OT: Picture of Pittsburgh's Point in 1943

[RaleighPittFan]

 

[HailToPitt725]

This really goes to show how dramatic the Point’s transformation was; it turned a pain point into an asset.

 

[PITTsburghFAN]

Great picture. Summer of 1943. My father, born about 1 mile down the Ohio R from the point (North Side) was in the Mediterranean, on a Navy troop transport and making the amphibious landing of Sicily. Was strafed by Messerschmitts while off-loading supplies on the beaches of Gela. After this, his ship would go to the Pacific to make 7 more combat invasions... from Tarawa to Saipan, Phillipines to Okinawa. Astounding experience and he and his 3 brothers, from Slovak immigrant parents, all survived. What a great nation this was then.

 

[rmf05]

In 1943 the Pittsburgh Industrial District was producing more goods for the war effort than the entirety of the Axis powers and about a 3rd of the entire US production.

 

[HailToPitt725]

In 1943 the Pittsburgh Industrial District was producing more goods for the war effort than the entirety of the Axis powers and about a 3rd of the entire US production.

Bethlehem might’ve been the city that built America, but Pittsburgh was the city that saved the world!

 

[jivecat]

Great picture. Summer of 1943. My father, born about 1 mile down the Ohio R from the point (North Side) was in the Mediterranean, on a Navy troop transport and making the amphibious landing of Sicily. Was strafed by Messerschmitts while off-loading supplies on the beaches of Gela. After this, his ship would go to the Pacific to make 7 more combat invasions... from Tarawa to Saipan, Phillipines to Okinawa. Astounding experience and he and his 3 brothers, from Slovak immigrant parents, all survived. What a great nation this was then.

Heck of a tour. Not many soldiers can come close to that. Fighting those dirty Italians must have been the highlight.

 

[BreakingPitt]