WW2 Remember Dec 7th train set #2 a, On30 scale printed sides SUBMARINE SERVICE

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WW2 Remember Dec 7th train set #2 a, On30 scale printed sides SUBMARINE SERVICE:
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WW2 Remember Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor train, 2 pair of sides fortwo 40-foot boxcars.4car sides printed full color on cardstock for2 wood-era 40-foot long boxcars. If you don\'t want to build boxcars from scratch or use them with a kit you already have, you could glue them to the sides of an existing boxcar that you have or buy on .

SRLX# 1904 and 1905 \"Submarine Service\"

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night Japanese forces attacked Midway Island. Japan has therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounded determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.” And with that from President Roosevelt, America learned that it was at war. The USS Arizona, Oklahoma and Utah memorials are operated by the National Park Service. Their website for Pearl Harbor is www.NPS.gov/valr/

Several Japanese subs took part in the Pearl Harbor attack, and the U.S. went all out to start producing submarines. One of the midget subs is on display at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum. Launched exactly one year later on December 7, 1942, the Bowfin was nicknamed the \"Pearl Harbor Avenger.\" 52 other US submarines were lost during WW2, including 3500 crewmen. Admission to the Bowfin Museum & Pak is about $10 and you can even tour the submarine itself down below. For more info go to the museum\'s website at www.BOWFIN.org

The Dutch liner \"Jagersfoutein\" entered Honolulu Harbor at 9am, just as the second wave of Japanese planes were attacking. Holland had already declared war in Europe and the crew uncovered deck guns, firing back at the Japanese planes, officially making Holland the first nation to join in the war with Japan in Hawaii. A second Japanese battle group attacked Malaya and Singapore on December 8. On December 10, Britain\'s only two battleships in Asia, the Repulse and the Prince Of Wales, were sunk off Malaya by a hundred Japanese planes.

In 1934 the U.S. government outlawed billboard advertising on railroad cars, and any still in use by 1939 had to be painted over. But during WW2 advertising on boxcars was allowed if it was for the war effort. One of the first was Swift Refrigerator Line (SRLX), which even painted a V on the doors later on for Victory. They were painted with two giant red stripes and one white one in the middle down both sides and both ends. A picture of those cars is on page 189 of Billboard Refrigerator Cars (2008). On these cars you may notice that there are board lines on the side of the car but not on the picture. That is because the pictures for billboards were printed on paper and then pasted onto the wood. As far back as the 1800s painted canvas pictures were attached to the sides of boxcars for special promotions, and Western Pacific had their logo painted on metal enamel signs which were then attached to the sides of some wooden boxcars for awhile.

This would fit right in with any steam-era layout. If you don\'t like it, send them back for a full refund any time. Please offer only if you understand what printed boxcar sides are. Combined shipping: If you are buying multiple items please wait until I can take off postage for additional items on envoice

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