"A testimony of senseless Polish destruction," German invasion of Pola...
Lot-3845-6: WWII: German Invasion of Poland, September 1939. Translated German reads, “A testimony of senseless Polish destruction.” Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/05/05).
WWII - 111-SC-152573-A (29344857295)
111-SC-152573-A: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visit to Casablanca. The President reviews American forces in French Morocco, January 17, 1943. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph. (2016/08/30).
Battle for Leyte, 1944, WWII - 111-SC-278010 (28417089080)
111-SC-278010: Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944. American survivors of the battle are rescued by a U.S. Navy ship on October 26, 1944. Some 1,200 survivors of Gambier Bay (CV 73), U... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1541-136036 (26800849195)
127-GW-1541-136036: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Sasebo, Japan, September 23, 1945. Marine Lieutenant Joseph H. Ochsie, Jr., Tommy Gun in hand, leads an advance party of military police of the ... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1541-136771 (26196018434)
127-GW-1541-136771: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Sasebo, Japan, September 25, 1945. Two Marines of the Second Battalion, 27th Marines, view the ruins of the city of Sasebo while standing guard ... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1541-137410 (26800848835)
127-GW-1541-137410: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Sasebo, Japan, September 23, 1945. Private Jack Ozell, a member of Easy Company, Second Battalion, 27th Marines, a unit of the 5th Marine Divisi... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1541-147055 (26800848125)
127-GW-1541-147055: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Mother Margertte poses with her singing class in her school at Kumamoto. Photographed by Rogers, November 4, 1945, at Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. ... More
Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945 - 127-GW-1548-134647 (265...
127-GW-1548-134647: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Kurishama, Yokosuka, Japan, September 2, 1945. Kurishama Torpedo School. Lieutenant Commander Saburo Oguchi leaves administration building for ... More
Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945 - 127-GW-1548-134690 (265289...
127-GW-1548-134690: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Futtusaki Peninsula, Japan, August 30, 1945. First Japanese Surrender, Purple Beach, 500 yards inland. Photographed by Ragus. U.S. Marine Corp... More
Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945 - 127-GW-1548-134739 (265289...
127-GW-1548-134739: Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Futtusaki Peninsula, Japan, August 30, 1945. Japanese officers issue orders to enlisted rank of their surrender. Photographed by Yakimovich. ... More
Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945 - 127-GW-1549-134503 (265...
127-GW-1549-134503: Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945. Marine Honor Guard at the formal surrender to Allied powers onboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Harbor, Japan. The Leathernecks are shown... More
Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945 - 127-GW-1549-134514 (265...
127-GW-1549-134514: Formal Japanese Surrender, September 2, 1945. Special Marine Honor Guard aboard USS Missouri (BB 63) at the formal surrender at Tokyo Harbor, Japan. Photographed by Connolly. U.S. Mari... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-136148 (30478849671)
127-GW-1615-136148: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Marine First Lieutenant George Lamberson ties first American flag to be raised by Marines on Japanese home soil into the flag line while two of his men proud... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-136766 (29935422124)
127-GW-1615-136766: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The American Flag is raised over the crest of a mountain overlooking the suburban town of Tahjma just outside the city of Sasebo, Japan. Photographed by C... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-136767 (30478849431)
127-GW-1615-136767: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The American Flag is raised over the crest of a mountain overlooking the suburban town of Tahjma just outside the city of Sasebo, Japan, by Sergeant Albert F... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-138094 (30478849191)
127-GW-1615-138094: Occupation of Japan, 1945. American flag is raised above Kurume, Kyushu, Japan. Photographed by Wheeler, October 29, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in t... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-140098 (30478848701)
127-GW-1615-140098: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The American flag is raised over Tsushima, Japan. Photographed September 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-145746 (30478848511)
127-GW-1615-145746: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Flag raising at Fukue, Japan, Hotel, used for Command Post for 1st Battalion, 27th Marines. Photographed by Cavanaugh, November 13, 1945. Officia... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-146815 (30478848321)
127-GW-1615-146815: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Stars and Stripes are raised over Isahaya, Kyushu, as the 8th Regiment occupies that school and adjoining military station. Photographed by Rogers, Septemb... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1615-148710 (30478848121)
127-GW-1615-148710: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Flag raising at the Naval Barracks at Sasebo, Japan. Photographed by E.J. Wishin, September 28, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1622-145395 (29933145893)
127-GW-1622-145395: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Engineer Work. Japanese use a drill to make holes for dynamite to blast rock loose. The drill is powered by a Marine compressor, and the actual blasting is do... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1622-148272 (29933145443)
