# Amazing WWII Photos (Pacific Theater) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953 "2010-11-26T04:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/41 "2010-11-28T04:11:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The guy on the left has no netting on his helmet, nor does the BAR guy. Yes, but they are carrying weapons. No netting isn’t an absolute tell by any means. Just offering some evidence. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/42 "2010-11-28T05:04:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Number 16. The three guys in the water. What is the one on the right carrying? Maybe part of a [Browning water-cooled machine gun](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.eucmh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/M1917A1-30-Caliber-water-Cooled-Machine-Gun.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eucmh.com/2010/03/30/jack-dee-rose-m-120th30th-infantry-division/&usg=__ST_5TjMLHAJJ8-qLQaTSU1ghXTg=&h=448&w=600&sz=72&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=EdrJIQzdk2tGTM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=194&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrowning%2Bwater%2Bcooled%2Bmachine%2Bgun%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D775%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=345&vpy=88&dur=3918&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=122&ty=75&ei=beLxTOurC8-UnQeb4bSCCg&oei=beLxTOurC8-UnQeb4bSCCg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0)? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/43 "2010-11-28T06:04:42Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Astonishing. Thanks for sharing. > > Question: in pisc #71 and #72 we see a large number of landing ships disgorging armaments and men. How did those boats travel over the ocean? Were they seaworthy for trans-Pacific travel, or did they made in a nearby allied country, or moved in some other way? > > I’m guessing they were oceangoing and picked up their cargo some way offshore, but would love to have this confirmed (I’ve read _The Naked and the Dead_ but don’t remember this detail). If they were oceangoing , however, how did they get by on the open seas with a very shallow displacement and (presumably) no keel - or did they have retractable keels, etc.? My grandfather was the Engineering Officer on one of those LSTs at Leyte. They left from Hawaii. According to him, they weren’t originally intended to go on long term voyages but were retrofitted and sent on long deployments anyway. He had stories of on-the-fly maintenance and swapping tips with other engineers on things like how to clean the giant oil filters that were intended to be swapped out after three months, but needed to last six before they could head back to American ports to get one. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/44 "2010-11-28T07:17:54Z")
Photo #2 is sort of famous. It’s been used as evidence that one of the Japanese minisubs that infiltrated Pearl Harbor the morning of the attack was able to make a successful attack. There is a set of 3 water plumes and just to the right of them what looks like a small object in the water. This has been explained as the submarine broaching after firing torpedoes – the object being the conning tower and the plumes being from a propeller that also broached, I can’t recall whether they were supposedly from the sub or one of its torps. #106 – that famous kiss. I recall there was some news about it just in the past couple of years, that one or both of the couple was finally identified. I think the engines in #8 are from P40s. Anyone know what those dinky tanks are? The best pic is #14. I’ve seen some tiny Japanese tanks that looked like that but I didn’t know the US had its own version. I think the planes in pic 29 are Lockheed Hudsons but I’ve never heard of the designation A29. ---
**Author:** ![Deereman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Deereman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deereman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/45 "2010-11-28T12:10:12Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I think the engines in #8 are from P40s. > > I think the planes in pic 29 are Lockheed Hudsons but I’ve never heard of the designation A29. Those certainly look like P-40s to me. I think they had P-40Bs at the time. And yes those A-29s are Hudsons. A-29 was the Army and export (Lend Lease) designation for the Hudson airframe. At first, I thought they were Venturas. Pretty much the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/46 "2010-11-28T14:00:51Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Maybe part of a [Browning water-cooled machine gun](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.eucmh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/M1917A1-30-Caliber-water-Cooled-Machine-Gun.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eucmh.com/2010/03/30/jack-dee-rose-m-120th30th-infantry-division/&usg=__ST_5TjMLHAJJ8-qLQaTSU1ghXTg=&h=448&w=600&sz=72&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=EdrJIQzdk2tGTM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=194&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrowning%2Bwater%2Bcooled%2Bmachine%2Bgun%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D775%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=345&vpy=88&dur=3918&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=122&ty=75&ei=beLxTOurC8-UnQeb4bSCCg&oei=beLxTOurC8-UnQeb4bSCCg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0)? I think it’s too small, and he’s carrying it as though it weren’t heavy. As another poster mentioned (it’s early for me) he has no weapons. I think even the guys carrying machine guns had an M-1 carbine. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/47 "2010-11-28T17:27:38Z")
> [@Deereman](#): > > Those certainly look like P-40s to me. I think they had P-40Bs at the time. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953/48 "2010-11-29T04:17:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Anyone know what those dinky tanks are? The best pic is #14. I’ve seen some tiny Japanese tanks that looked like that but I didn’t know the US had its own version. I went to research that and decided they were [M-2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Light_Tank)s, which, you’ll note, the Wiki says saw service on Guadalcanal. But then I realized we’ve already been scooped in post 20. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-wwii-photos-pacific-theater/561953.md?page=2)