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Title: Christmas card from VP-1
Post by: Arlo on December 24, 2020, 05:46:06 PM

(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/132653247_10224486373336835_1465715806340926412_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=shBPeDU8dkkAX8Boqy9&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=8ea6a7b23c4165711c9cd3ecb1c0c5c9&oe=600B2F54)

This is the Christmas card from VP-1, which was the photographic squadron at Pearl Harbor. Most of the aerial photos you see of Pearl before and after the attack came from VP-1. The airplane is a J2F Duck. And yes, the picture is photoshopped the hard way--long before Photoshop. Amazing work. National Archives 80-G-40060.

Title: Re: Christmas card from VP-1
Post by: NatCigg on December 24, 2020, 05:47:32 PM

Cool photo.

 :salute

Title: Re: Christmas card from VP-1
Post by: Arlo on December 24, 2020, 06:03:15 PM

I like it. VP sailors have an interesting perspective on things, in general.

(https://farm8.static.flickr.com/7907/47329492041_7732f536eb.jpg)

Title: Re: Christmas card from VP-1
Post by: Windycty on December 26, 2020, 04:15:09 PM

Quote from: Arlo on December 24, 2020, 06:03:15 PM

I like it. VP sailors have an interesting perspective on things, in general.

(https://farm8.static.flickr.com/7907/47329492041_7732f536eb.jpg)

Very cool, I was a Sonar Technician on a Destroyer.  We used to talk to the P-3s on sub patrol as we would transit the Atlantic and Mediterranean.