My aunt worked at the Douglass aircraft factory in WWII

I just happened to find this picture on the intertubes. I have no idea if it is my aunt, but the caption said "Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif 1942"

Hats off to all of them. :toast:

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http://www.shorpy.com

Shorpy History in HD High-Resolution Historical Photos

A very, very neat site. They specialize in large-format historical photos.

I just ran into it on another miscellaneous picture site serendipitously

Thanks.

My father worked at the Lockheed factory building P-38 planes
before he was a SeaBee in the South Pacific.

The skill of the women pictured was demonstrated by the
performance of the machines they built.

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get off my lawn!

I think a "Rosie the Riveter" type movie is long overdue.

That is a very neat picture, and it sounds like your aunt is a big part of history.

in the movie "Swing Shift" with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Oh, and an overpoweringly sexy performance by Christine Lahti. It's not a comprehensive look at the topic, but it's pretty good.

I wish she could have come of age some other way.

I have never been comfortable with the fact that my parents came of age in war.

War is not noble. It is always terrible.

Even if your aunt isn't in that particular picture, I'd adopt all three of them retroactively. :)

My Mom was a Rosie the Riveter during WWII at the Boeing plant in the midwest, I believe Omaha. I still have her 'crib pin', worn to be able to walk into the plant, plus another Boeing airplane pin that's a kind of rustic looking.

Actually, from the work she performed I think Mom was what we might now call a Material Controller, inventorying the tools and making sure everything was available at each workstation for the ladies to build planes.

Years ago, I found the "We Can Do It" metal plaque and sent it to her.
http://tinyurl.com/yub4tk (this site gives more interesting info/pics)
Sure wish I could ask Mom who she would be backing here in this election. She passed away a couple of years ago, but we could sure have some fun conversations.

Sure wish I could ask Mom who she would be backing here in this election. She passed away a couple of years ago, but we could sure have some fun conversations.


My mom was in the Red Cross in India and Burma in 1944 -45. She organized troop recreation centers along the Ledo and Burma Roads.
Died of cancer in 1973. I am constantly thinking of things I would like to talk to her about. Dad too - he died in 1998.

This is ONE election where it sure would be nice to get some wisdom from the elders!

But, if you think about it - they weren't only holding down a job. Whatever plane they were working on could potentially be transporting their own husbands/fiances/fathers/brothers/uncles, etc. It was a historical moment in U.S. History and they did themselves proud!