sailorgil:

” Uniform of the Day “  ….. Shipmates from the USS La Vallette (DD-448) ‘hanging out’ with the local islanders in 1944 …. When one is stuck on an island in wartime, the ‘Uniform of the Day’ is apparently, “whatever” !!

This is from a lovely FB page called Vintage Los Angeles. The owner of that page posted, “In honor of Memorial Day weekend, this is a photo of my father, Al Martino with his arms around his Navy buddes at the Santa Monica pier before they left for Iwo Jima in 1944. Salute to all on this Memorial Day.”

My Grandfather served aboard the USS Haggard during WW2, then went on to become Chief of our tribe for many years (details left out to preserve some of my anonymity online.) I’m linking to this page of pics of the men who served aboard the ship during her brief time in service. (For more about the Haggard, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Haggard_%28DD-555%29 ) He survived the Kamiaze attack that took the ship out of service, but many of his crew mates did not.

blackhistoryalbum:

She’s So Fly | 1940s

Three women, one wearing dark sweater with two daschund appliques, posed around a suitcase in front of brick building, 1940s. Charles “Teenie” Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

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blackhistoryalbum:

African American G.I. and his sweetie, circa 1940s. African American vernacular photography.

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heres-looking-at-you-kid:

1940s wartime kiss.

Jack Kerouac, Coast Guard, 1942

“When World War II broke out, in a drunken haze he enlisted in the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard all on the same day.”

sailorgil:

” Sailor Jack “

jazzcatjack:

Jack Kerouac

rikainverse:

Movie actress Ida Lupino, is a lieutenant in the Women’s Ambulance and Defense Corps and is shown at a telephone switch board in Brentwood, California, on January 3, 1942. In an emergency she can reach every ambulance post in the city. It is in her house and from here she can see the whole Los Angeles area

whataboutbobbed:

During World War II, Myrna Loy put her acting career on hold to do fundraising for the US Navy, work with the Red Cross and travel on numerous War Bond tours. Here the Thin Man star wears pours coffee for sailors at Hollywood’s Bundles for Bluejackets canteen in 1942

life:

A model combs her hair as she shows off the latest WWII-era fashion in 1943: black cotton stockings with an extra pair of garters to help prevent bagging at the knees — a design created by hose manufacturers in response to the challenge of wartime rayon restrictions.

(see more photos here)