Tag: WWII

Attack on Pearl Harbor Remembrance

This year for the remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor here is the quote from Harry S. Truman from the World War II memorial in Washington D.C.

A Look Back at Tough Times

German Enigma Machine

This is a four rotor Enigma machine that was created by German around the time of 1943-1944.  Germany built this rare Enigma for its ally, Japan.  You can tell by both the character and the fourth rotor.  Germany was unaware that Britain had cracked the Enigma they added the fourth rotor in 1942 to strengthen …

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Smithsonian D-Day Normandy IMAX

Watched an IMAX movie about D-Day Normandy at the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space.

Historical Old Photographs

Here’s some more great old historical photo‘s. The photo descriptions are below the photos. Here is the way they parked cars in NYC during the 1930’s. Righting the overturned hull of USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, 19 March 1943. A worker helping to build the Empire State Building in the 1930’s, during the Great Depression …

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