During WW2, Firestone made floatation belts in Akron Ohio... here is an awesome story about that factory's QA

thanks to my friend Roy for sending me this to share with you

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Jeep cemetaries in Okinawa and Pusan

all found on http://www.ewillys.com/?cat=195 but originally from Life Magazine

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Real WW2 American Bomber crew jackets (the art on the back is cool and is the same as the nose art of the airplane) Flikr page I just found

these are only 4 of about 40 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/sets/72157626140462192/with/6661619935/

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We count our victories by the bombers we get to their targets, by the husbands we return to their wives, by the fathers we get back to their children.

Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding, both are oscar winners, and this looks like the best aerial combat movie since Pearl Harbor, or Flyboys

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Great stuff from Volksrat.tumblr.com

 this Pontiac Safari wagon was lost to soft sands and incoming tide in 1973, but was washed clear recently by winter storm seas... that is so damn cool. Anyone having photos like this, email them to me so I can share them! jbohjkl@yahoo.com

 1923 Norton chopper, well, let me say that correctly, a chopper in 1923 that was made into a chopper

found on http://volksrat.tumblr.com/ who found lots of thes cool images on http://onthelosthighway.tumblr.com/ and http://5window.tumblr.com/ and other cool sites

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1917 Ford WW1 Military Ambulance, none remain that are original, but David O'Neal made one... very cool!

Found in this months Hagerty Magazine, http://www.hagerty.com/Hagerty-Online/Resources/Hagerty-Magazine available with their car insurance, or by subscription, or with a membership with Historic Vehicle Alliance, or at  Autobooks in Burbank http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/autobooks-aerobooks-in-burbank-magazine.html

For a gallery of the ambulance: http://www.kansas.com/2011/12/15/2141498/world-war-i-ambulance.html

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the Purple Heart dodge Magnum was at SEMA this year

Here is a good photo from last years Carlsbad Hooters car show that Heavy Hitters, Nokturnal, and Swift car clubs had. The photos from SEMA of it sucked, and this shows it far better. See the gallery I took of it with this photo at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/heavy-hitters-nokturnal-and-swift-car.html

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