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Civilian employees at Pearl Harbor training with fire hoses, Hawaii, USA, WW2, ~1942 (lemmy.world)
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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very interesting photo!

Pearl Harbour attack was in December 1941, so this photo presumably was not too long afterwards

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The harbor remained operational through the war, so it could be anytime after the attack, really.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

For sure - I guess I just wanted to add some additional timing context. I personally find it interesting