Posed 'photo of Bevin Boys training to work with a pit pony.  It is some illustration of the conditions in coal mines of the day that little equines such as this were the usual means of non-human traction in deep underground mines.  The ponies had it even worse than the Boys; they rarely saw the light of day at all.  Best regards, JR.

Bevin Boys with pit pony.

Bevin Boys in training near Canterbury, Kent, undergoing a standart form of PT for such workers involving the handling of wooden pit props - a skill in itself, as well as requiring considerable physical strength and endurance.  Note the length of the pit props - in those days, deep tunnels were often very low and cramped.  Best regards, JR.

Physical Training for Bevin Boys.

Italian partisans weapons turn in at Verona's Arena, just after 25 April 1945. Note the Italian flags of that time an two American vehicles in background. This picture is part of an extraordinary photographic album with 344 photos, almost in color, taken by James C. "Wabbit" Hare, pilot of 65th Fighter Squadron of USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group, during his deployment on Mediterranean theater from 1944 to 1945. The “Wabbit” Hare’s album, an precious historic document today part of very rich 57th FG’s website, include pictures from Corsica, Grosseto, Cannes, Villafranca, Verona, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Athens, Naples, and the Sea Owl, the ship used for the return to US. Before based at Grosseto, the 57th FG, equipped with P-47D Thunderbolts, was deployed at Villafranca Airfield from 18 April to May 1945. Victor Sierra