WW2 Remember Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor 60-car train, TT scale printed sides

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WW2 Remember Dec 7
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, Pearl Harbor train, sixty pair of sides for sixty 40-foot boxcars. One-hundred-twenty car sides printed full color on cardstock for 60 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 ebay.
SRLX# 1941 shows a torn U.S. flag at half staff while smoke billows into the sky and says "Remember Dec. 7th"
SRLX# 1942 shows 3 arms, one holding a plumbers wrench, one a rifle, and one a construction tool, and says "Strong in the strength of the Lord we who fight in the people’s cause will never stop until that cause is won"
SRLX# 1902 says "This is the enemy" and shows a man being lynched as reflected in the monocle of an emotionless Nazi official
SRLX# 1903 is image of Pearl Harbor on fire and a black sailor with a medal, and says "above and beyond the call of duty"
SRLX# 1904 and 1905 "Submarine Service"
SRLX# 1906 shows a female Marine Corps officer inspecting a plane and says "BE A MARINE, FREE A
MARINE
TO FIGHT"
SRLX# 1907 shows a helmeted WW2 Marine with rifle and backpack, and says "LET'S GO! U.S. MARINES"
SRLX# 1908 says "More nurses needed! All women can help--learn how you can aid in Army hospitals, U.S. ARMY NURSE CORPS" and shows a Army uniformed nurse with an IV dripping down a rifle stuck in the ground
SRLX# 1909 is image of a WW2 era nurse in white with Nurse Corps insignia, and says "NURSES NEEDED NOW, ARMY NURSE CORPS"
SRLX# 1910 says "Cadets for Naval Aviation take that something extra...have you got it?"
SRLX# 1911 says "you buy 'em, we'll fly 'em! DEFENSE BONDS & STAMPS"SRLX# 1912 shows a gunner shooting down an enemy plane and says "YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS EITHER, BUY BONDS EVERY PAYDAY
"
SRLX# 1913 shows an ace pilot and says "KEEP HIM FLYING! BUY WAR BONDS"
SRLX# 1914 says "85 MILLION AMERICANS HOLD WAR BONDS" and shows a hand holding government bonds while statue of Liberty holds up torch
SRLX# 1915 is image of a WW2 mechanics working on a plane engine, and says "The sky's the limit! KEEP BUYING WAR BONDS"
SRLX# 1916 says "TILL WE MEET AGAIN - BUY WAR BONDS" with image of airman waving from plane
SRLX# 1917 says "ENLIST NOW - U.S. Marine Corps" with image of men crossing a swampSRLX# 1918 shows a soldier throwing hand grenade and says "LET 'EM HAVE IT - BUY EXTRA BONDS
"
SRLX# 1919 shows a soldier holding flag and says "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD"
SRLX# 1920 says "DON'T LET THAT SHADOW TOUCH THEM - BUY WAR BONDS" and shows 3 kids being surrounded by a swastika
SRLX# 1921 is image of a woman and little girl pasting stamps in a war bond book, and says "Even a little can help a lot - BUY U.S. WAR STAMPS & BONDS"
SRLX# 1922 says "BACK 'EM UP - BUY EXTRA BONDS" with image of General surveying with binoculars
SRLX# 1923 says "They're fighting harder than ever - are you buying more WAR BONDS than ever?" with image of men hitting the beachSRLX# 1944 shows a G.I looking at Japan and says "NEXT! 6th War Loan
"
SRLX# 1925 shows an American eagle carrying bonds and says "VICTORY! Now you can invest in it - VICTORY LOAN"
SRLX# 1945 says "7th War Loan. NOW - All Together" and shows Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima
SRLX# 1927 is image of a WW2 wounded soldier, and says "CARE is costly. Buy WAR BONDS & STAMPS"
SRLX# 1928 says "a careless word...A NEEDLESS LOSS" with image of dead man washing up on beach
SRLX# 1929 says "A careless word...A NEEDLESS SINKING" with image of men in lifeboat as their torpedoed ship sinks
SRLX #1930 image of sailer shipping out "If you tell where he's going...he may never get there!"
SRLX #1931 image of a sad dog resting his head on empty uniform, red star flag in background indicating someone who won't return home "...because somebody talked"
SRLX #1932 "LOOSE LIPS MIGHT SINK SHIPS"
SRLX #1933 "WE CAN DO IT!" image sometimes refered to as Rosie the Riveter poster
SRLX #1934 "Suppose it won't do its job? IT WILL! That's our job" slogan aimed at war workers about importance of quality
SRLX #1935 "You too, would want the best!" image of fighter plane in action
SRLX #1936 image of woman war worker with Molly Pitcher behind her "IT'S A TRADITION WITH US, MISTER!"
SRLX #1937 image of a metal worker "GET HOT - keep moving, DON'T WASTE A PRECIOUS MINUTE"
SRLX #1938 "
DEFEND AMERICAN FREEDOM
IT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB
" with Uncle Sam replacing his top hat with a factory worker cap
SRLX #1939 "Come on gang, WE'RE BUILDING ARMS FOR VICTORY!" image sometimes refered to as Rosie the Riveter poster
SRLX #1940 "Bowl Them Over MORE PRODUCTION" slogan aimed at war workers showing 3 bowling pins with faces of Hitler, Musilini and a generic Japanese face
SRLX #1900 "You knock 'em out, we'll knock 'em down!" image of fighter pilot putting 12th mark on his plane beside pinup girl image
SRLX #1901 image of sailer pointing to 5th Japanese flag being painted on battleship gun turret "Couldn't have done it without you!
