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US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-408171 (39039471354)

US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-408171 (39039471354)

80-G-408171: A U.S. Navy Sailor and his dog on Falalop Island. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, Ensign Thomas Bonford, TR-12189. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Na... More

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408188 (25877082848)

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408188 (25877082848)

80-G-408188: U.S. Navy personnel on liberty on Mog Mog Island. Enlisted men lounge about on the tiny island with plenty of beer. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, Lieutenant Commander Charles Jac... More

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408189 (39748855501)

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408189 (39748855501)

80-G-408189: U.S. Navy personnel on liberty on Mog Mog Island. Enlisted men enjoy some beer. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, TR-12480, November 1944. Off... More

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408190 (39748859491)

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408190 (39748859491)

80-G-408190: An African American band provides music for officers relaxing from duties at their club on Mog Mog Island. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, TR-... More

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408207 (39716842662)

Mog Mog Island, US Navy, WWII - 80-G-408207 (39716842662)

80-G-408207: Enlisted men on liberty from their ships at the Fleet Recreation Center, Mog Mog Island. Shown: Men enjoying a game of baseball. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, Lieutenant Gall... More

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412474 (23400512114)

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412474 (23400512114)

80-G-412474: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. A TBM "Avenger" bomber flies near the Mount Suribachi (south) end of Iwo Jima, March 1945. Note the shipping off the island's southwestern shore. Photographed by a memb... More

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412503 (23660896069)

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412503 (23660896069)

80-G-412503: Iwo Jima Operation, February 1945. View looking northward over Mount Suribachi, circa late February 1945. Several LSTs are landing supplies and equipment on the beach in the right background. Ph... More

U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-412517 (23401982013)

U.S. Marines activities, WWII - 80-G-412517 (23401982013)

80-G-412517: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. Fourth Marine Division cemetary on Iwo Jima, March 1945. Note DUKW and other trucks passing by in the background, with wrecked Japanese airplanes beyond. Photographed ... More

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412527 (26396614308)

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412527 (26396614308)

80-G-412527: Battle of Iwo Jima, March 1945. SB2C’s give air support to initial landings on Iwo Jima. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: TR-13164. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the colle... More

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412529 (40268712781)

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412529 (40268712781)

80-G-412529: Battle of Iwo Jima, March 1945. The Judge Advocate’s Quarters at the foot of Mount Suribachi. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: TR-13243. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in th... More

Battle for Iwo Jima, US Navy - 80-G-412532 (40224332082)

Battle for Iwo Jima, US Navy - 80-G-412532 (40224332082)

80-G-412532: Battle of Iwo Jima. Results of one of the wars fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The hand of Japanese soldier, killed by a bomb blast on Iwo Jima... More

Battle for Iwo Jima, US Navy - 80-G-412541 (25397985467)

Battle for Iwo Jima, US Navy - 80-G-412541 (25397985467)

80-G-412541: Battle of Iwo Jima. The hand of Japanese soldier, killed by a bomb blast on Iwo Jima, is seen in the rubble which covered the island during fierce fighting. Photographed by the Steichen Photogr... More

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412543 (40268762791)

Battle of Iwo Jima, WW2 - 80-G-412543 (40268762791)

80-G-412543: Battle of Iwo Jima, March 1945. TBM aircraft flying over Mt. Suribachi shortly after Iwo Jima was secured. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit, March 1945. TR-13268. Official U.S. Na... More

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-412836 (39977141352)

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-412836 (39977141352)

80-G-412836: U.S. Naval Supply Depot, Guam, August 1945. African-American Sailors take a break from their duties for a few minutes. Photographed by the Steichen Photographic Unit, TR-14929. Official U.S. N... More

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-412869 (25138158757)

US Navy in WWII - 80-G-412869 (25138158757)

80-G-412869: U.S. Naval Supply Depot, Guam, August 1945. Sailor attached to the Depot. Photographed by the Steichen Photographic Unit, TR-14967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the... More

US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-412960 (40008539151)

US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-412960 (40008539151)

80-G-412960: Mog-Mog Island. Enlisted men enjoy a game of baseball. Photograph by Steichen Photographic Unit, TR-15757. Photograph received April 7, 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the coll... More

US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-412961 (39110906665)

US Navy Aviation activities 80-G-412961 (39110906665)

80-G-412961: Mog-Mog Island. Enlisted men enjoy a game of baseball. Photograph by Steichen Photographic Unit, TR-15758. Photograph received April 7, 1950. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the coll... More

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470203 (25825498687)

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470203 (25825498687)

80-G-470203: USS New Jersey (BB-62), December 1944. Mail time onboard, with sailor writing letter home. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, TR-11846. Officia... More

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470207 (39986610444)

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470207 (39986610444)

80-G-470207: USS New Jersey (BB-62), December 1944. African-American mess attendants sleep on board en-route to the Philippines. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: Lieutenant Commander Charles K... More

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470214 (38886242130)

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470214 (38886242130)

80-G-470214: USS New Jersey (BB-62), December 1944. Sailors cleaning barrel of 5” gun en-route to the Philippines. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, TR-125... More

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470244 (39986626244)

USS New Jersey (BB-62), WWII - 80-G-470244 (39986626244)

80-G-470244: USS New Jersey (BB-62), December 1944. Sailor takes a nap en-route to the Philippines. Photographed by the Steichen Photograph Unit: Lieutenant Commander Charles Jacobs, TR-12603. Official ... More

Lt. Barrett Gallagher in rear seat of SB2C that has just landed on a carrier. He holds a K-25 camera he was using. - NARA - 520844

Lt. Barrett Gallagher in rear seat of SB2C that has just landed on a c...

