"area man" (hurrburgring)
11/28/2014 at 20:01 • Filed to: None
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"area man" (hurrburgring)
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I was going through old family pictures with my girlfriend when I found all these old negatives from my grandpa's time in WWII. He went ashore immediately after the Japanese surrender and traded a pack of cigs for a cheap camera. Gonna get these developed ASAP.
Also in the box was this awesome Hawaii overprint note. For those who don't know, after Pearl Harbor was attacked the government was genuinely concerned that the Japanese would return with their full fleet and invade Hawaii - and in the process gain control of every scrap of US currency located there. To pre-empt this possibility, the government recalled all the cash on the islands and re-issued overprinted notes with HAWAII stamped across the back. That way, in the event of an invasion, the government could declare all Hawaiian notes seized by the Japanese worthless. The shit we used to come up with!
Conan
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:07 |
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Definitely some history there.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:12 |
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A cool trick you can do with photoshop is invert the colors of a photo negative, I took the liberty:
Hope you dont mind
PushToStart
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:12 |
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Wow, I had never heard about the Hawaii money, that's really interesting... Moneylopnik up in here.
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area man
> Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
11/28/2014 at 20:13 |
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not at all! That's incredible man! Thanks!
T5Killer
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:14 |
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Very cool I love seeing family Military history.
This is some info people located about my Grandfathers B-17
http://forum.armyairforces.com/WWII-Bomber-Cr…
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T5Killer
> PushToStart
11/28/2014 at 20:18 |
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Same here very interesting.
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Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:19 |
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Its a very cool photo
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area man
> T5Killer
11/28/2014 at 20:21 |
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Sweet! Here's my pop's boat - he was on an oiler. A Japanese sub almost blew them up while they were stopped in a bay, but the torpedo ended up passing under the ship and sank the one next to his. I am here because a Japanese submariner had shitty aim!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tomah…
scoob
> PushToStart
11/28/2014 at 20:40 |
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> area man
11/28/2014 at 20:59 |
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At least the submariner responsible for me was better! My grandfather served on nukes from 71-76!
Mosqvich
> Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
11/28/2014 at 22:33 |
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Fascinating picture for sure.
shop-teacher
> area man
11/29/2014 at 05:40 |
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Very cool! I've got a shoe box full of my grandfather's photos of Europe during WWII. I really need to scan those in.