IWO JIMA.
Original caption. Air Force mechanic pauses in his check of a North American P-51 "Mustang" to hand a discarded piece of the plane to Sgt. Johnnie Thornburg who builds scooters from such donations. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. (N.A.)
How cool would a scooter made from P-51 parts be?
The S.S. Thistlegorm. Sunk in 1941 by a German Heinkel HE 111 and rediscovered in the early 1950's by Jacques Cousteau.
She was carrying supplies to the Western Desert Force including trucks, motorbikes, UC-MkII tanks, aircraft spare parts, munitions, wellington boots and steam locomotives. For anyone into wreck diving and wartime heritage, this dive is hard to beat.
