knd643 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share #26 Posted January 20, 2019 One of my favorite photos. Cap Coleman tattooing a sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 20, 2019 Share #27 Posted January 20, 2019 WW I era postcard, "Camouflage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 21, 2019 Share #28 Posted January 21, 2019 And the of course Norman Rockwell illustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 26, 2019 Share #29 Posted January 26, 2019 Tattooed WW I American Doughboy (image from Pinterest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted February 13, 2019 Share #30 Posted February 13, 2019 Here is a photo of US Navy Capt. "Papa Topside" George Foote Bond, MD (1953-1978) receiving his Legion of Merit from (I think) Gen. Westmoreland. He later earned two gold stars to add to that.Bond became recognized for his pioneering work in decompression science involving Project Genesis and SEALAB during the 1950s and 60s.Note his tattoo on right forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 1, 2019 Share #31 Posted March 1, 2019 New York National Guardsmen at mess, circa 1912 to 1916. The second soldier from the front on the right-hand side has an eagle and American flag tattooed on the inside of his left forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 1, 2019 Share #32 Posted March 1, 2019 Close up of the above eagle and American flag tattoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted March 1, 2019 Share #33 Posted March 1, 2019 Photo I have, transferred from the original negative; Air Corps wings. Photo taken circa November/December 1941 at Camp Croft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted March 1, 2019 Share #34 Posted March 1, 2019 Close-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V42 Posted March 4, 2019 Share #35 Posted March 4, 2019 Neat photos and the majority are Navy guys, not that it's a bad thing but it seems that more Navy men got tattoo's then the other services at that time. Now a days it's everyone. The guy with all the names, that must have hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #36 Posted June 11, 2019 Pretty slick crossing the equator tattoo. "USS Alaska (CB-1) signalmen taking a visual message on the signal bridge, circa February 1945. Signalman Third Class Teddy Chalupski is writing the message while Seaman Third Class Floyd H. Scharp reads it with the telescope." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #37 Posted June 11, 2019 Thought this was really cool. Not a tattoo but tattoo equipment a sailor used to tattoo other sailors. "Tattoo kit formerly belonging to Frank Osberry (Asberry) Rogers. Note wooden needles, ink, and “flash art” (motif samples). Rogers was born 22 January 1885, enlisted in Navy on 4 May 1901, and served until 21 January 1906 aboard USS Pensacola (receiving ship), USS Alert (steam launch), USS Independence (receiving ship), and USS Marblehead (Cruiser No. 11). After his service, Rogers worked as a boilermaker and steeplejack in Pueblo, Colorado. He died 16 January 1940. While in the Navy, he ran a side business tattooing fellow sailors, purportedly specializing in dragons and hearts. From the collection of Puget Sound Navy Museum; photo courtesy of Megan Churchwell.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #38 Posted June 11, 2019 USS Villalobos (Gunboat No. 42) crewmen posing with axe, bugle, and drinking water tap (“scuttlebutt”), circa 1907–1908. Note tattoos (butterfly and crucifix) on Sailor in center. From 1903 until 1928, Villalobos served on the Navy’s China station, a fertile ground for tattoos, with the Chinese dragon motif a particular symbol of service with the Asiatic Fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #39 Posted June 11, 2019 Some of the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh. Lushbaugh served in the Navy in the 1920s, with at least one tour on board USS Arizona (BB-39). Note the rendition of braided rope around Lushbaugh’s left wrist indicating that he is a deck seaman. The unidentifiable tattoo on his right forearm may also be Navy-specific; the large crucifix on his back with unknown initials is a personal sign of faith or talisman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #40 Posted June 11, 2019 Shipfitter Second Class Steven J Kusial, working on a Seabee road construction crew on Guam, 1944. Kusial’s tattoos include a girl wearing a sombrero, possibly symbolizing pre-war U.S. West Coast naval service (left upper arm); and a design with two swallows (right upper arm), indicating at least 10,000 nautical miles underway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #41 Posted June 11, 2019 Front view of the new Lambertson Respiratory Unit during demonstrations of UDT equipment at a National Research Council Symposium, Coronado, California, 17 December 1951. Photographed at the Naval Amphibious Base. Note this man's diver tattoo, which is a rendition of the Navy qualification insignia in use at the time. Specific qualification badges or rating insignia remain popular tattoo motifs today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #42 Posted June 11, 2019 USS Little Rock (CLG-4—flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet) crewman signaling during underway refueling operations with USS Seattle (AOE-3) in the Mediterranean at the time of the October 1973 Middle East War. Note this Sailor's “Death Before Dishonor” tattoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #43 Posted June 11, 2019 Here's the link to the site where I got the previous 7 photos I just posted so you guys can see them in full quality. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/sailor-s-tattoos.html?fbclid=IwAR2A_C6_tIy791-57nQz_5xAWXRkfYlgZKmroj8cwkVj2SIaGxTKSZ0HC_A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #44 Posted June 11, 2019 Marines with 1/9 in Vietnam where they suffered the highest KIA rate in USMC history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #45 Posted June 11, 2019 Battle for Hill 484. Vietnam, 1966. US Marines and Corpsman moving/treating wounded Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #46 Posted June 11, 2019 Riflemen with "A" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary, 1st Brigade cool off in a stream during a pause in fighting. Operation Irving, October 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #48 Posted June 11, 2019 Really cool photo of Cap Coleman tattooing a sailor while other sailors watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #49 Posted June 11, 2019 Sailors having coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #50 Posted June 11, 2019 Franklin Paul Rogers tattooing a sailor during the 40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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