127-GW-1622-148272: Occupation of Japan, 1945. “Japan Today” Marines hang communication lines on Japanese poles. Photographed by TSgt J.O. Bush. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collecti... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-134661 (30478847551)
127-GW-1627-134661: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The inside of a cave showing a Japanese working party hauling rifles out to our trucks on the Kurishama base. Photographed at Yokosuka, Japan, by Ragus, Se... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-134955 (30267672380)
127-GW-1627-134955: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Surprise find to Marines of Marine Air Group 31, who flew up from Okinawa to occupy Yokosuka Naval Air Base 30 miles from Tokyo was this wrecked Grumman “Hellcat”... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-134956 (30267672180)
127-GW-1627-134956: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Surprise find to Marines of Marine Air Group 31, who flew up from Okinawa to occupy Yokosuka Naval Air Base 30 miles from Tokyo was this wrecked Grumman “Hellcat”... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-135889 (30267671730)
127-GW-1627-135889: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Marine Private First Class Lisle E. Mell, Jr. inspects an Army P-51 Mustang in a hangar at the former Japanese Navy Air Base at Omura in Kyushu. The battered ... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-135960 (30267671430)
127-GW-1627-135960: Occupation of Japan, 1945. American Mitchell Bomber wreckage of shot down plane. Note, flak holes heavy. Photographed at Sasebo, Japan, by Stotz, September 23, 1945. Official ... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-138473 (30267671090)
127-GW-1627-138473: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Guns that defended Japan, not successfully, are inspected by Marine Correspondent Sergeant Paul G. Sturges attached to the 5th Marine Division in Sasebo. These g... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-138474 (30267670510)
127-GW-1627-138474: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Guns that defended Japan, not successfully, are inspected by Marine Correspondent, Sergeant Paul G. Sturges attached to the 5th Marine Division in Sasebo. Th... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1627-147564 (29933126223)
127-GW-1627-147564: Occupation of Japan, 1945. 6 Type 96, 25mm HMA, AA guns 3 barrel at Kikuchi Airfield, Kumamto. Photographed at Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, by Rogers, October 22, 1945 Official U.S. Marin... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-147616 (30530462296)
127-GW-1627-147616: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Gun position #15 on IO Shima, showing comparative size of 28cm howitzer to man. Photographed by Wilbert, November 5, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1627-147622 (30530461886)
127-GW-1627-147622: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Flares, showing size. Photographed at Nagasaki, Japan, by Cohn, November 7, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the Na... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1627-147676 (30530461576)
127-GW-1627-147676: Occupation of Japan, 1945. 15cm coast artillery gun, one of seven of same type along coast covering the Shubishu Bay area, with portable mount. Photographed at Nagasaki, by Sullivan, N... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-148198 (30267669430)
127-GW-1627-148198: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Japanese Navy Field Sword, Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. Photographed by TSgt Stotz, October 13, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collecti... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-148199 (30267671270)
127-GW-1627-148199: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Japanese Navy Field Sword, Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. Photographed by TSgt Stotz, October 13, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collecti... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-148224 (30267668900)
127-GW-1627-148224: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Captured Japanese torpedoes. Photographed at Sasebo, Japan, by Starnes, October 8, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections ... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-148361 (30267668610)
127-GW-1627-148361: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Marine with Stinger machine gun. Photographed at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, by Corporal Edward J. Wishin, October 24, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo... More
Occupation of Japan, 1945, US Navy - 127-GW-1627-149558 (30267668310)
127-GW-1627-149558: Occupation of Japan, 1945. Area where American B-25 crashed on August 6, 1945. From original caption, “American fliers were unidentified and buried at Toyosaki, Kamino Shima.” Photog... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-136174 (30267667780)
127-GW-1643-136174: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works as hit by the Atomic Bomb. Photographed by Goldberg at Nagasaki, Japan, September 24, 1945. Official U.S. Marine... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-137423 (30267666840)
127-GW-1643-137423: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Utter Desolation – In this valley were hundreds and hundreds of homes, set close together, until the atomic bomb exploded on Nagasaki. Note the structures ... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-139784 (30449914792)
127-GW-1643-139784: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Long shot overlooking the ruined city. Photographed by Corporal L. Smeltzer at Nagasaki, Japan, September 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Pho... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-146886 (29933137193)
