[Hallicrafters] Halli-spotting in old war flicks

[Mike Everette]

I've seen the referenced photo used in a Hallicrafters
ad in (I think) QST or maybe Radio News, from about
May or June 1942.  I have wondered if it was real or
some kind of paste-up, because if you look at it
really closely, the shadows don't seem quite
consistent around the table with the radio and the guy
tuning it, compared to the rest of the picture.  And
the clearest thing in the picture is the Sky Buddy...
not to mention the product placement.

This is not in any way intended to make light of or
belittle the tremendous sacrifices made by the gallant
defenders of the Philippines.  

73
Mike
WA4DLF

> Many of the books about the battle for Bataan in
> early 1942 show a photo of a
> group of GIs, complete with WWI-style helmets,
> sitting in the jungle and
> listening to the news on a Sky-Buddy. The photo is
> extremely effective because:
> (1) the GIs are very skinny from several months of
> half-rations; and (2) the
> look on their faces shows their desperate desire for
> supplies and reinforcements
> from the U.S.
> 
> Joe Connor
> 


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