# Some scans from WWII, family history stuff (56k no way) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125 "2010-01-12T16:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/1 "2010-01-12T16:47:52Z")
I’ve been going through and digitizing a bunch of stuff my Grandfather had saved over the years. He lost two brothers in the war and after going through some of this stuff I thought a good way to honor their memory would be to share it. I’ll post more as I get more stuff scanned in. Sorry for the huge picture sizes but the stuff gets pretty hard to read if I shrink it down. I especially like the letter describing being at Pearl Harbor during the attack. ![http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4270465380_42d2d72ccd_b.jpg](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4270465380_42d2d72ccd_b.jpg) ![http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4270465598_eff3414c92_b.jpg](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4270465598_eff3414c92_b.jpg) ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4269721693_ca1d74e4a0_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4269721693_ca1d74e4a0_b.jpg) ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4270466108_90c85887c9_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4270466108_90c85887c9_b.jpg) ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4270466348_3a358f18df_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4270466348_3a358f18df_b.jpg) ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4269722665_ee3091dc91_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4269722665_ee3091dc91_b.jpg) ![http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4270467136_ae0e901e96_b.jpg](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4270467136_ae0e901e96_b.jpg) ![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4270467856_bbb2aa1359_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4270467856_bbb2aa1359_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/2 "2010-01-12T16:51:25Z")
Holy fuck, let me hook my computer up to my cinema projector. ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/3 "2010-01-12T20:02:35Z")
That’s kinda cool. I remember seeing alot of stuff from my wife’s family from that time. She has a great-grand-uncle on the Arizona, and the family wound up donating alot of his scrapbooks to the Museum there. We were able to go see it when we went - the Park Rangers brought us into the Archives area (out of the public way - we had an appointment) to look at them. It was fascinating to see what was happening on board (ship plays, etc) in 1939 and 1940; and he had kept the birth announcements for some of my in-laws, too. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/4 "2010-01-13T05:29:05Z")
is there no reason to make them smaller? I would love reading them but feel like i’m trying to read like an etch-a-sketch writes. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/5 "2010-01-13T06:25:23Z")
There, now with better sizes. ---
**Author:** ![wickedcivy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wickedcivy/32/7295_2.png) [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/6 "2010-01-13T09:31:02Z")
Thats awesome man :tup: Esp the letter about Dec. 7th. great post ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/7 "2010-01-13T10:28:09Z")
I think what amazes me most is the different levels of communication compared to today. In the article that starts “Billy Cross of Bombay in Invasion of Africa” he talks about asking for news about his brother Danny and how he probably won’t get any mail until Christmas. I can’t imagine being over there fighting in a war and only knowing that my brother was MIA but unlikely to even hear from my family for months. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/8 "2010-01-13T13:23:04Z")
Very cool Jay. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/9 "2010-01-13T13:26:24Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I think what amazes me most is the different levels of communication compared to today. In the article that starts “Billy Cross of Bombay in Invasion of Africa” he talks about asking for news about his brother Danny and how he probably won’t get any mail until Christmas. I can’t imagine being over there fighting in a war and only knowing that my brother was MIA but unlikely to even hear from my family for months. I think about this a lot. We get mad when someone takes a day to call us back… ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-scans-from-wwii-family-history-stuff-56k-no-way/78125/10 "2010-01-13T13:37:39Z")
Johnny Chase “Drama”!!! Good stuff :tup: I love pearl harbor/WW2 stuff.