vette Posted November 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted November 14, 2014 My grandmother built some of the bomb casings in Pittsburgh. She worked her butt off and was very proud of her contribution to the war. They didn't sacrifice their lives but made our planes, ammunition, uniforms, weapons, field gear, ships. With out their help we would not been able to keep up with the demand for two wars. Today not much is made here in the USA but we need to be reminded of their long hours and I am sure their work. In memory of my grandma Williams Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted November 14, 2014 Yes! hats off to the woman who had served in uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 14, 2014 Share #3 Posted November 14, 2014 WWII Shipbuilding "Rosie the Welders" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidres Posted November 14, 2014 Share #4 Posted November 14, 2014 I very worthy topic! Thanks for starting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsmilitary Posted November 14, 2014 Share #5 Posted November 14, 2014 Great topic and interesting pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 14, 2014 Share #6 Posted November 14, 2014 Rosie The Engineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 14, 2014 Share #7 Posted November 14, 2014 Rosie The Munitions Maker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 14, 2014 Share #8 Posted November 14, 2014 Another Rosie The Riveter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted November 14, 2014 Share #9 Posted November 14, 2014 I think more than a few did sacrifice their lives. Ordnance factories aren't always safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted November 14, 2014 Share #10 Posted November 14, 2014 ... amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #11 Posted November 14, 2014 A worker at the Seattle Boeing plant, where about half are women, helps complete the fuselage framework on a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #12 Posted November 14, 2014 Civil service worker Grace Weaver paints American insignia onto repaired airplane wings at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Weaver was formerly a schoolteacher with a brother working as an Army flight instructor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #13 Posted November 14, 2014 Women painting propaganda posters. The master document hangs in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #14 Posted November 14, 2014 A camouflage class at New York University, where men and women make models from aerial photographs and devise a camouflage scheme for a defense plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #15 Posted November 14, 2014 Women clean off an H-class locomotive in Clinton, Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #16 Posted November 14, 2014 A female welder takes a moment to rest at the Richmond shipyard in California. The same Newsweek article noted that women could be found working "in the shipyards, lumber mills, steel mills, foundries ... Women engineers are working in the drafting rooms and women physicists and chemists in the great industrial laboratories." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 14, 2014 Share #17 Posted November 14, 2014 Drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 14, 2014 Share #18 Posted November 14, 2014 Excellent thread, and excellent pictures! I will keep an eye on this one, very interesting stuff. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo Posted November 15, 2014 Share #19 Posted November 15, 2014 My grandmother worked for Clayton-Lambert during WW2 as a shell casing inspector. She was always proud of her effort during the war. I am a modern militaria collector, but have this coverall displayed prominently in my "war room". One of the few WW2 pieces I have left in my collection, but this one is going to stay with me. Link: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/156272-rosie-the-riveter-coverall-owens-illinois/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted November 15, 2014 Thanks for posting your thoughts and pictures. All of the Rosie's have been over looked by many. My grandmother used to talk about how hard they worked knowing the soldiers that were risking and or sacrificing their lives and worked over time while their children stayed home or hired a baby sitter or family member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 15, 2014 Share #21 Posted November 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 15, 2014 Share #22 Posted November 15, 2014 Mildred Webb learns to operate a cutting machine at the Assembly and Repair Department of the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. After about eight weeks of training, she'll be eligible for a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 15, 2014 Share #23 Posted November 15, 2014 Women employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill in Turkey Pond, New Hampshire, taking a break. Dorothy De Greenia, far right, said she doesn't find the job hard after years of housework. Her son was deployed with the U.S. Army in Australia at the time of this photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 15, 2014 Share #24 Posted November 15, 2014 A woman applies finishing touches to giant floatation devices used to keep military aircraft above water when forced down at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted November 15, 2014 Share #25 Posted November 15, 2014 Mrs. Paul Titus, a 77-year-old air raid spotter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, patrols her beat with a gun. "I can carry a gun any time they want me to," she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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