Ladies in WWII

[George_Eller]

@namvet

haven’t found the photo of my mom. she’s gonna look and see if she has one. if so ill post it. I did find 1 of my late dad. wow. he was just a kid !!!

B-25 on display. this is really old and not in to good a shape

I also found these aircraft photo’s. I took these inside the hanger bay of the USS Yorktown at patriots point. near Charleston SC

I snapped this from the bridge of the USS Alabama in Mobile on our way to Florida

does she look like she’s sitting on dry land??? I took this from a restaurant near the museum. except for the bow she looks identical to the Iowa class

the bama web site [link](http://www.ussalabama.com/gallery.php)

my god I even found an old photo of my graduation class photo from teletype maintenance school in Sdiego. 1968. we look like murderer’s row !!!

These are beautiful pics Gary.

Was the pic of your dad taken before the war or in the early part maybe? In the early 1980’s I worked with a veteran who was a US Navy submariner during WWII. Sometimes when he’d talk to us about the war, he would mention that “there ain’t nothin cockier than a sailor in his dress blues on a Saturday night”.

Is that B-25 from one of the old Confederate Air Force airshows?

I will have to visit Charleston and the USS Yorktown one of these days. I’ve been by it on several occasions, but have never stopped in. Looks like an Avenger, Hellcat, Dauntless, and Skyraider?

I have been to the Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg, Texas.

Those are great shots of the battleship Alabama. I’ve been by it before when passing through Mobile, Alabama on I-10. It does look similar to the Iowa class. I think that the South Dakota class (South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama) were shorter - 680 ft overall vs 887 ft overall - than the Iowa class (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin). Also, the Iowa class had two stacks while the South Dakota class had a single stack. I’ve read that the shorter length of the South Dakota class battleships made them extremely maneuverable.

[namvet]

@George_Eller

These are beautiful pics Gary.

Was the pic of your dad taken before the war or in the early part maybe? In the early 1980’s I worked with a veteran who was a US Navy submariner during WWII. Sometimes when he’d talk to us about the war, he would mention that “there ain’t nothin cockier than a sailor in his dress blues on a Saturday night”.

Is that B-25 from one of the old Confederate Air Force airshows?

I will have to visit Charleston and the USS Yorktown one of these days. I’ve been by it on several occasions, but have never stopped in. Looks like an Avenger, Hellcat, Dauntless, and Skyraider?

I have been to the Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg, Texas.

Those are great shots of the battleship Alabama. I’ve been by it before when passing through Mobile, Alabama on I-10. It does look similar to the Iowa class. I think that the South Dakota class (South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama) were shorter - 680 ft overall vs 887 ft overall - than the Iowa class (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin). Also, the Iowa class had two stacks while the South Dakota class had a single stack. I’ve read that the shorter length of the South Dakota class battleships made them extremely maneuverable.

his photo was taken after Pearl Harbor. he went to boot at the great lakes recruit training. I think my mom or sister has his graduation photo. I have mine around here somewhere. I started going thru these photo’s this morning and could not stop. I was going to put more on here. but seems like I put on enough already.

there’s nothin’ cockier than a sailor on any night. haha. but the sailors in my war didn’t seem have it. just the pride. the story about a girl in every port is true !!!

yes the B-25 was with the old Confederate Air Force. that photo was taken sometime back in the 80’s at a local AFB. I remember it was july or August and hotter than hell.

the Bama was the only BB I ever went aboard. it was or felt super sized. we had the New Jersery in Nam and alongside a lot. but I never got to board her. every sailor (including me) put in a tranfer to the NJ. if you can ride history why not???

[namvet]

@George_Eller

These are beautiful pics Gary.

Was the pic of your dad taken before the war or in the early part maybe? In the early 1980’s I worked with a veteran who was a US Navy submariner during WWII. Sometimes when he’d talk to us about the war, he would mention that “there ain’t nothin cockier than a sailor in his dress blues on a Saturday night”.

Is that B-25 from one of the old Confederate Air Force airshows?

I will have to visit Charleston and the USS Yorktown one of these days. I’ve been by it on several occasions, but have never stopped in. Looks like an Avenger, Hellcat, Dauntless, and Skyraider?

I have been to the Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg, Texas.

