Massive World War II collection debuts online

[MothBalls]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_TECHBIT_WWII_COLLECTION
NEW YORK (AP) -- An online collection of World War II documents, billed as the world's largest, debuted last week. Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com/), which archives historical documents on the Web, developed the collection with the National Archives and Records Administration.

The collection starts with 9 million "hero pages" profiling individual U.S. veterans of World War II with data taken from Army enlistment records. Veterans and their families and friends can add further information and photos.

Other highlights of the collection include the personnel rolls of Pearl Harbor, reports of missing air crews, submarine patrol reports and naval press clippings. Also included are extensive analyses of the Allied bombing strategy against Japan, including target photographs.

Footnote.com Chief Executive and President Russ Wilding says the collection will mark the debut of 50,000 photos exclusive to the site.


http://www.footnote.com/

Just noticed on the front page of footnote: "All Free for a limited time" So I guess if you're going to get something, get it while it's still free.

[MothBalls]

WWII Submarine Patrol Reports

The main purpose of these submarine war patrol reports was to keep the Commander-in-Chief, US Fleet, and others apprised of the records of submarines in carrying out their primary mission of sinking enemy ships. Most reports are typed mimeograph copies and include daily narratives of a vessel's locations and activities



http://www.footnote.com/documents/28926944/wwii_submarine_patrol_reports/

[Thomen]

This one is interesting:

http://www.footnote.com/image/29064406/

That is the log entry of USS Finback when they fished Bush Senior out of the water.

[Jimbuna]

I'll be looking intently in the coming days and weeks :up: