January 1, 2011

Combat at Last

My Granpa Fish took this from the cockpit of his plane. He was both a man of action and a man of letters.

Japan
1944 or 45, Charles C. Fishburne, Jr.
from my house

7 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

Unbelievable on every level.

That Hank said...

I'll be posting a few more by and of him and my Gramma Dot as I get my hands on scans. Pretty amazing stuff.

John M. said...

fantastic shot

I noticed that your comment reply was 1/1/11 at 11:11 om.

That Hank said...

I didn't even notice - very funny.

Steph(anie) said...

Quite a shot.

May said...

What really blows my mind is not just that this is a real photograph, but that our Grandpa was the person who took it. It spins me. That volcano, all those planes...

That Hank said...

Heck, it's just hard for me to wrap my head around the simple fact that it was in color when he saw it. Do you ever think about that?