Picture of the day. (18 Viewers)

buffnut453 · Aug 19, 2018

Again "Liking" that image seems inappropriate...but it is a fantastic, dramatic photo. Hope those who didn't make it off the ship can rest in peace.

at6 · Aug 19, 2018

johnbr said:
The New Orleans-class cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) refuels from a U.S. Navy oiler at sea during the Marshall Islands campaign in January 1944View attachment 506222

I once worked with cook named "Red" who had served aboard the Minneapolis. He told me that half of the crew was killed during a battle in the Philippines.

johnbr · Aug 19, 2018

Two pilots in the cockpit of a Douglas C-47 airplane, a plane used during World War II.

michaelmaltby · Aug 19, 2018

The Germans' archive

johnbr · Aug 19, 2018

October 05, 1943. Navy dive bombers head back to the carrier after releasing bombs on Wake Island.

johnbr · Aug 19, 2018

The wartime labor shortage brought significant numbers of women into the labor force, working on factory assembly lines, typing and filing in offices, driving buses, clerking in shops, and operating telephone switchboards. In coastal timber towns that were suffering from manpower shortages, women were accepted, if not always welcomed, into all-male domains such as millwork and logging. The workforce at the Evans Products battery-separator plant in Coos Bay was two-thirds female during the war years. Because of union pressure, the women earned the same pay as men doing equivalent jobs.