WWII Poster…

Posted on by August 16, 2014

Another one for the home front.  This one features Admiral Bull Halsey.  This is the picture that started it…

Halsey on the bridge

WWII Halsey posterThis is another one by John Phillip Falter, who came in the Navy as an artist during WWII.  Interesting to me, he moved the binoculars up to a ‘ready’ position…

And I also found this one, which ‘may’ be either a work up for the one above, or a separate motivator for the Navy… or…

halsey posterHope y’all are enjoying these…

 

 

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WWII Poster… — 15 Comments

  2. On the “Navy dispatch” in the first poster: “Commander in Chief South Pacific Fleet.” Really? Or was that poetic license for dumb-ass civilians? Was there such an entity as the South Pacific Fleet? Google was no help to me.

    I AM enjoying the posters.

  3. Ed- Thanks!

    Buck- A bit of both… There actually was a South West Pacific Area (SWPA) Fleet that was under MacArthur starting in 1943. It was the forerunner of 7th Fleet. Halsey and Spruance actually shared command of 5th Fleet during that time. My ‘guess’ is that this was a bit of misinformation…

  10. What Rev. Paul said.

    I have a copy of this book—

    http://www.amazon.com/American-rifleman-goes-war-training/dp/0935998632/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408303614&sr=1-1#customerReviews

    On page 162 is a side-bar taken from the magazine (no date given) featuring the good Admiral on the cover. The side-bar has a copy of this photo—

    http://thomascountyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Halsey-William-F.-United-States-Army-Admiral-Hunting-at-Greenwood-Plantation-World-War-II.jpg

    —albeit a bit cropped for space. The Historical Society might want to edit the caption on their website. It reads:

    “Halsey, William F.
    WWII – United States Army Admiral
    Hunting at Greenwood Plantation”

  12. Those are GREAT!

    Keep them coming, sir, for those of us who 1) care, 2) remember and 3) still care about our country instead of what the country can GIVE us.

    BZ

  13. Yes, loving them.

    “Bull” Halsey is my favorite admiral from WW2. A no non-sense kind of guy that cared enough about his men to turn on landing lights for late pilots, despite the risk of submarines.