Vintage work crew photos

**Jon** · Jul 11, 2021, 01:14 PM

Rivet heaters and passers. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Bremerton, Washington, 1919.

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**hemmjo** · Jul 11, 2021, 02:25 PM

All the men were off to war...

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**12bolts** · Jul 11, 2021, 02:33 PM

Re #2272
I wonder if the date is correct? 1919 is after the war ended. Would not have expected to see ladies remain in the work force then.

**TrickieDickie** · Jul 11, 2021, 02:43 PM

I agree, I thought it was a bit odd women working in a shipyard after the big war.

**marksbug** · Jul 12, 2021, 01:16 PM

my grand father worked and died in the ship yard(in cali) during the 2nd war.bad heart from birth ,couldn't go with the rest of the guys, he was a welder..and died there too.heart finaly gave out.37 years old as I recall mom saying.

**hemmjo** · Jul 13, 2021, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by marksbug

snip....bad heart from birth ,couldn't go with the rest of the guys, ...

Originally Posted by marksbug

snip...boom .that hit him hard. he never talked about anything over seas.till about 2 years before he died in 2016. he told me stuff mom didnt know,.....

There is a good reason they say that "War is Hell". It affects everyone, differently, but so deeply. Even those that did did not go are affected. For those that went and made it back, how can they possibly forget the things they saw and HAD to do!!!!. For those too young to have gone, how can they possibly understand the reasons for their loved ones act as they do. Some vets seem to do ok, others, not so much.

Bad heart kept me out of the mess in Vietnam. I still feel guilty when I remember my friends who went and did not come home, or came home with horrific injuries, both seen and unseen.

Life is hard, we do the best we can.

**Unkle Fuzzy** · Jul 12, 2021, 02:02 PM

You also have to remember a Flu pandemic took out a fair number of the workforce not long before that.

**TrickieDickie** · Jul 12, 2021, 02:47 PM

I had a great Uncle Rico, Italian, served during WWI in the trenches and he died back in the mid 80's. When I lived in Michigan near him I did not realize he served (I was very young). Wish I had spoken to him of his service. Listening to my other Uncles, Uncle Rico stated it was a horrible bloody mess in the trenches.

**marksbug** · Jul 12, 2021, 04:10 PM

my dad was airforce. korea,nam cam boida,etc,all over the place,he trained most of the guys in the 130 that died in the desert during the hostage rescue attempt thing that ended up a big mess because nobody communicated with any body....marines,airforce,army etc add to that a dust storm that took out a helicopter early and no visibility...boom .that hit him hard. he never talked about anything over seas.till about 2 years before he died in 2016. he told me stuff mom didnt know, like he was shot while flying and some other stuff.he was put up for the meddle of honner, but got the distinguished flying cross because " we were never there". he saved a lot of guy's over there. he was probably the best expert on the HC 130 and the variants. he would get calls after he retired from all around the world on how to get this plane in the air, where ever it was, and what ever the issue was, or how to get it down safely as possiable. he was pretty much crap as a father ( he took every over seas gig that cam up, was never around,didnt want us at all.but was good for everybody else in the usa. he hated the navy aviators. so we barried him at the end of the runway at penscola naval air station, so the blue angles can fly over him weekely...( blue angles home base)as well as every other navy aviator.( #1 training base for them). he had flew that plane before the us airforce had them.... and he has signed almost every one of them if not all of them.