Another one for the home front. This one features Admiral Bull Halsey. This is the picture that started it…
This 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…
Hope y’all are enjoying these…
I am.
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.
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…
Enjoying them very much. Keep it up (the posting that is.)
I’m not enjoying these old war art posters… I’m love’n them… Dammit.
He did a great job on the leather jacket.
Those are great! I enjoyed them.
I love ’em, sir – keep ’em coming!
+1
All- Thanks!
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”
Keep them coming. They are great pieces of history.
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
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.
Thanks folks! I will, and RHT I hope they DO correct that… sigh