[pfflier]

Yes, the photos are new to me also. The SBD with damage to the empennage is a good example as well as the stern quarter shots of Enterprise and Yorktown.

My dad was assigned to the Aleutians and said it was an ugly mess. The US troops were ill equipped to deal with the cold and suffered terribly. They were issued tropical gear.

[MtnClimber]

One of my uncles was on a ship in Pearl Harbor that was hit by a bomb in the Japanese attack. He earned a medal from repeatedly going back onboard to bring out injured sailors. It was hard to get him to talk much about it.