IWO JIMA.
Original caption: The pilot of a North American P-51 "Mustang" sits in this cramped position for seven or eight hours during a mission. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, July 1945. (N.A.)
Just imagine a day at work, sit in a small cockpit for 8 hours, a pee bottle as a bathroom, and the enemy shooting at you trying to kill you, and not just on Mondays, but the next day and the day before. All for not much money.
SOLOMON ISLANDS + NEW GUINEA.
Original caption: A Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" is repaired by men of the 27th Air Depot Group at the Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea, 7 October 1943. (N.A.)
Wagon train loaded with supplies crossing through Echo Canyon, Utah during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. 1867.
Credit: Heartfelt History.
A country store somewhere in Oklahoma - 1940.
Credit: Country Stores Restaurants & Bed and Breakfasts.
