My dad and grandfather gave me these years ago, but just found them again. I have to admit there interesting, but is there any interest in them any longer? They are mostly glass slides with a few cardboard and plastic ones. Years ranging from 1947 - 1955, mostly aircraft with a few ships thrown in.

My dad served on the USS Cadmus in and around 1953.My grandfather and Uncle also did as well. I did not serve myself, but they did bring instill in me a sense of history that has never gone away.My mom brought to me a resolve that came to her while going through the Blitz in England. I have always had a fascination with anything Military, whether it be aircraft,Ships, Tanks, Submarines, I could go on but I think you get the idea. My dad gave me a tour of a WW2 Sub that used to be in Salem,MA many years ago. He was 6' 4" and I lost count how many times he must have hit his head while we were there, but you could tell he was quite proud nonetheless.  I shall enjoy poking around,and I have a few questions as well.

I'll need to read some of those accounts. Thank you!  as to lend lease, the material definitely helped the Soviets a lot.  The Soviet's lost at least 27 million dead and the number is probably higher.   and yes its true, us/uk fought two wars against two powerful nations.  Perhaps someone can educate b/c i don't have the knowledge, what would the war in the USSR look like and how would it have gone without lend lease?  Would the Germans have won?  stalemate deep into russia?    I don't the answer to that and perhaps cannot be answered b/c requires speculation, but how do historian analyze lend lease and what difference it made to soviet war effort?  I don't know enough about lend lease to say much about it other the US shipped alot of material and its my understanding that the Soviet's paid us for it in the years after the war.  

Seems like a great idea to me.

it's exactly the same strap system.

A few clarifications. I just finished the book "Spitfires" which is about the American women who flew with the British ATA. I have also read  a LOT of books about women in the military and the WASPS.    WAAC does not stand for Women's Army Air Corps. It stands for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. When the women were finally accepted as part of the Army they became WACs.    While this bible was hers, Helen was not a WAAC. When she came back from England, she flew with the WAFS before they merged with this WASPS. This could be why she wrote AUX before her name.    Wherever you found the article about her, they are incorrect. The WASPS were never part of the military. They earned their distinctive WASP wings not the Army Air Force wings.    While her early life may have been interesting, she died of an overdose in 1947 at the young age of 38.  Her death was ruled a suicide.    These women went thru a lot serving our country then were told they were not needed and forgotten when they came home. So many people have no clue American women flew for the British ATA.    ...Kat           Quote

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It’s a great series; read some of the accounts of people like von  Manstein, Guderiam, Warlimont to get a better understanding of the entire war and not just the US perspective. The war in the Pacific battles numbered in the thousands and the battles Om the Eastern Front numbered in the hundreds of thousands and millions. Context and perspective matters.   Kurt

A few clarifications. I just finished the book "Spitfires" which is about the American women who flew with the British ATA. I have also read  a LOT of books about the WASPs.    While this bible was hers, Helen was not a WAAC. When she came back from England, she flew with the WAFS before they merged with this WASPS. This could be why she wrote AUX before her name.    Wherever you found the article about her, they are incorrect. The WASPS were never part of the military. They earned their distinctive WASP wings not the Army Air Force wings.    While her early life may have been interesting, she died of an overdose in 1947 at the young age of 38.  Her death was ruled a suicide.    These women went thru a lot serving our country then were told they were not needed and forgotten when they came home. So many people have no clue American women flew for the British ATA.    ...Kat