USS Astoria sailors on a brief liberty at Mog Mog fleet recreation center in Ulithi Atoll. January 28th,1945 (x)

USS Astoria sailors on a brief liberty at Mog Mog fleet recreation center in Ulithi Atoll. January 28th,1945 (x)

Maria Montez (in the hat) guest hosts the Miss Victory Beauty Contest held at the Victory House in Los Angeles, 1942

Actress Janet Blair preparing to strip off one of her tight sweaters to add to clothing collection drive of war relief agencies, at home. Hollywood,1945 Photo by Martha Holmes (x)

Actress Janet Blair preparing to strip off one of her tight sweaters to add to clothing collection drive of war relief agencies, at home. Hollywood,1945 Photo by Martha Holmes (x)

Tattooed sailor aboard the USS New Jersey (BB 62), photo by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, December 1944 (x)

Tattooed sailor aboard the USS New Jersey (BB 62), photo by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, December 1944 (x)

Model shows off latest wide-mesh black cotton stockings w. extra pair of round garters to help prevent bagging at the knees in, in the newest fashion response by hose manufacturer to the challenge of wartime rayon restrictions.1948  (x)

Model shows off latest wide-mesh black cotton stockings w. extra pair of round garters to help prevent bagging at the knees in, in the newest fashion response by hose manufacturer to the challenge of wartime rayon restrictions.1948 
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life: A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort. See more photos here.

life:

A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort.

See more photos here.

Couple at Celebrity Cafe c. 1944. Photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris

Couple at Celebrity Cafe c. 1944. Photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris

The Sergeant Isn’t Serious” (1944) illustrated by Earl Cordrey

The Sergeant Isn’t Serious” (1944) illustrated by Earl Cordrey

Soldiers say their farewells at Pennsylvania Station New York,1943. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Illustration by Alberto Vargas c. 1945

Illustration by Alberto Vargas c. 1945

Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day

updownsmilefrown: Atomic bomb bursts over Nagasaki, August, 9, 1945

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Atomic bomb bursts over Nagasaki, August, 9, 1945

Carmen Miranda dancing on a car, Hollywood, V-J Day, 1945

Carmen Miranda dancing on a car, Hollywood, V-J Day, 1945

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