Some pretty cool WWII pictures

[feddoc]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/...e-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/

 

[DanMa1156]

Neat shots, thanks for sharing!

 

[MattWSU]

Picture 45 surprises me.

 

[Fog]

As a history buff of the Navy in the Pacific of WWII, I thought I had seen about every picture published - but many of those were new to me. And, I agree that pic # 45 was a pleasant surprise particularly because the grave site works were done by the Japanese Army. Of course, this was early in the war and american soldiers & japanese army soldiers were "meeting" each other for the 1st time face to face. It got ugly fast after we invaded the Solomons in August of '42.

 

[SynixMan]

Better caption for #9:

 

[MattWSU]

As far as landing on carriers goes, who had it tougher? Obviously these guys were landing a lot slower, but they had less technology to help them land, whereas the opposite is true for today's tailhookers.

 

[feddoc]

And look at the caption for #41. 191 MIAs??? On a deserted island? I wonder how that played out.

 

[Malo83]

Awesome pics, these guys really ran the gauntlet.

 

[CAMike]

Pic #5 narrative- The JOPA was strong in the Pacific. God bless them all.

 

[Swanee]

Pic #5 narrative- The JOPA was strong in the Pacific. God bless them all.

I thought the same thing, " Wow, I'm a 1st Lt... I can't imagine a situation where I would be the XO of a squadron..."

 

[jmcquate]

As far as landing on carriers goes, who had it tougher? Obviously these guys were landing a lot slower, but they had less technology to help them land, whereas the opposite is true for today's tailhookers.

Remember, most of the time there were aircraft spotted on the bow. The angled deck didn't exist during WWII. That means no bolters, you had to get abourd.

 

[eas7888]

I thought the same thing, " Wow, I'm a 1st Lt... I can't imagine a situation where I would be the XO of a squadron..."

As a 1LT, you could be in the XO slot at the company level. Yeah, I know it's not quite the same amount of accountability, but it's still a lot of responsibility.

I really found picture #6 to be interesting. I had no idea that the B-17 was involved in attacking the carriers at the Battle of Midway. That's something I never learned watching "Midway." Though, by the looks of things in the picture, the B-17 isn't exactly good at striking a moving target.

 

[jmcquate]

Strategic bombers attacking warships was one of Mitchells core aurguments for the Army investing in them. And the demo he set up, sinking an anchored Ausfreidland, played a part in his courts martial.

 

[blackbart22]

The narrator on the Victory at Sea episode about the Battle of Midway said " Army B-17s dropped bomb after bomb after bomb - - - -- - - - and scored miss after miss after miss"

 

[GroundPounder]

And look at the caption for #41. 191 MIAs??? On a deserted island? I wonder how that played out.

I thought the same thing, could it be that maybe they drowned and/or were washed away during the landings?

I guess that a typo that has consistently been reported after almost 70 years could be culprit.