# Iwo Jima, P-51's, B-29's..Oh My!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216 "2011-02-04T23:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/1 "2011-02-04T23:20:00Z")
Link to some really sharp and interesting WWII pictures of Iwo Jima and its flying forces. [http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db\_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299163150448181842](http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299163150448181842) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/2 "2011-02-04T23:28:26Z")
And P-61 Black Widows! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/3 "2011-02-04T23:36:30Z")
You know…I love stuff like this. I grew up in a military household, built many of these planes as models with my Dad as a kid (and hung them from my bedroom ceiling with monofilament!), but mostly…I like looking at the faces of these men from previous wars. I try to imagine what they are thinking when the picture is taken, where they are from, I wonder if they are still alive today, etc. Oh, and the P-51 is a badass mama-jama. I also did not know that they were ever outfitted with rockets. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/4 "2011-02-05T01:02:01Z")
First, I have to say I love this sort of B&W photography. Second, how close can someone get to naming every person in these pictures? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/5 "2011-02-05T01:10:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > First, I have to say I love this sort of B&W photography. > Second, how close can someone get to naming every person in these pictures? I love it too. And these pictures are incredibly sharp and focused. I have no idea how all the names were culled. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/6 "2011-02-05T02:09:43Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > how close can someone get to naming every person in these pictures? I presume they came from family collections or the military who took notes. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/7 "2011-02-05T02:40:25Z")
Wow, those are some great pics. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/8 "2011-02-05T02:46:56Z")
In the captions they use the word “Jap”. Fucking racists. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/9 "2011-02-05T04:01:25Z")
MY father in law was with the 4th Marines. I wish he could have seen these. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/10 "2011-02-05T04:19:39Z")
some great photos ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/11 "2011-02-05T06:04:02Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > First, I have to say I love this sort of B&W photography. > Second, how close can someone get to naming every person in these pictures? The official military and news photographers normally would record the names and home town info of everyone in the photos, as the photos were usually picked up and printed in home town papers. Great photos. It’s amazing how almost the entire island was built up as either airfield or support area. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/12 "2011-02-05T16:06:07Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > In the captions they use the word “Jap”. Fucking racists. Is this a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/13 "2011-02-05T16:13:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Is this a whoosh? Yeah, when I read that first caption using the word “Jap” in it, it pegged my racism-o-meter at first too…until I remembered that the captions, like the photos, are 65 years old. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/14 "2011-02-05T16:14:54Z")
Great selection of pictures. They must of been carefully labeled with names when the pictures were taken. It really brings that war alive. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/15 "2011-02-05T17:51:36Z")
This puts me in the mood to watch some of my WW2 documentaries on DVD tonight. Great pics! Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/16 "2011-02-05T18:03:31Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Yeah, when I read that first caption using the word “Jap” in it, it pegged my racism-o-meter at first too…until I remembered that the captions, like the photos, are 65 years old. It can make you wince, certainly. In “The Fighting Seabees”, John Wayne refers to the Japanese as “Tojo’s bug-eyed monkeys”. Painful, but in the context of what was happening back then. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/17 "2011-02-06T01:16:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It can make you wince, certainly. In “The Fighting Seabees”, John Wayne refers to the Japanese as “Tojo’s bug-eyed monkeys”. Painful, but in the context of what was happening back then. I can’t believe you’re questioning the Duke. You are in fact sir, UnAmerican! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/18 "2011-02-06T22:27:36Z")
Great photos. Prize for best plane name goes to whoever named their ride “Is this trip necessary?”. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/19 "2011-02-07T15:49:48Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Yeah, when I read that first caption using the word “Jap” in it, it pegged my racism-o-meter at first too…until I remembered that the captions, like the photos, are 65 years old. An unintended casualty of the US entry into WWII was “Mrs. Japps” brand of potato chips. They changed their name to something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216/20 "2011-02-07T17:06:16Z")
Great pics - thanks! > [@lisiate](#): > > Great photos. Prize for best plane name goes to whoever named their ride “Is this trip necessary?”. Yeah, as you probably know, that was a common resource-conservation slogan during WWII. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iwo-jima-p-51s-b-29s-oh-my/570216.md?page=2)