For context, this was on the USS Lexington in the Pacific. My grandfather told me all kinds of horror stories about kamikazes. He was 6' 4" in the navy so his legs were brutalized by the bulkheads
That boat is currently moored in Corpus Christi Texas. Pretty fun to visit one of my high school friends had her deb party on it
Not really a true picture in history, but found this account interesting https://instagram.com/vintage.passport.collector?utm_medium=copy_link
Ok, so, this story is pretty crazy. Actually, the entire Wikipedia entry for the island they suvived on is interesting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻAta
“The first European to access ʻAta was Abel Tasman on 19 January 1643. Because of the many tropic birds he saw near the island, he gave it the name of Pylstaert Eylant or in modern Dutch Pijlstaart, meaning arrowtail, an apt description for, and in that time the name of the tropicbird.[8] Adverse winds prohibited him from coming closer and no native people were seen coming to him in canoes either. From his position looking towards the northeast the shape of the island resembled to him the breasts of a woman.” This dude was definitely lonely and horny as fuck.
Man I was really hoping for some interview with one of the marines right after having burned all that up
Video of a three-year old chimney sweep. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CducPWBjfv0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
One of my high school classmate's dad (also our elementary principal) in Vietnam. I'll never take a picture that looks this badass.
Imagine having fun at a party where attendees enjoy images they don't realize are fake. Couldn't be me
The Stannard Rock Reef is an underwater mountain in Lake Superior. It is extremely hazardous for shipping because it gets to within depths of 4-16 feet from the water surface, but is 24 miles south of the nearest island and 44 miles north of Marquette, Michigan. In 1883, the US built a lighthouse there, the farthest lighthouse from shore ever built at the time.
I just can’t imagine what it was like working that lighthouse in the 1890’s or so, miles from any solid land, placing your faith in the US Army Engineers who built it that the lighthouse would hold against the storms. Wikipedia tells me it was manned except from December-March. Flammable illuminates were used until WWII. It was not automated until 1962.
The wiki entry on it says that basically everyone quit the first three years they tried to operate the lighthouse.