BGuthrie Photos: LA -- New Orleans -- National World War II Museum -- Merchant Marines

LA -- New Orleans -- National World War II Museum -- Merchant Marines:

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1. WW2MM_170604_01.JPG: Maritime Experience Sailing with the Victory Fleet
2. WW2MM_170604_07.JPG: EC2 Liberty Ship
3. WW2MM_170604_13.JPG: Stories of Sacrifice Death at Sea
4. WW2MM_170604_21.JPG: Without Warning
5. WW2MM_170604_25.JPG: All Hands of Deck
6. WW2MM_170604_31.JPG: Ships for Victory
7. WW2MM_170604_33.JPG: How to Abandon Ship: This US Maritime Service booklet advised mariners to resist panic and avoid mistakes. Poor training or ill-timed ship abandonment could subject mariners to enemy fire, sharks, exposure, and even death.
8. WW2MM_170604_36.JPG: Merchant Marine We Deliver the Goods
9. WW2MM_170604_54.JPG: Mobilizing the Merchant Marine War on the Waterfront
10. WW2MM_170604_58.JPG: Longshoremen load supplies into a cargo hold. Each Liberty Ship could carry 9,000 tons of goods, including tanks, medical supplies, and foodstuffs.
11. WW2MM_170604_63.JPG: 5,304 merchant vessels built by US shipyards during World War II
12. WW2MM_170604_65.JPG: Transported 268,502,000 long tons of cargo during World War II
13. WW2MM_170604_68.JPG: Peak force of nearly 250,000 merchant seamen
14. WW2MM_170604_70.JPG: More than 200 interconnecting allied convoy routes
15. WW2MM_170604_72.JPG: Convoys could have more than 160 allied ships
16. WW2MM_170604_74.JPG: 1,554 merchant ships lost during World War II
17. WW2MM_170604_75.JPG: 1:26 WWII casualty rate among merchant mariners
18. WW2MM_170604_78.JPG: 1:56 WWII casualty rate among army, navy, marine corps, army air forces, and coast guard
19. WW2MM_170604_81.JPG: 148 merchant marine Distinguished Service Medals awarded
20. WW2MM_170604_86.JPG: Stories of Sacrifice Death at Sea
21. WW2MM_170604_92.JPG: American Liberty ships in convoy, entering the Mediterranean Sea after having steamed through the dangerous Atlantic Ocean and Strait of Gibraltar. Numerous ships were lost to torpedoing, while heading for Persian Gulf ports to deliver vital war supplies for Russia. July 19, 1944. Painting by William Gordon Muller
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Wikipedia Description: National World War II Museum
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The National World War II Museum, formerly known as the National D-Day Museum, is a museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, at the corner of Andrew Higgins and Magazine Street. It focuses on the United States contribution to victory in World War II, and the Battle of Normandy in particular. It has been designated by the U.S. Congress as "America's National World War II Museum".

Museum Description:

The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 2000, the 56th anniversary of D-Day. The museum has a large lobby where aircraft and other items are suspended from the ceiling. Visitors pay admission fees at the desk in the center of the lobby and then visitors' tickets are separated from the ticket stub by veterans of D-Day. Admission prices during the summer of 2005 were marked at $14, with discounts offered to children, students, military members and their families, veterans, and senior citizens. The building is several stories high; elevators are available but the stairs are more accessible and are quicker. Visitors begin their self-guided tour of the museum on the top floor and work their way down toward the ground floor. The museum goes in chronological order; that is, the top floor assesses the political, social, and economic conditions that led up to World War II and D-Day. For example, the museum compares the relative military strengths of major nations entering the war. Later visitors see a model of the beaches of Normandy with the relative positions of the number of aircraft and amphibious vehicles. However, the museum does not solely discuss the invasion; visitors may also view an electronic map of the Pacific Ocean that lights up to illustrate the Allied strategy of island hopping, culminating with nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Visitors to the museum are encouraged to allocate roughly 2 1/2 to 3 hours to tour the m ...More...
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA, a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin), New York City, and my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona). For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about: "Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo), "The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy), "The American Spirit" (David McCullough), "Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert), "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and "The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover). Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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