"USS Guam (CB-2) during her fitting-out phase of construction in July 1944, at the New York Shipbuilding Yard, in Camden, New Jersey. [1551x1067]"
"Lockheed UC-85 Serial Number 42-62601 (Model 9 Orion impressed into USAAF service). Originally flown as a camera plane for The Detroit News as NX799W, it was the only one of it's kind flown by the USAAF. This example served from 1942-1944, and was scrapped after an accident in Los Angeles."
"Here’s the Type 89 I-Go, the first adopted and mass produced Japanese medium tank. It would fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and be forced into WWII. It’s B model would be the first mass-produced diesel tank."
"The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Davis (DD-395) underway at sea in March 1945, after being refitted with 5"/38 dual-purpose guns in place of her original low-angle guns.[5015 × 3428]"
"The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) underway off Cape Henry, Virginia (USA), with two North American SNJ Texan training planes on her flight deck, 6 October 1943.[5011 × 3095]"
"some photos I took a couple of years ago from the Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof from her visit to Thessaloniki. Averof was the flagship of Greek navy during the Balkan Wars, WWI, and WWII. At 23,5 kn, she was a very fast ship, heavily armed. The Ottomans called her 'Devil Ship'."
"USS Shark (SS-174) nearly ready for launching, at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, 20 May 1935."
"British A9E1 tank (Tank, Cruiser, A9 Mk.I )on underwater driving trials, 1936 or 1937. The tank was built with rivets and was not particularly watertight. During trials the tank quickly took on water."
Tho Those boots look large enough such that the lad could possibly get both of his feet into one. I would imagine that clothing small enough to fit him would be quite sparse out on the sharp end of the sword. I wonder what became of the orphans after the war? Adopted by a soldier, placed in an orphanage, left to his own devices?