What a fantastic picture and piece of history.

Damn, that's an image.

Okay dare to compare, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/948938/

That was supposedly taken a day or so earlier. The fellow behind the gun is my dad.

There is also this one, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/570128/

Incredible stuff.

Thanks for posting things like this. We need to remember history as it was, from the eyes of those who were there, for as long as we can.

I'm glad to hear you say that. Way too often I've seen history looked back on with modern sensibilities and much tongue clucking. It's easy to have 20/20 vision in hindsight. Dad said he was slated to pick up a new full tracked twin 40mm gun and head off to the invasion of Japan when the bombs were dropped. I've been making audio recordings of his WW2 stories and some other family history. I even got a glimpse of a new tale I probably will never know fully. I asked him if he had time to look around while he was in New York briefly. he told me he and a friend went there on a weekend pass, it involved hatcheck girls and a trip to a night club. There was a twinkle in his eyes I hadn't seen in years and he actually cackled thinking about it.