American Miscellaneous

[Louis]

Boston, two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 

[Louis]

Happy Thanksgiving north boys!

 

[Gunner]

Thanks Luis. That is very thoughtful.

 

[Louis]

Red Cross women inside the bus prepare the doughnuts and coffee that offered a touch of home.

The American Red Cross Clubmobile Service was a mobile service club created during WW2 staffed by American Red Cross volunteers, often referred to as "Clubmobile girls" or "Donut Dollies," who provided servicemen with food, entertainment, and a connection to home.

 

[Otosan]

Shocking to think that that could be the target of a drone or HIMARS type weapon strike today.

 

[Louis]

Aboard USS Nevada beached in Pearl Harbor post Japanese attack, on Dec 13, 1941.

 

[Louis]

For a propaganda pic the US Navy Waves aim their S&W revolvers, 1942.

 

[Otosan]

The one in the middle is cross eye dominant, lol. Nowadays, defensive shooters are taught to fire with both eyes open.

 

[Rico]

Chow time for US engineers working on a beachhead, Sicily 1943.
(original colour photograph)

 

[Louis]

Civilians during an army display open to the public in San Antonio, Texas, April 1942.

 

[Louis]

When Army recruits took aptitude tests in a movie theater, Miami, 1942.

 

[Louis]

Meanwhile, in Groton, Connecticut, the news is constantly updated (1943).

 

[Louis]

WAVEs training at Smith College field in Northampton, Massachusetts June 22, 1943.

 

[Otosan]

Jumping jacks I think

 

[mTk]

I call it "wobbly knees."
Hands up!

 

[Gunner]

Speaking of Groton Connecticut.
The Electric Boat company is still there.
We take the ferry from Long Island to New London CT and going up the Thames river you go past Electric Boat.
Sometimes they have a sub they are working out front.

The Navy Base at Groton has an excellent submarine museum too.

 

[Otosan]

I call it "wobbly knees."
Hands up!

That's because the photo caught them right before they jumped up. The leader and the "troops" are out of sync though.