LARC-LX. Weighed 97 tons and could carry 100 tons of cargo. Each wheel had its own engine.2mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/TankPorn
Pneumatic tubes connecting 23 US Post Offices in NYC across 27 miles. Used until 1957. 1900s-50s4yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
One of my favorite photos... taken from the pilot's seat of a B-24. You can almost feel the intense cold.5mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
97 year old Prince Philip looks like the villian in all the old vampire movies.5yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/funny
USS Alabama passing an aircraft carrier..1943. Hard to believe that just a year earlier many of these sailors had never even seen the ocean. [1973x1818]3mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Arron Ward (DM-34) after being hit by six kamikazes and two bombs while patrolling Radar Picket Station Ten off Okinawa on May 3, 1945. Forty-two of the crew were lost and the ship was eventually not deemed worth repairing. [1280x944]8mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Two of the most beautiful aircraft to fly in the war... the Mustang and the Constellation.1mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Hulk of the battleship Kentucky being towed to a salvage yard, October 1958. [1280x1542]1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Girls at a high school in Brooklyn protesting the school dress code saying females could not wear slacks, 1940.[1280x970]6yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Devastators and Dauntlesses on the hangar deck of USS Lexington... 1941.7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The crew of the B-24 bomber Lady Be Good'. They became lost returning to North Africa from a mission and went missing on April 4, 1943. The aircraft wreck was found deep in the Libyan desert on November 9, 1958. Eight of the nine crew members' bodies were eventually recovered.[2048x1584]7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Abandoned KV-2 on the right... not familiar with the German assault gun on the left.6mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/TankPorn
Ditched Avenger after engine failure on takeoff... the crew of three were all rescued by the following destroyer.6mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Painted map on the wardroom wall of USS Missouri shows her travels during the war. Does anyone know if it's still there?[1280x1006]1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
Last moments as a kamikaze dives on the USS Lexington (CV-16)... November 5, 1944. [1882x1585]7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
M4 Sherman DD... if they had actually tested it in open water a lot of lives might have been saved.9mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/TankPorn
On December 1, 1969, I sat in front of my TV waiting to see when my birthday would be called to determine the order for being drafted. The higher your number, the less chance you had of being drafted. My birthday came up as #343. I will never forget that night... or that number.4mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/1960s
Lt Edwin King examines his P-47 after returning from a mission in Northern Italy where his engine had been hit by German flak causing a massive oil leak... January 12, 1945.[2569x1954]7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
B-17E outfitted for the RAF... note the radar aerials under each wing, most likely for anti-submarine patrols.3mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Thankful Lancaster crew after making it back from a mission over Germany.7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
JFK Jr. playing at the controls of the White House helicopter, 1963.[1242x1249]7yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Willow Run... by November 1943 they were rolling out a new B-24 every hour.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Commissioning ceremony for USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Norfolk Navy Yard...April 15, 1943. More pics in comments. [1233x959]1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
USS Tennessee at Puget Sound Navy Yard, April 1943. The amount of added AA guns is amazing. (Another pic in comments) [900x716]1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WarshipPorn
No matter how many beautiful photos of her, for me it always comes back to this look.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/kaleycuoco
This stuff was nasty. First sign of a cold, got it rubbed on my chest and some up the nose!1mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/FuckImOld
Little Round Top as it looked in the late 19th century. Anyone who hasn't visited Gettysburg in a few years...you should. The job they have done reclaiming land and removing trees to return the battlefield to its 1863 look is quite remarkable.5mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/CIVILWAR
Churchill Crocodile flame thrower tank near Sterkrade Germany, March 1945.1yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/wwiipics
Captured Ju-52 serving with the 20th Transportation Squadron, 6th AF. Designated as a C-79 it was completely refitted with US engines and instruments.1mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
B-17F Sack Time after the October 14, 1943 mission to Schweinfurt. When landing the propeller broke off.6mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Female munitions workers in England get to see what they are making in action.9mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/wwiipics
B-17s flying through flak on a mission to Debrecen Hungary, September 21, 1944.2yr ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/wwiipics
Japanese women being trained with spears preparing for the expected American invasion.9mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lt Edwin King from the 350th FG checks out his P-47 after making it back to his base near Pisa, Italy, January 12, 1945. His engine was hit by flak, shooting out two cylinders, during a ground attack mission.7mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Where I grew up in the 1950s our milk was delivered to the door. You put your empty bottles out the night before with a note on what you needed. Also, the milk was separated, the cream had risen to the top and you had to shake the bottle to mix the cream in to get whole milk.2mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/FuckImOld
Seafires and a Swordfish on the deck of a Royal Navy carrier. Note the CVE in the background with Atlantic camo.4mo ⋅ skipperbob ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
