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great images from National Geographics photo archives on Natgeofound.tumblr.com

New York Central's Mercury train in Cleveland

A view of Chicago’s historic La Salle Street train station, November 1936

Women pose with huge rubber tires made to use in Antarctica, February 1940

Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers in a factory

Chicago, June 1967

A Royal Mail bus with armed guards heads out from Razmak to Jandola, April 1946

A bird’s-eye view of a training Air Corps plane in Texas

found on http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/

Lest we forget what WW2 aircraft carrier hazards, and airborne war on other ships was about...

it gets really hairy about the 7 minute mark

thanks Mike!

the All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, by Fanny Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes

The Jurdabralinskis’ gas station was nearly shuttered when all the area men joined up during WWII, but the family’s four girls bravely stepped up. Eldest daughter Fritzi was already a great mechanic, having been a professional stunt plane pilot in the 1930s. When Fritzi joins the WASPS, an elite but downplayed female branch of the U.S. Air Force, the story really comes to life. Flagg’s storytelling talent is on full display. Her trademark quirky characters are warm and realistic, and the narrative switches easily between the present and the past.

both photos from http://www.pinterest.com/sarahsundin/transportation-in-wwii/

You might not have heard about the women that had taken up the workload at the full service gas stations, they were also known as "Victory Girls", the same situation of the men going to WW2 made the circumstances that evolved into "A League Of Their Own" and the Rosie the Riveter workers. And back in WW1 the women went to war in the Motor Corps of America http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/04/motor-corps-of-america-i-just-learned.html

the 1000th B-29 the Boeing built, in Wichita Kansas

above, shows the difference in size between a B 29 and the Boeing Kaydet... below, the size comparison between a B 29 and a B 17

Robert of RetroHound.com and ClassicDragsters.com posted these photos at http://www.retrohound.com/some-boeing-b-29-superfortresses-that-my-grandparents-helped-build/ because he came across them in a scrapbook or box and his grandparents were part of the crew that built the B-29s

as to my overriding theme about "things with wheels that are cool", the mule in front is carrying cannon wheels.. if you want to know why, youtube the British military teams moving cannon through obstacle courses in a tradition started in the Boer wars

Found on http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/11/remembering-animal-casualties-of-war.html

some more cool stuff found on F & O Forgotten Nobility

tank entering Ft Santiago in Manila 1945

All from http://fabforgottennobility.tumblr.com/

some very cool things I found on Fabforgottennobility.tumblr.com

I just learned that this is from a photo session with Life magazine, and James Dean was playing with a cousin, some of the photos from that are at http://thehawkandbuzzard.blogspot.com/2012/11/james-dean.html