127-GW-1643-146886: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Bombed and burned railroad cars at Minami Kumamoto railroad station. Photographed by Rogers at Nagasaki, Japan, October 28, 1945. Official U.S. Mari... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-147005 (29935431384)
127-GW-1643-147005: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Nagasaki medical hospital and college after Atomic blast, Japan. Photographed by Rogers, November 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, n... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-147008 (29935430944)
127-GW-1643-147008: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Nagasaki, Japan. Photographed by Rogers, November 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. ... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-147640 (29935429954)
127-GW-1643-147640: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Bombed Kagoshima. Photographed at Nagasaki, Japan, November 1, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National ... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-147643 (30267664520)
127-GW-1643-147643: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Bombed Kagoshima. Photographed by Rogers at Nagasaki, Japan, November 1, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 127-GW-1643-147932 (30267664330)
127-GW-1643-147932: Atomic Bomb-Nagasaki, 1945. Taken outside of Medicine College and hospital to show size of building. Photographed at Nagasaki, Japan, October 25, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Cor... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-301-118160 (24729554399)
127-GW-301-118160: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marine Avenger torpedo bombers were the first planes to fly regularly scheduled missions from newly-captured Motoyama #2 airstrip on Iwo Jima. Th... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-304-112350 (25097197895)
127-GW-304-112350: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Marines pose with captured Japanese flag. Left to right: Private First Class J.L. Hudson, Jr.; Private First Class .L. Lofter; Private First Cla... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-304-114274 (24802350200)
127-GW-304-114274: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Tail fin of a Japanese rocket sticking out of the airfield. Photographed by Altfather, March 10, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now in the ... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-304-114958 (24979778292)
127-GW-304-114958: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Screech Bomb. Shown is what ordnance men described as a pusher motor or booster for a Japanese projectile known to those on the receiving end as ... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-304-143230 (25097948605)
127-GW-304-143230: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Japanese light tank model 95 emplaced to fire down drop crevice. Photographed by Kauffman, March 1945. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now in the... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-305-115143 (25071594436)
127-GW-305-115143: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Japanese Grave Marker Carved by Marines. Inscription reads, “Hirno Iwo, Sino Iwo, Spikno Iwo, Iwo and NoMo Iwo.” Photographed by TSgt Kress, 19... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-305-150157 (24802309770)
127-GW-305-150157: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. In Memory of Don Fox – gravestone at 5th Division Cemetery. Photographed by Pfc. E.D. Drdek, February 1945. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, no... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-306-111389 (24730231639)
127-GW-306-111389: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Men of “L” Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Regiment moving forward under heavy mortar and machine gun fire in attempt to take #2 Airstrip. They have ... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-306-111765 (24467202494)
127-GW-306-111765: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Our front lines – the ridges gave the Marines a lot of trouble. Photographed by Dreyfuss, February 27, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now ... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-306-112862 (25004590231)
127-GW-306-112862: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Men on line tense. Photographed by Corporal Joe Schwartz, February 20, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, now in the collections of the Nati... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-306-178495 (24802271160)
127-GW-306-178495: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Suribachi Machine Gun Nest: An aggressor machine gunner of the aggressor teams on the island of Iwo Jima, points his deadly weapon over the beach a... More
Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 127-GW-319-142859 (29474424036)
127-GW-319-142859: Iwo Jima Operations, Feb-March 1945. View to Northwest from Mount Suribachi, photographed by Kauffman, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. ... More
WWII - 127-GW-319-A708068 (29219152190)
127-GW-319-A708068 See this source for details: Robertson, Breanne, ed. (2019). Investigating Iwo: The Flag Raisings in Myth, Memory, and Esprit de Corps (PDF). Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps History Divisio... More
United States Navy during World War Two 171-G-11-C-2 (20709407758)
171-G-11-C-2: U.S. Navy sailors parade during World War II, probably in Los Angeles, California. (8/25/2015).
USS Tennessee (BB-43) WWII - 19-N-45071 (24759072502)
19-N-45071: USS Tennessee (BB-43). Underway in Puget Sound, Washington, on 12 May 1943, after modernization. Note the greatly increased beam that was one element of this work. Photograph from the Bureau of ... More
US Navy in World War I 208-COM-226 (27519171998)
208-COM-226: Artwork on Doris Miller and Elvin Bell for their heroism during World War II. Artwork by Charles H. Alston. Courtesy of the National Archives. (2018/04/12).
