Cool pix!

"American tank crews bound for North Africa practicing their M4 Sherman for maneuvers in the California desert - October, 1942."

Did they mate up crews and tanks before arriving or did they meet their mobile home here OR were these tanks assigned to the Center and they met their tank later on?

 

"The battlecruiser HMS New Zealand, in her namesake country. [1348 x 926]"

 

I'll bet there's a few crabs in that picture, but I wouldn't go looking for them.

 

"All warships used as targets for nuclear bomb testing in Operation Crossroads [1120x2048]."

 

"Vought OS2U Kingfisher"

Was this the largest "greenhouse" used in WWII? Also, which BBs carried three of these birds?

 

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The escort carrier USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch FM-2 Wildcat fighters during the engagement off Samar Island; Battle of Leyte Gulf; 25-October-1944. In the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near the escort carrier USS White Plains (CVE-66). Both ships survived the battle.
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"No pressure, troops, take as long as you need. As long as it's INSTANTLY!!!!"

 

""Libyan Clipper", a Ju-52 captured in North Africa in 1941 and operated by 450 Squadron RAAF."

 

"The battleship HMS Warspite, after her major reconstruction of 1934-37, entering the Grand Harbour in Malta, 1938. [1450 x 1057]"

 

"Gunboat USS Helena [4356 x 2426]"

 

"Australian gunners from the 2nd/4th Field Regiment (RAA) of the 7th Infantry Division firing an Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short during the landings on Balikpapan, Borneo - 2 July 1945."

Is it true that vegemite was considered a war crime?

 

"Woman in Windy Point Texas With Her New Maytag Washing Machine 1934 720x1050."

Origin of the term "don't get your tit in a wringer." (My mother had one of these into the mid-1960s. She finally admitted it wasn't as great as she remembered.)

 

"Aircraft landing on the carrier HMS Argus; Operation Torch November 1942. Argus was a converted ocean liner; one of the RN’s first carriers entering service in 1918. She could operate 15-18 aircraft and because of her wide elevators and tall hanger ceiling she could carry non folding wing aircraft."

 

Merci beau coup.

 

"HMS Thunderbolt pulling up to the depot ship HMS Forth. March 1942. [800x610]"