Those are great shots of the battleship Alabama. I’ve been by it before when passing through Mobile, Alabama on I-10. It does look similar to the Iowa class. I think that the South Dakota class (South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama) were shorter - 680 ft overall vs 887 ft overall - than the Iowa class (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin). Also, the Iowa class had two stacks while the South Dakota class had a single stack. I’ve read that the shorter length of the South Dakota class battleships made them extremely maneuverable.

in nam the 7th fleet operated almost exclusively out of subic bay in the PI. here’s the NJ in subic:

[George_Eller]

@namvet

in nam the 7th fleet operated almost exclusively out of subic bay in the PI. here’s the NJ in subic:

Oh that’s a beautiful shot …

[namvet]

@George_Eller

Oh that’s a beautiful shot …

ill post subic bay on the vietnam forum. there’s a crap load of photo’s. I just put this on my desktop wallpaper. I also have the MO on it to…

[Francesca1973]

Gary,

Thanks for the story of your mom, the pic of your dad, and the other pics. Are you going to interview your mom about her time during WWII? My Grandma had some great stories about her travels with my Grandpa around the world and I kick myself now that I didn’t get it on tape. She’s been gone over ten years and I still miss her! Grandpa wasn’t in the armed forces during WWII, but worked for a huge construction company, Raymond International, that built a lot of infrastructure, bridges, etc. I need to talk to my uncle to find out more, because he remembers all the stories.

[namvet]

@Francesca1973

Gary,

Thanks for the story of your mom, the pic of your dad, and the other pics. Are you going to interview your mom about her time during WWII? My Grandma had some great stories about her travels with my Grandpa around the world and I kick myself now that I didn’t get it on tape. She’s been gone over ten years and I still miss her! Grandpa wasn’t in the armed forces during WWII, but worked for a huge construction company, Raymond International, that built a lot of infrastructure, bridges, etc. I need to talk to my uncle to find out more, because he remembers all the stories.

no I never got her full story on it. but i probably will. i called her and my sister the other day to see if either has any photo’s of my mom during this era. my mom is really all that’s left. all the others have passed on.
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I did foget my late grandfather. he’s was a sportsman and liked to hunt. he was to old for service but he loaded bullets at a local ammo depot here. it was called the lake city arsenal. the ammo went worldwide. it was still open in nam. making bullets for that war. and its still running to this day:
[[lake city Missouri](lake city Missouri)

incredible !!!

the plant

[URL=“http://grannygeek.us/?p=976”]bullets](http://gahsoon.blogspot.com/2006/11/arsenal-real-ammo-factory.html)

Lake City is within the city limits of Independence, Missouri and it’s the largest small-caliber munitions plant in the world.

I lived in Independence, mo for years. graduated from HS there. lived there when I took off for nam. and home of former president Harry S Truman.

[namvet]

my mom is seated lower right. behind her, in uniform my dad. who looks like a squirrel. center back is my late grandfather. back left is my late uncle. who looks about age 14. lower left is his wife and in the center is my late grandmother holding my sister. taken sometime after peal harbor. my uncle had not joined up yet. my sister has 1 of just my mom but she won’t let it go. im working on her.

[George_Eller]

@namvet

my mom is seated lower right. behind her, in uniform my dad. who looks like a squirrel. center back is my late grandfather. back left is my late uncle. who looks about age 14. lower left is his wife and in the center is my late grandmother holding my sister. taken sometime after peal harbor. my uncle had not joined up yet. my sister has 1 of just my mom but she won’t let it go. im working on her.

This is a very nice family portrait Gary. Thanks for posting it. Was this taken in Kansas or Missouri?

[namvet]

@George_Eller

This is a very nice family portrait Gary. Thanks for posting it. Was this taken in Kansas or Missouri?

in the Kansas City, MO area. It was the only photo of my mom i had. I had a long talk with her last night. told her about this photo. she got chocked up. she claims this was taken after my dad came back from boot.

[Jazzman]

Some ladies of the SS arriving at their vacation retreat in Poland, summer 1944.

[namvet]

BUBBA ask:
How about some info on famous black ladies in the war. Find some stuff about this and type it here s\o \i reads it ok?.

the board refuses to allow me to reply to his post. why??? got me. anyway go to this sight. I don’t know of any “famous black ladies”

[link](http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/#home)

[Cezar]

During Warsaw Uprising womans was helping wounded, carrying reports under enemy fire and through sewers, cooking meals and they were fighting side by side with men’s. Sorry for quality, but thats mostly scans from albums and books, which i get from friend. I will get more soon

[flamethrowerguy]

Eastern german refugee with child, the husband possibly KIA, the homeplace gone for good and the future unsettled

[ptimms]

My mates Mum was in the WRAF. She was in fighter command control centres pushing the planes around on the contact board. She also lost her barrage balloon. It drifted round Newcastle all night with the cable demolishing chimney pots !! She was fined a couple of days wages for her negligence.

[flamethrowerguy]

That’s an interesting and funny story, Paul. The good people of Newcastle must have thought it was a german wonderweapon, something like these japanese balloon bombs.

[ptimms]

I’m very fortunate to be of an age that I have known many people who experienced the war. I am also fortunate to be of an age that I didn’t.

[Jazzman]

Very well said Ptimms! Great story.

[Major_Walter_Schmidt]

one more reason to join the SS fallschirmjager korps…

[flamethrowerguy]

Flight Captain Hanna Reitsch (*March 29, 1912; +August 24, 1979), one of the best-known and most successful german female (civil) pilots. She established more than 40 records in all categories and on all types of planes from 1932-1978.