208-PU-168-G-11 (29344856815). Japanese empire during World War Two.
208-PU-168-G-11: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Broadcasts from U.S. Navy Yard. Standing beneath guns of a destroyer at a Navy Yard in northwestern U.S., President Roosevelt addresses the American Nation by... More
Franklin Delano Roosevelt During World War Two - 208-PU-168-G-58 (2926...
208-PU-168-G-58: President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he made a broadcast to the world that the U.S. Fleet and Air France had orders “to shoot on sight” any German or Italian vessels that entered waters consider... More
WWII - 208-PU-171A 1 (29345215065)
208-PU-171A_1: Presidential Tour. Bremerton, Washington. President Franklin D. Roosevelt chats with his son-in-law, John Boettiger and his grandchildren during a ferryboat trip from Bremerton to Seattle, Wa... More
208-PU-173-H-2 (29240322192). Japanese empire during World War Two.
208-PU-173-H-2: U.S. President Chats With Pacific Army, Navy Leaders. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt chats onboard a cruiser in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (lef... More
208-PU-272-B-58 (29268286661) during World War I
208-PU-272-B-58: Mayflower To See Service With the Coast Guard. Rear Admiral Flex X. Gygax, Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, discusses the history of the former yacht Mayflower during the commissioning ... More
208-PU-52-P-2 (33602871063), World War II photo
208-PU-52-P-2: Hitler’s Successor. Succeeding Adolf Hitler is Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, Commander of the German Navy. Doenitz, himself, announced the death of Hitler, and said that the Fuehrer had appointed ... More
208-PU-52-P-7 (34371206316) during World War I
208-PU-52-P-7: Doenitz Government Arrested. Allied war correspondents interview, left to right: Albert Speer, Hitler’s Minister of Production; Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, Hitler’s successor, and Colonel Gene... More
WWII - 208-PU-70A-7 (25849574510)
208-PU-70A-7: Notables Watch James V. Forrestal Take Oath as Secretary of the Navy. An impressive gathering of Congress and high-ranking Navy officers were present in the Navy Department on May 19, 1944, to ... More
U.S. Coast Guard activities, WWII - 26-G-1991 (17903146152)
26-G-1991: Operation Avalanche, Invasion of Salerno, Italy, September 1943. Jewish Coast Guardsman Guards Nazi Prisoners. A Jewish Coast Guardsman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, guards two slightly wounde... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-2576 (17718398940)
26-G-2576: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. German Officers aboard a Coast Guard Manned Transport. There’s definitely nothing shabby about the clothing of these captured German officers as they “take the air”... More
US Navy, German Prisoners of War - 26-G-2577 (17718385110)
26-G-2577: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. German Prisoners aboard Coast-Guard Manned Transport. Nazi prisoners, captured in the furious fighting in Normandy, board a Coast Guard transport at an unidentified... More
US Navy, German Prisoners of War - 26-G-2587 (17906494261)
26-G-2587: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. German Prisoners aboard a Coast Guard Manned Transport. Aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport carrying them to the United States, these wounded and ailing German pris... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-2634 (17906472621)
26-G-2634: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Minesweeper Before Its Final Plunge off “Utah” Beach. USS Tide (AM 125), a U.S. Navy minesweeper that preceded the Normandy Invasion armada, dies in the waters off Fr... More
German Prisoners of War, US Navy photo - 26-G-2814 (17718312270)
26-G-2814: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. German Prisoners of War sing to the minstrel after being captured at Normandy following D-Day, June 1944. (5/19/2015).
