Friday, August 4, 2023

USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives in San Francisco, 29 Sept 1945. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge.

 


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  1. we used to make amazing things

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  2. What a sight.
    Welcome home, Boys.
    (V-J Day 2 September 1945)

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  3. exactly a year before my birthday.

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  4. Sometime in the last 50+ years, the US Navy decided that giving artillery support to US Marines attacking a foreign shore was no longer in the cards so they shitcanned all big boats like battleships. So sad...

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    1. Have to agree with you. The Air Force can still send in the Warthogs for some close air support. For now.

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  5. Welcome Home Sailor.
    Well done.

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  6. I am loading up the ElectraGlide for a trip for places that the front wheel heads to.

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  7. How far we’ve fallen in such a short period of time. :(

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