Consolidated B-24 Liberator number 1670 between missions on Guam, July, 1945. As the 75th anniversary of V-J Day approaches, The Consoli Collection has published four photo essays by U.S. Navy Lt. (j.g.) Joseph J. Consoli. The photos were taken between July and December 1945 in the Mariana Islands. They document U.S. Navy life before and after the Japanese surrender.
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3008 x 2336 px | 25.5 x 19.8 cm | 10 x 7.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
22 July 2020More information:
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Although he was always quite vague about his time in the Pacific, Consoli left an old envelope full of photographic prints in the darkroom he had built into the basement of the family home. While scanning some of the prints for inclusion in The Consoli Collection, clues invisible to the naked eye became clear under digital magnification. Markings on ships in the photos revealed that he had been at sea in the Mariana Islands in July 1945. If Consoli was commanding a dredge on Subic Bay in 1945, how could he have taken pictures that placed him on Guam just two weeks before the detonation of the first atomic bomb? For the full story, "A Regular Joe- Two Weeks before the Bomb, " paste the following link into your favourite internet browser: https://theconsolicollection.wordpress.com/2020/06/25/aka-86-tolland-class-attack-cargo-uss-woodford-convoy-oks-14/