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I am using Photoshop CS5 to size the photos and save them in .jpg format. All but the giant group shot of CASU 42 are displayed okay in my Firefox browser. That group photo shows up as a link to an attachment. When clicked, the link displays the photo. Anybody else have a problem? \ ERRR...

I am using Photoshop CS5 to size the photos and save them in .jpg format. All but the giant group shot of CASU 42 are displayed okay in my Firefox browser. That group photo shows up as a link to an attachment. When clicked, the link displays the photo.

There is nothing written on this photo, so I have no idea who it shows or where it was taken, or why it was in my Dad's possession. If I had to guess, I'd say the professional pose and clean, white coverall hints at a studio photo taken before the man shown joined an operational unit. His...

According to the handwritten note on the back of this photo, the picture shows "CASU #42 Ordnance November 1944." My quick count yielded 98 men including five wearing officer's hats. No location is given, or individual names. A separate inscription notes that my father, Joe Thornton, is...

I suspect this unidentified photo shows the airstrip and surrounding naval base on Roi-Namur Atoll in the Marshall Islands where my Dad was stationed late in WWII with CASU 42. According to Wikipedia, the island was captured by the 4th Marine Division in February, 1944, then used to support...

This unmarked photo shows Charles "Joe" Thornton standing on an airstrip somewhere in the Pacific in front of a row of airplanes. Based on the shape of the tail they seem to be the Chance Vought F4U Corsair.

My father was Charles Joseph "Joe" Thornton of Winfield, Kan. He graduated from high school in 1943, was drafted into the Navy and trained at Whidbey Island in Washington and a base I don't recall in Idaho. He rarely talked about the war and never at length. He had a few photos from his Navy...