American Miscellaneous

[Louis]

Soldier watches Manila under fire. As american troops reached the city on Feb 3, 1945, a Japanese commander ordered its destruction.

 

[Louis]

FDR and other officials inspect torpedoes at the submarine base at New London, Connecticut, Aug 12, 1940.

 

[mTk]

"Mr President? Uh, well, we have a small problem sir."

 

[Rico]

German Mercedes 540K “Blue Goose” (Mercedes 540K Special Roadster “Blue Goose”) with an armored body and bulletproof glass, owned by Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering.
The Mercedes 540K was captured by the Allies on May 4, 1945 in Berchtesgaden, Nazi Germany.
Sgt Owen Henderson is driving the Mercedes 540K. To his right is Lieutenant James Cox of the 326th Combat Engineer Battalion of the US 101st Airborne Division.

 

[Gunner]

They should have held on to that bad boy.....

 

[Louis]

Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner (1885/1961), oversees the landing of troops on Saipan - 1944

 

[Louis]

Gas rationing at Pennsylvania , 1942.

 

[mTk]

Taken today.

 

[Gunner]

Ha! I was going to say change the date from 1942 to 2022 but you beat me to it.

 

[Louis]

Sleeping over the torpedo!!, maybe aboard the USS Cero, SS-225.

 

[Gunner]

Interesting submarine name so I looked it up.....

USS Cero (SS-225), a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cero.
The cero (Scomberomorus regalis), also known as the pintado, kingfish, cero mackerel, cerite or painted mackerel.

USS Cero (SS-225) received seven battle stars for World War II service. Of her eight patrols, all but the second were designated as successful war patrols. She is credited with having sunk a total of 18,159 tons of shipping.

 

[Louis]

Members of the USS S-44 (S-class submarine) around the deck gun. 1942

 

[Louis]

Italian boy presents a bouquet of flowers to a American crew tank member after Rome was liberated. 4 June, 1944.

 

[Louis]

Artillery projectiles displayed on line the deck of the USS New Mexico during the invasion of Guam, 1944.

 

[Gunner]

(The two guys standing with hands on hips)
"Now whose idea was it to put all these shells on the deck and by god who's going to move them below!"

 

[Louis]

George Ray Tweed (1902/1989), the only survivor of the 6 US troops who refuse to surrender on Guam after Japan captured the island in 1941. Tweed avoided capture for 974 days with help from the local Chamorros while publishing an underground newspaper, making shoes and studying math at the same time.

At the same time as the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan captured American Guam. Given the choice of surrendering or being taken prisoner, George R. Tweed escaped into the countryside. Aided by Chamorro natives who risked their lives to keep him safe, Tweed survived for two and a half years until he was eventually rescued by the U.S. Navy.. He became the only survivor after the others were captured and killed.
Tweed retired as a navy lieutenant in 1948 and lived in Oregon. Died at 1989 in an automobile accident in Northern California. He was 86 years old.

 

[Louis]

Honolulu, Feb 1942; Pinball machines amuse sailors at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. The Hotel has been leased by the Navy for officers and men on leave.

 

[Gunner]

Winning cigarettes?
Times sure were different.

 

[Nort]

I’ve never spent the night at that hotel. But I have spent many a sunsets, listening to Hawaiian music and sipping a Mai Tai on their lanai.

 

[Louis]

Due to the attack of a lone Japanese bomber on March 19, 1945 in the Pacific, the USS Franklin (CV-13) suffered damage that almost caused its sinking. That could be avoided, but not the loss of about 800 souls. Here you see it the badly damaged flight deck of the aircraft carrier in NY Harbor, April 28 1945.