Photos taken by Corporal Joseph Eldon Toomey, US Army, during WW II [28 July 1923 - 2 July 2019].
He was deployed to Germany, France, Italy, and Japan 1940 - 1946.
He said he was an ambulance driver and medic. He was also a US Army war photographer.
He earned a battle star (he said "someone must have shot a bullet over my head") and was at the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen.
After the war he was a school teacher in Japan then practiced dentistry for 40 years in California.
Scanned and uploaded by Joseph's son, Harold Toomey.
| Photos | |
| Holocaust | WW II Jewish Concentration Camp Liberation, 1945. [WARNING: GRAPHIC] |
| War Photos | ~1,000 World War 2 photos |
| Poetry | |
| Book 1: Germany with Photos | Joseph Toomey's poetry mixed with photos from war-ravaged Germany 1945. [520 pages, 18 MB] |
| Book 2: Germany with Photos | Joseph Toomey's poetry mixed with photos from war-ravaged Germany 1945. [454 pages, 44 MB] |
| Book 3: Japan and Germany | Joseph Toomey's poetry mixed with photos from both Germany 1945 and Japan 1946. [503 pages, 270 MB] |
Last updated 9 August 2023