More pictures of women at work during WWII
Picture of an Italian American woman and her son. She was forced to move from her home during WWII. My Great Grandmother Anna Viale also had this happen to her in Martinez, CA, even though her two sons were fighting in the war.
Catherine Buccellato with her son, Nick. Like many others, Nick later came home on leave to find his house empty. While he had been serving his country, his mother had to evacuate her Pittsburg, CA home.
Quick OT. I just noticed I was promoted to Corporal. I feel special. The first promotion I’ve ever gotten in my life and I’m proud of it! 
Congrats Corporal! you’ll be outranking most men in no time;)
Thanks for the pics, they are great.
Hi.
Japanese civil defence unit at training:
Yours
tom! 
Hi.
Japanese nurses during a gas attack exercise show…
Yours
tom
Photo of the female members of the workforce at Faireys Aircraft Factory, Heaton Norris, Stockport.
My maternal grandmother is on the back row, extreme right. She was employed as a crane driver.
This is my grandmother, Maria Koreneva, in app. 1944.
They were overwhelming on the home front.
I believe there were more on the Russian Battle front then any other army.
From the book “The 25th Division and WWII” Originally Published in 1946. My copy is printed by The Battery Press, 1995. The caption reads:
Filipino nurses receive the Bronze Star from General Brown during a ceremony at Camp Dalton in Northern Luzon. If anyone can tell me how to make my pictures come out larger on the page, please do.
Link to a page with many photos.
http://blog.hapc.com.cn/index.php/action_viewnews_itemid_312
Top one is from the Warsaw Uprising judging by the cap badge.
Marek
Marek,
Can you post your favorite photos of the site above instead of just a link. When I went to the site it wanted me to install something some Chinese Language pack on my computer. I don’t install things from sites I don’t trust, but I’d like to see the pictures. Thanks.
Francesca1973
Do not have to install Chinese to view the pictures.
Did not include the pictures as I am unsure of copyright.
Also would have thought they would take up server space if the actual pictures were added to a post. There were quite a lot of large photos.
Marek
Okay. I understand.
-
A.T.S. ladies unpacking Smith & Wesson Military & Police “Victory” model .38-200 Lend-Lease revolvers. (Imperial War Museum)
-
Ladies with Reising submachine guns. They look like U.S. Navy WAVES. (Source unknown)
JT
http://www.history.noaa.gov/images/women4.gif
Women transmitting weather information over teletype circuits
A nice little tribute to Anne Frank:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x105fc_anne-frank
The song playing softly in the background is “Hatikvah” (The Hope), Israel’s national anthem.
Anne Frank Tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaGa2CzCYoo
The song playing softly in the background is “Traumerei” by the German composer Robert Schumann.
‘Kissing Sailor’ Mystery Solved After 62 Years?
Noted police artist backs Texas man’s claim that he was the ‘kissing sailor’ from famed World War II photo.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291047,00.html
Police Artist Backs Claim That Texas Man is ‘Kissing Sailor’
Thursday, July 26, 2007
FOX NEWS
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291047,00.html
No one believed Glenn McDuffie when he claimed to be a smooching sailor in a famous photo 62 years ago. Today, the Texas man has enlisted the help of a police sketch artist to vouch for him.
And she has.
"His face, his nose, his eye brow shape, his hairline, his hair texture - it all lines up,” famed forensic artist Lois Gibson told FOX 26 News in Houston.
Gibson’s opinion is a strong one, considering that her work has helped Houston Police solve over 100 crimes. She has also been featured in Oprah’s magazine, People magazine, and the Guinness Book of World Records, MyFoxHouston.com reported.
“It’s time somebody told the truth about it,” McDuffie said of the classic black and white photo, a symbol of relief at the conclusion of World War II.
McDuffie’s claim would be news to several other ex-sailors who also say they’re the amorous swabbie.
Houston Police Artist Confirms Identiy of ‘Kissing Sailor’
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=BB44ACA755164028ADBBC4DB8B460395?contentId=3881465&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
HOUSTON – Surely you’ve seen the famous black and white photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square. Known as “The Kiss,” it sums up the jubilation and relief at the end of World War II.
For 62 years, Glenn McDuffie of Texas has claimed to be the sailor in that picture, and for 62 years no body has listened.
“It’s time somebody told the truth about it,” said McDuffie in an interview with FOX 26 News.
Police forensic artist Lois Gibson says she believes McDuffie.
“It is him,” says Gibson.
Gibson is a renowned biometrics expert. Her work has helped Houston Police solve over 100 crimes. She has been featured in Oprah’s magazine, People magazine, and the Guinness Book of World Records.
“I’m into the truth. I’m into justice and wow - it’s been so long.”
She extensively photographed and measured McDuffie and put the data into a computer to make comparisons. McDuffie says it took days and all her skills and expertise.
“His face, his nose, his eye brow shape, his hairline, his hair texture - it all lines up,” says Gibson.
The former sailor has passed several polygraph tests and knows the names of the other sailors in the photo.
Gibson says credit needs to be paid where credit is due.
“It was chivalrous, and I think it’s time for this country to be chivalrous towards him. It’s time for him to quit being anonymous,” said Gibson.
McDuffie was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and doctors do not know how much time he has left.
“I love her for it, because I felt like it was about my last chance,” said McDuffie.
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85659&postcount=69
B/W image from: V-E Day, Editors of Time, Time Books, 2005 and V-J Day, Editors of Time, Time Books, 2005.
Interestingly enough, I mentioned the French prisoner photograph thing in a final project on her for French class.
Also, Rita Hayworth, more than anything else, did appear in effort propaganda. I remember seeing an ad where she was encouraging Americans to donate their car bumpers to the war effort.