1945 Air show

[henryclay]

10 minutes, (it's 60 year old amatuer photography), featuring some of our own flying arsenal, plus captured German and Italian airplanes and rockets, with some famous faces of that era, and flybys and a marching band, all set to music of the day.

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[deziloooooo]

Oct 18, 2011 17:28:43 GMT -5 henryclay said:

10 minutes, (it's 60 year old amatuer photography), featuring some of our own flying arsenal, plus captured German and Italian airplanes and rockets, with some famous faces of that era, and flybys and a marching band, all set to music of the day.

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Henry good post, very interesting.

It reminds me of a similer event that took place in New Haven Harbor, Connecticut..I believe 1945 or 1946 more likely..my dad and Uncle took me ..there were two or three fleet submarines there with all their battle flags flying..showing the ships , Japanese, tonage sunk by each vessel..opened for inspection..also a frigate and destroyer I beleive..I remember I was impressed by the mess hall, the kitchen and they were cooking lunch for the sailors , big quantities..also smaller war vessels..I was a impressionable , just a few years from teen age , so impressed and we were just over the big war..Dad and Uncle had been gone for a few years, Dad with Patton in Europe, Third Army and Uncle Joe in South Pacific, saw action Phillipines and other areas..Government was sending these ships up and down the coast as a show of force, fund raising still..allowing citizens to honor the services and men involved I guess...your film reminded me of this event in my life..it was impressive, I remember the Subs had clear glass or plastic screens in front of all the electical swithches on the bulk heads of the subs..so no one inadvertently turned on or off I guess , narrow and do remember the small size of the galley, Sub, ..we went down one hatch and moved along to the end of the boat and out another hatch..they allowed us , kids to play with the MG, 50's, deck gun, and I beleive a anti plane cannon , turnn the cranks to move up and down..LOL..

[henryclay]

Desi, if you ever run into someone who claims to have served on any of those vessels, ask him to show you his legs from the knee down. If there are no scars you can take anything he says with a grain of salt. Why?

Because you may also recall having to duck your head and bend forward while lifting your legs to climb over stanchions between compartments. That's the part of the bulkheads between the watertight hatches and the deck. During General Quarters they seal all the watertight hatches and isolate the vessels into airtight compartments so that if the hull gets breeched it will leave the rest of the vessel seaworthy.

In addition to the "real thing", and to get ready for when the "real thing" comes, they do all kinds or "practice drills" for different emergencies several times a day when they first leave port and less frequently, but routinely as long as they are at sea. They do them so that when the time comes for the real thing they can get ready in the shortest possible time. Some of the drills require "on the double" moving between where you might be when they call the drill, and where you have to get to for the drill itself. Busted foreheads, shins and legs are just part of being on board.

If we have any sailors here, (or Marines who have traveled any distance aboard a combatant ship or submarine), they will all have stories to tell about knocking themselves in the head or busting the skin and leaving scars on their legs.

I have some on both legs and my head as souvenirs of my travels, but everybody here already knows I'm a klutz, so no surprise there.