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Lt. Charles E. Kerlee, USNR, steps down from the wing of a TBF after photographing the raid on Wake. Using two K-20... - NARA - 520610

Lt. Charles E. Kerlee, USNR, steps down from the wing of a TBF after p...

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Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The... - NARA - 520735

Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima...

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Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-K-15290)

Aircraft landing aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), in November 1943 (80-G-...

View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 16 (CVG-16) landing, in November 1943. Crewmen in the foreground are sitting on the wing of a D... More

Troops marching up beach during loading for Kiska operation, 13 August 1943 (80-G-475421)

Troops marching up beach during loading for Kiska operation, 13 August...

80-G-475421: Aleutian Island Campaign, June 1942-August 1943. Kiska Operation, 13 August 1943. Troops march up the beach at Adak, during pre-invasion loading for the Kiska Operation, 13 August 1943. LCM beh... More

R Adm John S McCain, Sr, by Steichen

R Adm John S McCain, Sr, by Steichen

Rear Admiral John S McCain, Sr, photographed by Cmdr Edward Steichen, then of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, in 1943. The photo uses the style of Steichen's work for "Vanity Fair" during the 1920s and '30s.

SNJ over Gulf of Mexico 1943

SNJ over Gulf of Mexico 1943

A U.S. Navy North American SNJ Texan assigned to the Naval School of Photography at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (USA), pictured on a training flight over the Gulf of Mexico.

USS Essex CVS-9 June 1967

USS Essex CVS-9 June 1967

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVS-9) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 22 June 1967. Essex, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54), was deployed to the North Atlantic and the Me... More

Steichen above Lexington, by Jorgensen, 11-1943

Steichen above Lexington, by Jorgensen, 11-1943

Cmdr Edward Steichen photographed above the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington by Lt Victor Jorgensen, November, 1943.

A Douglas SBD Dive Bomber over Wake Island, 1943

A Douglas SBD Dive Bomber over Wake Island, 1943

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5) from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) over Wake Island, 5 or 6 October 1943. Photographed by Lt. Charles Kerlee of the Nava... More

Gerald Ford playing basketball on USS Monterey 06-1944-Darkened Larger

Gerald Ford playing basketball on USS Monterey 06-1944-Darkened Larger

"Activities aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26). Navy pilots in the forward elevator well playing basketball., ca. 06/1944"Jumper of the left is future U.S. President Gerald Ford[1][2]

Grumman TBF wounded crew Nov 1943

Grumman TBF wounded crew Nov 1943

Crewmen aboard USS Saratoga lift AOM Kenneth Bratton, USNR, out of a TBF Avenger's rear turret after a raid on Rabaul on 5 November 1943. The aircraft and a friendly F6F Hellcat successfully fought off eight a... More

SOC scoutplane is hoisted on board, during recovery by USS Philadelphia (CL-41)

SOC scoutplane is hoisted on board, during recovery by USS Philadelphi...

Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft is hoisted on board USS Philadelphia (CL-41), during the North African operation, November 1942. Note crewmen holding lines to steady the plane as the aircraft c... More

Two SBC2C-3 over USS Hornet (CV-12)

Two SBC2C-3 over USS Hornet (CV-12)

Two U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft from Bombing Squadron 11 (VB-11) bank over the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) before landing, following strikes on Japanese shipping in the China Sea, circa ... More

Activities aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26). Navy pilots in the forward elevator well playing basketball. - NARA - 520764

Activities aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26). Navy pilots in the forward el...

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Lt. Barrett Gallagher in rear seat of SB2C that has just landed on a carrier. He holds a K-25 camera he was using. - NARA - 520844

Lt. Barrett Gallagher in rear seat of SB2C that has just landed on a c...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lt. Charles E. Kerlee, USNR, steps down from the wing of a TBF after photographing the raid on Wake. Using two K-20... - NARA - 520610

Lt. Charles E. Kerlee, USNR, steps down from the wing of a TBF after p...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The... - NARA - 520735

Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles-Fenno-Jacobs-December-1944

Charles-Fenno-Jacobs-December-1944

Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR, poses with his F-56 camera, on board USS IOWA (BB-61), in December 1944. He was a member of Edward Steichen's wartime photographic unit.