Putting it all into perspective...

[Jigster]

Think it does?

 

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[GRUNHERZ]

Those people are clearly undermodeled!  

[Pongo]

Wonder how many of those young guys died for us.
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[Jigster]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
Wonder how many of those young guys died for us.
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USS Yorktown, VF-5, late '43  

Got a new book called Warbird Legends that has some unbelieveable WWII and present day photography such as this.

[F4UDOA]

That is an unbelievable picture. I feel like I could walk into it.

Do you ever feel like you were born 60 years to late for your own destiny?

[Jigster]

Very seldom are such pictures where there are people near the planes that aren't posing...I think that's what gives it such realism. You feel as if, that at any second they are going to look up from whatever they are doing and look towards you. In essence, it's like the picture has yet to be taken.

I posted these in another thread but they are the same way. Almost if your standing there watching them...just waiting for them to acknowledge you.

     


     


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[Toad]

F4U, yes I do, sometimes.

However, I really wouldn't have wanted to have to do that. Would have...but not wanted to at all.

There's a reason the old guys won't talk about it.

I have nothing but incredible respect for all of them.

Not a flying book, but here's one you guys might like: ISBN 0-306-80785-8

Strong Armed Men - The United States Marines Against Japan by Robert Leckie. Leckie was a grunt rifleman on Guadalcanal to start with.

A great perspective on the Pacific War.

But I sure wouldn't have wanted to be involved.

[Jimdandy]

 

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ:
Those people are clearly undermodeled!    

Oh no. There obviously over modeled. I mean look at the guy on the right in the last photo. He's smiling much more than a REAL person would. And look at the guy on the wing of the Spit. He's sweating way more than a REAL person would.   Great photo's Jigster. But come on next time get some shots of the way it REALLY was.  


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[RAM]

 

Originally posted by F4UDOA:
That is an unbelievable picture. I feel like I could walk into it.

Do you ever feel like you were born 60 years to late for your own destiny?

Sometimes. But most times I also think about the guys who were born 60 years too early  

And, as much as I love the Fw190,and as much as I'd give to have the chance to pilot one, I'd never want to have had to fly it with the object of killing someone.

But the damned photo is almost unreal. The one who took it really knew how to do them.




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[Jigster]

There's alot more where this comes from. I'll post some more when I get time.

[Jimdandy]

 

Originally posted by RAM:
 
Sometimes. But most times I also think about the guys who were born 60 years too early    

And, as much as I love the Fw190,and as much as I'd give to have the chance to pilot one, I'd never want to have had to fly it with the object of killing someone.

But the damned photo is almost unreal. The one who took it really knew how to do them.


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I feel that way about the muscle car era. I wasn't born until '65 so I missed it all. There are some fast cars out there now for sure but they just don't hold the same fascination as the '60's cars do for me. The problem with being old enough to have enjoyed the muscle car era is I also would have been able to sat in front of the TV and pray my draft number didn't come up. There are guys on here that can tell you about that. On top of that I probably would have been like the average guy and been all married up and couldn't afford one. I would just be looking in the window like I am now. LOL!   I watched my uncle go off to war. He came back and he's fine but it wasn't easy on my grandma. Like you said about the planes of WWII. I'd LOVE to fly one but ONLY for fun.  

[leonid]

Yeah, it's a rare person that can truly escape the fear of their mortality.  Only those without hope, and those who've been doing it so long that they're more biological machine than human.  Even though the thrill/terror of combat (I guess in today's industrialized world it'd be classified as an Extreme Sport among the kiddies) can be a true high, the day-to-day sight of death and destruction whittles away at the human soul.  I truly doubt American soldiers in WWII saw combat as honorable, but more a job that needed to be done.  In my opinion, that makes them braver people for fighting.

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"Our cause is just.  The enemy will be crushed.  Victory will be ours."

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