the Pace
1944 This Peace Talk Makes Sense. North American Aviation Sets the Pace
1945 Winged Javelin. North American Aviation Sets the Pace
1945 Air Position Indicator. Bendix
Navy:
1941 Life on a U.S. Warship. Texaco Serves The U.S. Navy
1943 Another Side of War. Bridgeport Brass
1943 Because every crew must have ‘Victory Vitamin C’ – maybe your canned grapefruit juice… is aboard Pearl Harbor’s swift avengers!
Some interesting World War II related links:
Wikipedia article about World War II
HistoryNet about World War II
My other World War Two related material:
All Countries during World War Two
If you have a World War II related website and would like to get it listed above, please send me an email