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Civilian employees at Pearl Harbor training with fire hoses, Hawaii, USA, WW2, ~1942 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If this picture was taken today, right wingers would roll their eyes at the wokeness. Because they're dumbasses.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Funny because pictures like this are some of the few left that make me feel "patriotic".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

What a cool image!

I did a quick search and found their names too:

Women fire fighters during a training exercise at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, during World War II, circa 1941. From left to right, they are Elizabeth Moku, Alice Cho, Katherine Lowe, and Hilda Van Gieson.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, Navy ships didn't even have a dedicated firefighting force until after the disaster on the USS Forrestal in 1962. A fire broke out on the flight deck and the attempts to put it out were like watching Keystone Cops. Nobody had a dedicated job or understood how to actually fight a Class D fire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The video from the flight deck was used during my damage control training when I was in the Navy. The DC rate was created after that disaster.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Very interesting photo!

Pearl Harbour attack was in December 1941, so this photo presumably was not too long afterwards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The harbor remained operational through the war, so it could be anytime after the attack, really.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

For sure - I guess I just wanted to add some additional timing context. I personally find it interesting