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Some cool drawings from a POW

Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2006 in General Discussion
My grandfather kept a log book while a POW in WW2, here are some various drawings from it:

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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The man has talent. You have some keepers there. Thanks for sharing.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What a wonderful documentation of some of his thoughts and feeling at that time, it certainly is a treasured family heirloom.
    Thanks for the look.
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    That is simply awe inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing this amazing journal.
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  • CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very nice,please take good care of them.

    PJ
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  • Glock23ExpertGlock23Expert Member Posts: 1,031 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those are truly priceless!
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • JorgeJorge Member Posts: 10,656 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Respect where respect is due. Thanx for sharing.
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  • MosinNagantDiscipleMosinNagantDisciple Member Posts: 2,612
    edited November -1
    I like the little catepillar near the german's foot on page 21.
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  • Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CHGOTHNDER
    Very nice,please take good care of them.

    PJ


    I treasure these, they will always be kept safe. Glad you all enjoyed.
    There are some others that i didnt post, such as pinup girl art. He also has some photos from the American liberation of Dachau, which are very unsuitable for this forum.
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  • jimbowbyjimbowby Member Posts: 3,496
    edited November -1
    [8D]-Yo jeep, great show--priceless- was that a drawing of the B26 LIBERATOR ???

    --[8)][8)]--JIMBO
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  • dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    Great drawings from a great man.
    Thanks for sharing, Jeepgod.

    BTW, go ahead and post the pinup girls...if they're not to risque.
    Nunn won't mine, being that they're part of history.
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  • Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jimbowby
    [8D]-Yo jeep, great show--priceless- was that a drawing of the B26 LIBERATOR ???

    --[8)][8)]--JIMBO


    I thought it was an A-28 Hudson, but im not positive. Not all the art was done by my grandfather, he passed the book to other POW's. My grandfather was a Radio Operator in a B-17G.
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  • Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dolfan
    Great drawings from a great man.
    Thanks for sharing, Jeepgod.

    BTW, go ahead and post the pinup girls...if they're not to risque.
    Nunn won't mine, being that they're part of history.


    Ill post one of the pinups (hope nobody gets mad), also, heres a few others look at....keep in mind at various POW camps not all prisoners were Americans, hence some of the British drawings.....grandpa passed the book around, and they added various things....the first picture is of a cover of the book (he traded a pack of cigarettes for it from a British POW)

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  • Slow_HandSlow_Hand Member Posts: 2,835
    edited November -1
    A very rich piece of history. Be sure to treasure that log and if I may suggest, write down in a separate journal everything that you, your parents, grandmother and any siblings remember about him, his life, expressions, etc. It will make his POW log come alive!
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  • CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MAN, Betty Paige no woman finer from the period.

    PJ
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  • dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    BTT
    Thanks Jeepgod!
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  • fishermanbenfishermanben Member Posts: 15,370
    edited November -1
    very very cool. thanks for sharing those.

    Ben
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    You should get a food saver and seal these things up behind plastic. It will create an airless environment and they won't deteriorate or yellow any further.

    These are a treasure that you should keep and pass along to your kids.
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    looks like material for a very good book!
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  • Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
    You should get a food saver and seal these things up behind plastic. It will create an airless environment and they won't deteriorate or yellow any further.

    These are a treasure that you should keep and pass along to your kids.


    I completely agree with you, but the book is not "mine". My grandfather keeps it in a safe along with the photographs from Dachau. I believe this will be passed on to me when the day comes, hopefully a long time from now...

    The actual book is pretty good condition considering its age and journey.
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  • SilverkingSilverking Member Posts: 331 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Frame them. They are priceless.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That was an English Handley Page Hampden, a doggy airplane with serious armament and defensive weaknesses. It was cramped and exhausting to fly.
    Like most if not all RAF bombers, they had to defend against 12.7mm
    heavy MGs and 20MM cannons of the Luftwaffe with .303 Browning MGs.
    Poor devils were at a real disadvantage thruout the war.
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  • Jeepgod2002Jeepgod2002 Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    That was an English Handley Page Hampden, a doggy airplane with serious armament and defensive weaknesses. It was cramped and exhausting to fly.
    Like most if not all RAF bombers, they had to defend against 12.7mm
    heavy MGs and 20MM cannons of the Luftwaffe with .303 Browning MGs.
    Poor devils were at a real disadvantage thruout the war.

    Great Info...thank you!!
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What a super heirloom . . . thank you for sharing it!
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