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♥ Apr 5th, 2012
8th Air Force B-17 Bombs German Airfield.
♥ Apr 4th, 2012
WWII: Europe; France: Invasion; “American Wounded”, 1944?
♥ Apr 4th, 2012
John McCain, Commander of Task Force 38 in the Pacific, as well as the grandfather of US politician John McCain.
♥ Mar 28th, 2012
♥ Mar 27th, 2012
The Navy version of “When to Salute” from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, January 1944. (Left to Right, Top to Bottom: ENLISTED MEN SALUTE OFFICERS AND JUNIOR OFFICERS SALUTE SENIOR WHEN MEETING, PASSING NEAR, WHEN ADDRESSING, OR BEING ADDRESSED; OFFICERS AND ALL ENLISTED MEN NOT IN FORMATION SALUTE DURING HONORS TO THE FLAG OR PLAYING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM; WHEN SEVERAL OFFICERS ARE SALUTED, ALL SHALL RETURN IT; WHEN OVERTAKING A SENIOR, THE SALUTE SHALL DE GIVEN WHEN ABREAST, WITH “BY YOUR LEAVE, SIR”; WHEN REPORTING (covered); GUARDS SALUTE ALL OFFICERS PASSING CLOSE ABOARD; ON EVERY OCCASION SALUTE THE CAPTAIN, OFFICERS SENIOR TO HIM, SENIOR OFFICERS FROM OTHER SHIPS; MEN AND OFFICERS SALUTE ALL SENIOR U.S. AND ALLIED OFFICERS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER; ENLISTED MEN RISE AND SALUTE WHEN AN OFFICER ENTERS OR LEAVES; RENDER SALUTES DUE THEM TO ALL OFFICERS IN VEHICLES (IF SAFETY PERMITS); ON FIRST DAILY MEETING, ENLISTED MEN SALUTE ALL OFFICERS, JUNIOR OFFICERS SALUTE SENIOR; WHEN OFFICER MEETS DETAIL ASHORE OR AFLOAT, MAN IN CHARGE SALUTES FOR DETAIL; OFFICERS RISE AND SALUTE WHEN A SENIOR ENTERS OR LEAVES; PASSENGERS IN CARS RENDER AND RETURN SALUTE (DRIVER: NO, IF SAFETY IS INVOLVED); SENTRIES AT GANGWAYS SALUTE ALL OFFICES GOING OR COMING OVER SIDE, PASSING CLOSE ABOARD; UPON APPROACH OF OFFICER, ONE CALLS ATTENTION, ALL SALUTE; WHEN OFFICER PASSES NEAR, OFFICER OR PETTY OFFICER IN CHARGE SALUTES, IF NONE PRESENT MEN DO; WHEN COLORS ARE SOUNDED, MAN IN CHARGE OF DETAIL SALUTES: OTHERS AT ATTENTION.)
♥ Mar 25th, 2012
B-17F Flying Fortress bombers bombing Bremen, Germany through clouds with the aid of radar, 13 Nov 1943.
♥ Mar 22nd, 2012
French children, too, were ready for the arrival of American paratroopers in their villages. Here two such children receive American chewing gum from paratrooper. Invasion of France. 8 June 1944.
♥ Mar 19th, 2012
Instruction for soldiers in digging foxholes. (Newsmap, U.S. War Dept.)
♥ Mar 18th, 2012
♥ Mar 18th, 2012
General Douglas MacArthur and Army officers arrive at Atsugi airfield near Tokyo, Japan in August 1945. Officers shown include Major General Joseph M. Swing, Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, and General Robert L. Eichelberger. (U.S. Army Signal Corps) I just love how now matter how big the crowd, and no matter how similarly they’re dressed, you can always pick out MacArthur instantly. Pose+pipe+sunglasses.
♥ Mar 17th, 2012
♥ Mar 16th, 2012
♥ Mar 14th, 2012
Cartoon from the October 1944 issue of C.I.C. (Combat Information Center) published by the U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
♥ Mar 14th, 2012
The USS Lexington explodes after being bombed by Japanese planes in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942. More than 200 of the carrier’s 2,951-man crew went down with the ship. While Japanese forces won a tactical battle, a number of their damaged ships were unable to participate in the upcoming pivotal Battle of Midway, which took place one month later.
♥ Mar 13th, 2012
Color photograph of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Idiots’ Delight” of Eighth Air Force in England. The original caption states the M/Sgt is Penrose A. Bingham of Reading, Pennsylvania. The B-17 “Idiots’ Delight” served with the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group and later with the 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)