Vintage shots from days gone by!

August 1952, this North American AJ Savage refuels F9F Panther in evaluation tests at Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent
River, MD. Modeled after the British "Drogue and Probe" method the Navy's in flight refueling technique is accomplished
when the pilot flies his aircraft equipped with a refueling lance into the device fastened at the end of the hose on a
tanker aircraft.

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The mailman in the 1890s
He was armed with a sabre
and revolver for his protection

 

The first aeroplane that landed in my
hometown Kalix in 1923

 

Capt. Ted Williams, USMC, in a Grumman F9F
Panther. He flew 39 combat missions in Korea.
(Photo credit: USMC via National Archives.)






One hard-headed sumbitch, Ted steadfastly
refused to tip his hat to fans or the press after
he was harassed by both early in his career.
His storied feats are too many to recount, so
I won't. He FINALLY tipped his hat to a NEW
generation of Red Sox fans in 1991 when the
club honored him for his .400 season, the
last in the majors. Like Ty Cobb, he remained,
always, his own man.​

 

I wonder how much of the 1890s cabins are still part of the houses there? Someone remodeling a room night find that at one time that room was an entire home it happens often where older houses still exist. It's common to find out the large kitchen room of old houses was the original dwelling that got expanded on many times and eventually got swallowed up by the current building.

 

There's a logging "tractor" like this in the lobby of the Maine state Museum in Augusta. For those that like Museums this is a great one by the way and if i remember right it's free besides!

 

Thanks!---Finally----Justice was served--Shame, all about MONEY!

 

Guess he was over there when I was!----I've got some old 8mm of the "Panthers" dropping goodies on the "Gooks".

 

STANDARD gas station Lakeview Motel Haubstadt IN



This was 3 miles from my house. Its an empty lot now.
It was one of the best restaurants in the area.

 

Hey there, Deuce. Thanks for your service to your country, man. Me, I was only born in 1950, so I grew up listening to WWI, WWII and Korea stuff from my MANY relatives who also fought for their country. They hated the enemies they'd fought, and dehumanizing your enemy makes him easier to attack with extreme prejudice. My next-door neighbor growing up also was a vet, a Tennesseean shot through the hip at the "Frozen Chosin" Reservoir.

I'm glad you put the G-word in quotes, as it shows that fighting men understood it was a demeaning term. I'd thought it only was used during the 'Nam era, but it utrns out that it was used by marines as early as the Spanish-American War, referring to Filipino enemies (there had been an atrocity against trapped marines, so I guess I can understand the angst, even though Perishing severely punished those whom he thought responsible). Enough on the history front. Still, it's a slur and doesn't need to be on the HAMB, even quoted in an historical context. S'let's move on to the positive stuff.

 

It never ceases to amaze me that when you go searching for one thing on the 'net, you often
stumble across something way better than you were seeking! Following is a a sort of photo-
graphic time machine, providing a fascinating look at Korea, immediately after the Japanese
surrender and the invasion of Korean communists into the south which, soon, would lead the
country back into war. THIS shows the relatively peaceful interlude between the two conflicts.
ALL photos were shot by Don O'Brien of the signal corps, except for, I think, the very first one,
shot by comrade Rolland Oxton. All I can say is that Don O'Brien was and is a real master of
the craft and art of photography! If, hopefully this FlickR link works, you can see MANY more
of Don's shots from this unique window in time: www.flickr.com/photos/dok1/95931222/.



Sunday drive in Korea, gone bad! November 1945, photographer Rolland Oxton of the Boston
Herald said simply: "On a Sunday afternoon in Korea during November 1945, three of us--all
photographers-- drove down this road. We reached a point where even our trusty Jeep couldn't
go any farther." Photo posted to the 'net by FlickR member Dok1, Don O'Brien.




Refugees, Fusan, Korea, December 1945, also posted by Dok1.

