.jpg)
by superadmin | Aug 3, 2021 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND
Sailors man anti-aircraft guns during World War II on the USS Hornet. (U.S. Navy)Before the Second World War, there were two broad categories of fuses: impact and timed.Impact fuses are only detonated when they impacted or “touched” something, whereas timed fuses had...
by superadmin | Jul 17, 2021 | Hawaii, history, pearl harbor, VJ Day, wwii
The “Dancing Man” in Elizabeth Street, Sydney on 18 August 1945.August 14 – 15 1945 mark VJ Day or “Victory Over Japan Day in which the Imperial Japanese surrendered, effectively ending WWII. Please Enjoy the Shared footage of VJ Day, August...
by superadmin | Jun 16, 2021 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, art, hawaii history, history, museum, naval history, navy, Sailor, tattoo
USS Alaska (CB-1) Signalmen taking a visual message on the signal bridge, circa February 1945. Signalman Third Class Teddy Chalupski is writing the message while SM3/c Floyd H. Scharp reads it with the telescope. Note Scharp’s Equator crossing tattoo. OffThe art...
by superadmin | May 15, 2021 | challenge coins, history, Memorial Day, Military, navy, Sailor, Soldier, Submariner, Vertan, WWI, wwii
USS Bowfin Challenge Coins Today, we’ll explore the history of military challenge coins, examine their possible origins and where to purchase your very own USS Bowfin “Pearl Harbor Avenger” Coin. Purchase your USS Bowfin Challenge Coin at...
by superadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, bugs bunny day, history, War Bonds, wwii
Still frame of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Any Bonds Today? (1942), a Warner Bros. cartoon produced with the United States Treasury Department to promote the purchase of war bondsAt the time of WWII, American’s could not escape the global grasp of war...