Full speed ahead
"
SRLX #1924 image of a pilot getting into plane "YOU GIVE HIM WINGS the Army needs LUMBER for Training Planes"
SRLX #1943 "
BATTLE STATIONS
KEEP EM FIGHTING!" image of soldiers, sailer, and a factory worker
SRLX #1926 "Produce more milk for him" image of a G.I. in battlefield, over the plugdoor on car sides it says "DAIRY SERVICE"
SRLX #1946 "I need you on the job full time
DON'T GET HURT
" slogan aimed at war workers about importance of safety, image of G.I, in battle
SRLX #1947 "I'll carry mine too! Trucks and tire must last till Victory" image of soldiers marching with full backpacks and woman carrying groceries on foot
SRLX #1948 image of woman with child crying on her lap "Next of kin has been notified. YOUR WORK WILL SAVE LIVES"
SRLX #1949 image of a G.I. soldier "Have you really tried to save gas by getting into a car club?"
SRLX #1950 "Do it with less--so they'll have enough. Rationing gives you your fair share" image of smiling soldier enjoying cup of coffee
SRLX #1951 "HELP BRING THEM BACK TO YOU with tips on helping the effort" image of blue star flag hanging in window
SRLX #1952 "SAVE YOUR CANS. Help pass the ammunition PREPARE YOUR TIN CANS FOR WAR" image of waman's hand with cans turning into machine gun bullets
SRLX #1953 "SAVE SCRAP!" image of scrap metal
SRLX #1954 image of woman mending man's pants out in the yard while he's wearing them "USE IT UP - WEAR IT OUT- MAKE IT DO"
SRLX #1955 image of a girl helping mother put food in canning jars "Grow your own, Can your own"
SRLX #1956 "Work on a farm this Summer - Join the U.S. Crop Corps - See your U.S. Employment Service or County Agent" image of smiling man and woman with pitchfork
SRLX #1957 "PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN
OUR FOOD IS FIGHTING
A garden will make your rations go further"
SRLX #1958 "THEY NEED FOOD
PLANT MORE BEANS
Help feed those freed from Axis rule" image of GI soldier feeding plate of beans to an orphan
SRLX #1959 "1778 - 1943 AMERICANS will always fight for liberty" image of modern WW2 soldiers marching past Minute Men
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Yesterday, December 7
th
, 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 first image is based on fact. On the morning of Dec. 7
th
, they were raising the flag on battleship USS Utah when the attack suddenly hit and it was only half way up when Utah was hit by 2 torpedoes within 5 minutes. "Abandon ship" was ordered and by 8:12am the ship was bottom up. One man was saved by cutting thru the bottom of the ship. A photo taken as the ship was listing and beginning to sink shows her own flag flying at half-mast. 461 crewmen survived the sinking of USS Utah, 58 did not. A flagship in WW1, she was later declared out of commission. Not as well known as the USS Arizona Memorial, the Utah Memorial on the opposite side of Ford Island is not open to the general public and is accessible by visitors only with a military sponsor. Tickets for the tour are free, available on a 1st-come basis on the base. USS Missouri, on which the Japanese surrender was signed in 1945, is now a floating museum near the USS Arizona. The "Mighty Mo" was decommissioned in 1998 after 54 years of service as the world's last surviving battleship. USS Missouri sailed to Hawaii after being snubbed by the people of San Francisco. Though officially retired, the military has been given permission to use it for training purposes free of charge and Navy SEALs have used Mighty Mo's keel underwater for training how to remove (dummy) limpet mines and on how to quietly get up the sides of a big ship. The floating museum's nonprofit website is www USSMISSOURI com
The third image was the winning entry in a poster contest by the government in 1942 to counter “the powerful antiwar messages of such media figures as newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and radio personality Father Coughlin.”
The fourth image is of black sailor Dorie Miller, who was below deck working as a cook when the attack started. Rushing topside, he found a weapon and began firing at the Japanese planes on his own. He was awarded the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor on May 27, 1942. The US flag, which had just been hoisted, continued to fly high above the water from the sunken USS Arizona. 80% of her 1500 Navy and Marine Corps crew did not survive, the worst loss of life of any ship in Pearl Harbor. 1100 bodies are still inside including Captain Van Valkenburgh and Rear Admiral Kidd. The USS Arizona, Oklahoma and Utah memorials are operated by the National Park Service. Their website for Pearl Harbor is www NPS gov/valr
The 5
th
and 6
th
images are of submarine service. 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 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.
Simply cut balsa or basswood to the size of the ends and then glue on the printed cardstock sides. A one-sheet of their instructions will be included with your purchase, or you could just glue them to the sides of an existing 40' boxcar with Elmer's glue. Strombecker suggested putting a 3rd piece of wood in the center to keep the sides from bowing, while Red Ball used solid wood sides.
Or buy old boxcars on Ebay and glue these sides onto the sides, or even build your own boxcars and glue them to boxcar frames that come up for sale from time to time on Ebay with trucks and couplers already attached. Ordinary Elmer white glue or Testors wood cement should work just fine and give you plenty of time to position each side just right, these are not stickers.
You could even buy plastic boxcar or reefer doors from another Ebay vender and glue them to the center for more of a 3-d look, and/or attach metal-type scale ladders to the side. These would fit right in with any steam or early diesel-era layout.
If you don't like it, simply send them back for a full refund.
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