Some great pictures of the Ulithi armada! US Navy

[bob letterman]

Some great pictures of the Ulithi armada! US Naval armada deployed for invasion of Japan

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52966

Bob

 

[Gator]

 

[SA Dave]

There is some pictures where one can see 5 aircraft carriers :woohoo:

 

[lupanzer]

Impressive pictures Bob!...the photo of the F4 Corsair with the Ulithi natives is very interesting!

Luiz

 

[MrT]

Spectactular pictures!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Excellent thread Bob! Thanks for the link!

 

[Hippy Ed]

That's fascinating! Thanks for sharing!! :drinks What is interesting is I had a 1 of my mom's cousins was aboard the USS AJAX durign that time!

 

[Adam Baker]

Wow, amazing pictures. To see all those ships in one place.

 

[jknaus]

Very cool, thanks for posting that up.
James

 

[Iron Mike]

Thanks for posting this, Bob. My granddad was aboard the USS South Dakota, wounded during bombardment at Saipan, received Purple Heart. To Gramps! :drinks

 

[ausf]

Amazing photos.

I just started reading Max Hasting's Retribution yesterday.

One stat that stood out: in the beginning of '43 the US had 4 carriers. By the end of '44, over 100.

 

[bob letterman]

Thanks for posting this, Bob. My granddad was aboard the USS South Dakota, wounded during bombardment at Saipan, received Purple Heart. To Gramps! :drinks

Hey Mike,

My dad spent the entire war in the army infantry in the South Pacific, all over the place. He was wounded in Leyte The Phillippines, but saw action in Bougainville, the second battle of Guadacanal, New Guinea, the Solomons and others.

Bob

 

[moon puppy]

:drinks to Gramps and all Vets.

 

[Iron Mike]

Seeing those photos of the SoDak made me realize that Gramps was on that vessel when they were photographed. That generation sure was made of strong stuff.

:drinks

 

[Hippy Ed]

Seeing those photos of the SoDak made me realize that Gramps was on that vessel when they were photographed. That generation sure was made of strong stuff.

:drinks

HERE! HERE!! :drinks :drinks The Greatest Generation :drinks