Must see WWII pics declassified...

[NCC-1701]

Photos: The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters in WWII - Plog

[joecaver]

good collection of pics. I don't think that any of them are newly declassified though. I have seen most or all since the 1970's and they weren't "new" then.

Thanks for the link.

[Grey Ghost]

I have some original low level strikes from a B-25 pilot. They were printed with captions that named the target and squadron. Most have the target name cut out from them.

[onedef92]

Those are great pics. I have a piece of a clay Buddhist temple that was destroyed in the Hiroshima blast. It was given to me by Sgt. Gillen T. Nicely, a B-29 tail gunner from Elizabethtown, KY. "Straight Flush" was the name of the plane he was on and one of three bombers that participated in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a weather reconnaissance plane and flew over the city before the attack to determine if conditions were favorable for a visual drop. Nicely had an Army buddy who was assigned to access the damage to the city after the bombing and he collected the tile as a souvenir.

Nicely gave the roof tile to me after I interviewed him during a WW II 50th anniversary feature story series we ran in the paper I worked for at the time.

[CP]

There's also an interesting comparison between Hiroshima and Detroit before and after the war.

Hiroshima and Detroit -- 65 Years after the A-Bomb

[Dan Dlabay]

Thanks for sharing. A lot of interesting pictures.

[Stumpy]

Originally Posted by CP

There's also an interesting comparison between Hiroshima and Detroit before and after the war.

Hiroshima and Detroit -- 65 Years after the A-Bomb

sad.......

[DukeAllen]

Originally Posted by joecaver

good collection of pics. I don't think that any of them are newly declassified though. I have seen most or all since the 1970's and they weren't "new" then.

Thanks for the link.

I've seen a lot of them. Still very interesting to look at.

[Bucwheat]

Those were amazing,to see what our fathers and grandfathers went through to insure our freedom is truly humbling. Thanks for posting those.

[GS Ragtop]

Originally Posted by CP

There's also an interesting comparison between Hiroshima and Detroit before and after the war.

Hiroshima and Detroit -- 65 Years after the A-Bomb

the globalization of banking and corporations, the out-sourcing
of industries and jobs, the trashing of labor unions, Wall Street's
looting of America, and the best Government money can buy ??

Interesting slant on what happened in Detroit. I think it's the first time I've seen someone say that 'trashing of labor unions' led to Detroit's downturn...

[Chicago]

Originally Posted by GS Ragtop

Interesting slant on what happened in Detroit. I think it's the first time I've seen someone say that 'trashing of labor unions' led to Detroit's downturn...

I'd say decades of corrupt democratic leadership has been the downfall of that city.

[Jay13]

Back when war wasn"t fought with a joystick. Not that there aren't still troops on the ground, but war was pretty damn personal back hen.