As you’re getting prepped for all of the food, family and fun tomorrow, here’s a vintage-tidbit from Thanksgiving 1943. It comes from the Navy History and Heritage Command courtesy the U.S. Naval Repair Base in San Diego.
Turkey Day Preview
Getting ready for Thursday? How about this tidbit from the Navy History and Heritage Command from Thanksgiving 1944 at the Amphibious Training Center in San Francisco?
New York, c. 1940
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is in a few days, so we thought a color photograph of New York City from during the war seemed appropriate.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Gun Inspection
WAVE Mary P. Waters and Lt. William J. Sweeney check guns and other ordinance aboard ships at Bethlehem-Hingham, Massachusetts.
The November 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives
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Gunnery Films
WAVE Bertha May Rasmussen rewinds a film used to project a target on the screen. The film is used during gunner training. Rasmussen taught men how to track and bring down the on-screen target – skills which would later be used in the field.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Dictaphone
WAVE Elane Hoganson, a yeoman 2nd class, types a letter from a dictaphone record. The dictaphone used a wax cylinder to record voices – kind of an early precursor to tape recorders or MP3 recording devices.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
BuAer Exhibit
A section of the BuAer exhibit, showing training literature and some of the sills used by Aerology mates in forecasting the weather. It’s at the Sixth War Loan Drive Exhibit in Chicago, held in November 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Demonstration
At the Navy Exhibit for the Sixth War Loan Drive, which opening on November 17, 1944 (70 years ago), WAVE ensign Edna Laing demonstrates aerology (weather forecasting) skills.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Exhibit
The Navy sets up for the Sixth War Loan Drive exhibition in Chicago. The exhibit would open 70 years ago this month, November 17, 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Sixth War Loan Drive
During the Sixth War Loan Drive in Chicago, Lt. Martha E. G. Perrill and WAVE Liane Rose demonstrate aerology (meteorology) skills for the public. The drive began 70 years ago this today, November 17, 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 