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Showing posts with label 1943. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1943. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Pet Ring Tailed Possum

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. A PET RING TAILED POSSUM EXAMINES DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MOVIE CAMERA SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AUSTRALIA AND ASSUMES THE OPERATORS' STANCE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK), ID Number: 015549, Flickr
Australian War Memorial's

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Army Air Forces

"Jackie Wilson (left) and Ray Robinson have fought two bitterly contested ring encounters. Now it's Sgt. Wilson and Pvt. Robinson in the same Aviation Squadron at Mitchel Field, New York, and they stand shoulder to shoulder--ready for a fight to the death on the Axis." 1943. 208-PU-214B-5.
National Archives

Friday, December 28, 2012

Over the Pyramids, Egypt

An Air Transport Command plane flies over the pyramids in Egypt loaded with urgent war supplies and materials. This plane is one of a fleet flying shipments from the U.S. across the Atlantic and the continent of Africa to strategic battle zones. 1943. Exact Date Shot Unknown.  (Army)
ww2incolor

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

William Frazier

New York, May 1943. "Policeman William Alexander Frazier, born 1916 in Harlem."
Source: junipergallery

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Jane Froman

Jane Froman was an American singer and actress. During her thirty-year career, Froman performed on stage, radio and television despite chronic injuries that she sustained from a 1943 plane crash.
Source: google  |  crazywebsite