US Navy, German Prisoners of War - 26-G-2855 (17902860032)
26-G-2855: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Coast Guardsman Killed in France Invasion Taken on board Battleship. A dead U.S. Coast Guardsman, coxswain of an LCVP, is taken onboard a U.S. battleship, not identif... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-3433 (17719566549)
26-G-3433: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Up the Landing Nets. USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), at a British port and “sea taxis”, landing craft, swarm alongside packed with troops. Up the landing nets go its... More
26-G-3555 Box 70 1 (23493720600)
26-G-3555_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. MacArthur keeps his pledge. This remarkable study of General MacArthur, nonchalantly puffing on his corncob pipe, was made by a Coast Guar... More
26-G-3575 Box 70 1 (23493690800)
26-G-3575_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Giant Seagoing “Freight Cars” Unload War Cargoes on Leyte. A flotilla of Coast Guard-manned and Navy LSTs, those massive-mouthed carriers ... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-3646 (17906348241)
26-G-3646: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. The Wandering Minstrel Moves toward Battle. Aboard a US Coast Guard manned transport carrying reinforcements to the Allied lines to battle Germany, a guitar-playing A... More
26-G-3698 Box 70 1 (23421414119)
26-G-3698_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Little Man, What Now? The salute was the little Filipino Lad’s own idea, when a Coast Guard Combat Photographer encountered him somewhere... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-4365 (17879378676)
26-G-4365: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Britishers Join Coast Guardsmen in July 4th Fireworks. Coast Guardsmen and British Army men plug their ears as Coast Guardsman Everett L. Garner touches a match to th... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-4389 (17719482989)
26-G-4389: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Coast Guard Manned LST Links British, French Railways. Out of the big steel belly of a Coast Guard-manned LST, flat freight cars of the Army Transportation Corps roll... More
Normandy Invasion, June 1944 - 26-G-4459 (17905716535)
26-G-4459: Normandy Invasion, June 1944. They Called Themselves “Supermen” Thousands of soldiers of Hitler’s once mighty Wehrmacht stand on the wharves of a French port for embarkation on board a Coast Guar... More
330-CFD-DM-SD-03-09962 (40494079635)
330-CFD-DM-SD-03-09962: World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) George C. Axtell, Commanding Officer, Second Marine Air Wing Fighter Squadron, the "Death Rattlers". This photog... More
330-PS-3082 (USN 708759) (17185052787)
330-PS-3082: (USN 708759): Captain A. Donald Fraser, USN, (right), Head of Naval Photography, shows WAVE Jzere Cordray, left, the award presented to the U.S. Navy by U.S. Camera Magazine for the important deve... More
330-PS-49 (USN 707551) (20711924021)
330-PS-49 (USN 707551): U.S. Navy Receives Art Collection. Rear Admiral John B. Heffernan, USN, (Ret), Director of Naval Records, Historical Division, extends the Navy’s thanks to Mr. J. Frank Richmond (righ... More
330-PS-6004 (USMC A 348323) (17046275928)
330-PS-6004 (USMC A 348323): Major John F. Bolt, the first USMC “Ace” during the Korean War has downed his 5th and 6th MiGs while flying with the 5th Air Force in Korea as an exchange pilot. Major Bolt, who ... More
330-PSA-399-60 (164707AC) (21464518825)
330-PSA-399-60 (164707AC): Nuclear Weapon “Little Boy” type, the kind that detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945. The bomb is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. The first nuclear weapon eve... More
330-PSA-399-60 (164708AC) (21473099951)
330-PSA-399-60 (164708AC): Nuclear weapon “Fat Man” type, the kind that detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. The bomb is 60 inches in diameter and 128 inches long. The second nuclear weapon to ... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-116 (20709498048)
77-BT-116: Tinian Island, August 1945. Atomic bomb, Little Boy, on trailer cradle being hoisted into bomb bay of Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay. (8/25/2015).
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-120 (20709496538)
77-BT-120: Tinian Island, August 1945. Tail of Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, being edged over pit and into position to load unit into bomb bay. Unit shown in pit, covered with canvas. Various pers... More
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-132 (20274862534)
77-BT-132: Tinian Island, August 1945. Atomic bomb, Little Boy, in bomb bay of B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay. S. Dike is examining fit of unit. (8/25/2015).
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-182 (20709376780)
77-BT-182: Tinian Island, August 1945. Names which have been etched into the atomic bomb, Fat Man. (8/25/2015).
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-185 (20710669889)
77-BT-185: Tinian Island, August 1945. Polar cap of atomic bomb, Fat Man, being sprayed with platic paint before assembly in building #2. (8/25/2015).
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan - 77-BT-A (20871145636)
77-BT-A: Tinian Island, August 1945. Atomic Bomb, Little Boy, covered with canvas and being transported. (8/25/2015).
Pearl Harbor Attack - 80-142-H (18084938643) - US Navy
80-142-H: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers in dawn fly-off for Pearl Harbor. Artwork by John Hamilton from his publication, “War at Sea,” pg. 68-... More
Pearl Harbor Attack - 80-142-I (18517801748) - US Navy
80-142-I: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Battleship row in flames. Artwork by John Hamilton from his publication, “War at Sea,” pg. 74-75. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Gallery.