Marines, World War II
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Previously we have seen U.S. Marines in World War II in various locations such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Today we see some more photos and videos of Marines in WWII.
Above, a Marine recruiting office in San Francisco in 1941. World War II was raging in Europe, but the U.S. did not enter the war until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.
Guadalcanal, 1943. Marines getting a chance to have a little fun on a water slide.
Marines using hastily built showers on Namur Island, 1944.
Marines using a makeshift shower in 1945 at an unknown location.
Another makeshift shower on Okinawa in 1945.
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In comparison, Jack Bush found this shower with "cold running water 24 hours a day" to be a luxury in 1945.
In August, 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan surrendered, ending World War II. This photo shows Marines in the Pacific listening to news of Japan's surrender on the radio. Note that at least one of them is dressed rather casually.
6 comments:
I always enjoy these military posts.
It must have been quite humiliating for those boys at the inspection that a photographer was taking pictures while they were naked. They are not yet used to military life.
Could it also be that the pictures of the naked soldiers in the media were a signal to the enemy of their fitness?
They even had to strip to have their eyes examined.
Modesty is the first thing you lose in the military.
Soldaten müssen auskommen. :)
Wie in der großen Militärtradition Preußens in der Kaiserzeit, die das Militär Amerikas beeinflusste.
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@Anon - It was probably not humiliating. Times were different. Men were used to being naked around each other in locker rooms and showers and even swimming pools such as the YMCA. The photos were not published in the media as a signal of U.S. fitness. U.S. media were very prudish. Photos showing rear nudity were seldom published, and a photo that showed frontal nudity (like photo #1 in this post) would never be published.
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