Army radio operator Irving Strobing was the last to tap out a message from Corregidor, aimed at anyone listening. "Tell [my brother] Joe, wherever he is, to give 'em hell for us. My love to you all. God bless you and keep you. Sign my name, and tell mother how you heard from me. Stand by." After that, there was only silence. He was a Japanese prisoner of war for the next three years. he died of cancer in 1997
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisone...
Photos of the inventions, gadgets, machines & inventors of our modern technology taken over the past 150 years
From homes to farms to mines - to the moon. These are the everyday gadgets, utensils, and machines that we've used in daily life plus their inventors and the people who used them.
I know of at least...