Sampson Naval Base in 1946
posted by Max Power on Thursday April 23rd 1:42pm
Incredible photos and scans from the archives at the Sampson Museum and depict life and activity at the Sampson Naval Base during World War II are available here.
Here's a more recent aerial photo of Sampson taken by Bill Hecht in 2005.
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Link to 1943 Sampson News
Note that suicide, not JAP, is in quotes and the reference to the "SLAP-A-JAP" war bond drive in Syracuse http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~springport/pictures277/27772small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~springport/pictures277/27772medium.jpg