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Feb 23, 2022 16:59:34 #

therwol Loc: USA

Back in the 70s, I photographed all of the pictures in my parents' house. These included a shoebox full of pictures my father brought back from the occupation of Japan after WW II. Apparently these were sold to soldiers as souvenirs. The quality isn't great. Most have too much contrast. I would scan them now if I still had access to the originals. The impact is still there. Some of the people in these pictures look very young. It makes you think of a time long gone. I can only post 10 pictures per post and I have 25, so stay tuned.

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Feb 23, 2022 17:05:37 #

therwol Loc: USA

Continued from first post. One more to go.

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Feb 23, 2022 17:10:07 #

therwol Loc: USA

Sorry I couldn't put them all in one place. Again, the quality isn't great, but the impact is there anyway.

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Feb 23, 2022 17:15:07 #

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Excellent set! My father was in WWII, building runways mostly in New Guinea. I think there was a photographer in every company (or close to it), who gave photos to the troops!

Feb 23, 2022 17:40:01 #

Vector

WOW!

Feb 23, 2022 17:43:06 #

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Quite a collection. Wonder who the three star was.

Feb 23, 2022 18:00:00 #

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

Validating, verifying, or identifying the subjects of these old photos is fast becoming less possible with only about 250,000 of the 16 million US vets still surviving. I was a reservist during the Viet Nam era and all of our equipment, in the beginning, was WW2/Korean era surplus. Only as the threat of activating the Reserve became a reality did we get updated with more modern equipment. I see one thing in these shots that really brings that back and that's the garbage cans with immersion heaters inserted. My mess kit was never clean when in the field, just a thinner coat of grease when you came to the end of the process. Thanks for posting!!

Feb 23, 2022 18:00:58 #

therwol Loc: USA

Vector wrote:

WOW!

Thanks. I'll bet a lot of people came home with pictures like these. These were obviously taken by professionals. I think that the ones of the rubble and smashed buildings were taken at Hiroshima. My father told me that he visited there. I wonder who the guy standing next to the plane was. The picture is autographed. I couldn't find that name from that era doing a Google search.

Feb 23, 2022 18:01:38 #

therwol Loc: USA

NMGal wrote:

Quite a collection. Wonder who the three star was.

His face is obscured by someone's helmet. The central figure in the picture is obvious.

Feb 23, 2022 18:14:17 #

therwol Loc: USA

If you've only looked at Part 3 of these pictures, you're missing 20 pictures. This was a set of 25 pictures. You can only post 10 at a time.

Feb 23, 2022 18:36:17 #

Quixdraw Loc: x

NMGal wrote:

Quite a collection. Wonder who the three star was.

Resembles Wainwright, nicknamed Skinny by his classmates at the Point. He would have just recently have been a Japanese POW in the Philippines. Looks like photos of him.

Feb 23, 2022 19:06:27 #