pipedreams Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 North Central College students protest the draft and the war scare that swept the country just before World War II, circa Oct. 16, 1940 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Cigarettes were hard to come by during World War II when Congress mandated that every soldier, sailor, and marine receive them as part of their rations. So more Americans, like this Chicago woman in March of 1939, turned to pipes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 The assembly line in the Douglas Aircraft plant in Park Ridge, Ill., where wings are attached to the fuselage of big C-54 cargo planes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 A B-17 bomber purported to have been paid for with their war bonds is christened by children of Our Lady of Lourdes parochial school, located at Ashland and Leland Avenues in Chicago, in June 1944. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Lt. Lyudmila Pavlichenko, left, Russian sniper credited with killing more than 300 in World War II, arrives at the LaSalle Street station in Chicago. At right is Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Lt. Mary Daly. — Chester Gabrysiak, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 26, 1942 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Dad In Germany after VE Day waiting to come home 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Who was waiting for him to come home....Mom 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 11 hours ago, gwalchmai said: What are those ladies doing? Sanding the skin of those fish to make them slide through the water faster? I wouldn't think it would be surface prep for some kind of paint, etc. since they already have fins bolted on. Maybe it's a final smoothing of the skins so they don't scratch/score the tubes. Speculation, since I don't really know. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 In 1868 the US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson. The primary charge against Johnson was violation of the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress in March 1867, over his veto. Specifically, he had removed from office Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary of war—whom the act was largely designed to protect—and attempted to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On February 23, 1942, at 19:00 hours, Japanese submarine I-17 fired on the Richfield aviation fuel tanks outside Santa Barbara, California. Although little damage occurred the shelling frightened the population and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 The Illinois Reserve Militia guard Midway Airport during World War II in Chicago, circa Jan. 12, 1942. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Air view of the biggest industrial plant in the world, the Dodge Chicago Plant at 75th and Pulaski Road on Sept. 9, 1945. By 1950, the Ford Motor company would be making 28 cylinder Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major engines for use in Air Force planes. — Chicago Tribune historical photo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dric902 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 5 hours ago, pipedreams said: On February 23, 1942, at 19:00 hours, Japanese submarine I-17 fired on the Richfield aviation fuel tanks outside Santa Barbara, California. Although little damage occurred the shelling frightened the population and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans. Over 400 ships were sunk off the East coast by German submarines it never hit the press in a big way as to not panic the population things have changed . 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 5 hours ago, pipedreams said: The Illinois Reserve Militia guard Midway Airport during World War II in Chicago, circa Jan. 12, 1942. They apparently carried bayonets due to limited ammunition and carrying capacity when attacked by superior numbers, I suspect along with the long firearm that hindered close in fighting. So why can't people that live in states with limited magazine capacity, carry long knives to protect themselves when the magazine is empty...………… Musings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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