Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
This navy dispatch announces the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese Navy. It was received at the Squantum Naval Reserve Aviation Base on December 7, 1941 from the First Naval District. It states, “AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.” – archive.gov
Cover to the British Pocket Guide to Malaya Continue reading “Pocket Guide to Malaya”
US Military reminder to get your overseas Christmas packages sent soon, so they would arrive on time
WW2 propaganda piece demonstrating that “loose lips sink ships.”
Danger threatens from the air!
All citizens join civil protection work
Strange WW2 Propaganda piece, showing women imprisoned by the Nazis
Before the letters to the editors started being published, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby included some historical information towards the back of the Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos comic. Issue #3 was a shopping list for WW2
American soldier standing in the ruined crypt of the Monument to the Battle of Nations in Leipzig, Germany, 1945
Before the letters to the editors started being published, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby included some historical information towards the back of the Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos comic.
Issues 1,2,4 and 5 dealt with the various firearms of WW2.
Issue #1 Continue reading “Sgt. Fury’s Weapons of War, 1963”
Sept 17, 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Poland as an effective ally of Nazi Germany.
The “honeymoon” only lasted until June 22, 1941, when Hitler declared war on the USSR