Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb. |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | Treasury Design No. 29, "Wedding." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a dark naval battle commencing on stormy waters. On the right... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | Treasury Design No. 25, "Blue Prints." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is an explosive battle scene in shades of dark blue. On the ... |
Date: | 1945 |
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Description: | Three Japanese prisoners from the battle of Iwo Jima stand amongst American soldiers on a boat. |
Date: | 02 19 1945 |
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Description: | Marines on the beach and military boats, including an LSM 242, in the water at Iwo Jima. |
Date: | 1945 |
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Description: | Elevated view of marines Private Richard Klatt, of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (left), and Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli, as they set fire to brush ... |
Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o... |
Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui... |
Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Elevated view looking down towards deck of an American cruiser leaving the base heading for the bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (pr... |
Date: | 12 26 1943 |
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Description: | Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ... |
Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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Description: | At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca... |
Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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Description: | Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can... |
Date: | 08 31 1944 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. It was German-occupied until the Allies mounted an operation... |
Date: | 08 31 1944 |
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Description: | Smoke rising from Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. The island, which took a tremendous shelling, can barely be seen ... |
Date: | 09 08 1944 |
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Description: | View of the attack on Brest, France, an important Channel port, from German forces on Hill 105. Eventually, after a fierce defense, the Germans surrendered... |
Date: | 09 08 1944 |
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Description: | View of distant smoke from the battle surrounding Brest, France. In the foreground, soldiers are parked in a large field with an air support radio jeep. Th... |
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