 

Don in Korea with his DKO Speed Graphic of which he commented,
"The 4x5 Speed Graphic was the workhorse for still pictures taken by
the Signal Corps in World War II. This is one that my outfit, 198th
Signal Photo Company, took first to Europe and then to Korea."

Korean woman, photographed by Don, Seoul, Korea, November 1945.

 

You can just see Don's shadow lower-left in this November 1945 photo he calls simply, "Korean Friends."
As he tells it: "When we stopped for lunch en route from Seoul to the east coast, in November 1945, these
six friendly Koreans appeared. They didn't care much for our Army rations. [LOL!] I used the Speed
Graphic to photograph them with my partner, Ulysses Quentin Davis." A Korean FlickR user commented
that the older fella is showing respect to Quentin by receiving a gift with both hands.




Shooting 35-mm movie footage of the Han River Railroad Bridges in October 1945. Don relates:
"I was using this 35mm Eyemo with 400-foot magazines to film parts of a report on the Korean
railroad. The US Army railroad experts were training Koreans to operate the system that Japanese
had controlled since 1910." [Note: Since right after the Russo-Japanese War]. "The site pictured is
west of Seoul above the rail bridges crossing the Han River. These were later bombed by North
Korea." Of this photo, FlickR member McKimchee enthused, "My dad was a toddler when my
grandfather, a wealthy importer, gathered up the family and fled south from the communists under
the cover of night. My dad feintly [sic] recalls crossing a bridge of some importance in freezing
temperatures. Perhaps this is the one! "

 

I'll bet even Ansel Adams would have nodded approvingly at Don's style, B&W accentuating
tone, texture, composition -- what I love about B&W photography on REAL film! The is the
Han River near Seoul, shot in November 1945 by Don, using his 4X5 Speed Graphic and
Super X film pack.




Delicate balancing act call "Ji- gye." Don related that he and his
companions saw many boys and men regularly carrying firewood
and tender into Seoul during the winter of '45.

 

jimi .... wow we were borne the same year! My father-in-law was drafted and sent to Korea in 1950 (the year WE were borne) and twenty years later I too was drafted and sent to very same division pops was in. I spent 15 months there mostly on the Im-jim-gang river with our artillery pieces pointed five miles to North Korea ... interesting days

 

That's good! I worked with a guy who was on active during BOTH Korea and 'Nam. SO, he was one of the lucky ones who got to fight in TWO wars. Yuck. That's luck? Another guy I know was a BAR man on Okinawa and did the same damn job in Korea. Go figure. But, hell, they were were both super-patriots, so they laughed about it more than anything. What a world.

 

Here is the bride at Munsan- (either Freedom or Liberty bridge, not sure)


Between the war damage and floods the bridges dont last long ... alot of abuttments remain


The Im-jim-gang river turns into the Han river

 

Thought this military action was interesting .... landing a c-130 on a aircraft carrier 1963 ... check out the story and mo' pics. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtml

 

130 or a C-123? How would they get it back in the air?
Oh, anyhow . . .

I realized that I didn't say what a BAR (B.A.R.) was for the benefit of visitors to the thread.
Browning fully automatic rifle, though most guys used them semi-auto where they had that
distinctive barking noise that induced a lot of enemies to surrender rather than fight. 16-
shot magazine could fire all in less than four seconds on full auto.

Any wonder the Louisiana laws weren't gonna let Clyde Barrow defend himself? He's
holding one B.A.R. and seems to have a go-to backup, as well!

(BTW, that sawed-off pump down there also looks like a Browning to me. Help?)​

 

C-130 ... the biggun! Bonnie and Clyde loved their ford v-8's

This picture is probably out of the same roll of film as the BAR shot only different car. I have always love it .... the crossed pistols!

 

Ozark Trading Post, Very close to the Arkansas/Missouri state line on Highway 37. I drove by it a few times every year from 1991 to 2008. I recall it looking much the same, not as neat and usually with a lot of stuff out front.
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Toby Wing