The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Friday, April 8, 2016

Shorpy Home Front Photos: Of Gliders and Trains

AUGUST 6, 2014, FLY ME TO THE MOON:  1942--  May 1942.  Parris Island, S.C.  "Marine Corps glider detachment training camp.  A glider wench."  Pat Terry and Alfred Palmer, OWI.

AUGUST 2, 2014, REAR BRAKEMAN: 1943-- March 1943.  "Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois, watching the train from the cupola."  Jack Delano, OWI.

--GreGen


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