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Members of the United States Air Force (USAF) (left) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) bow their heads in prayer during the Madingley Memorial Ceremony at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom. The cemetery is one of 13 American World War II (WWII) military cemetery memorials erected on foreign soil where 3,812 Americans are buried. The cemetery first established on December 7, 1943, and completed in 1956

Members of the United States Air Force (USAF) (left) and the Royal Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Jessica Struble, USAF Release Status: Released to Public ... More

(Pictured left to right) Winwood Wood, Peg Calhorn, Eileen Ferguson, Bea St. Clare Thurston, Margaret Weiss, Bev Beesemyer, Mary Lou Neale, Dorthy Swan Lewis, Yvonne "Pat" Pateman, Nancy Staples, Emmie Drummond, and Alyce Rohrer all Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II, posed in front of P-38 Lighting aircraft at March Museum, at March ARB, California

(Pictured left to right) Winwood Wood, Peg Calhorn, Eileen Ferguson, B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble Release Status: Re... More

Photograph of Planes and Hangars Wrecked in the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Planes and Hangars Wrecked in the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: Planes and hangars wrecked in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. NAS Pearl Harbor. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

060804-N-1648R-035 (Aug. 4, 2006)Wally Girts (right), a former crew member of the retired World War II (WW II) US Navy (USN) Essex Class Aircraft Carrier USS BUNKER HILL (CV 17), speaks at the 20th Anniversary Commissioning Ceremony for the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52), Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego, San Diego, California (CA).U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Orlando Ramos (RELEASED)

060804-N-1648R-035 (Aug. 4, 2006)Wally Girts (right), a former crew me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Orlando Ramos, USN Release Status: Released... More

[Charge by Japanese light infantry toward a group of unidentifiable soldiers.]

[Charge by Japanese light infantry toward a group of unidentifiable so...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DD-402 USS Mayrant - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

DD-402 USS Mayrant - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph depicts the 1500 ton McCall class, DD-402 USS Mayrant, built by Boston Navy Yard. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Emeral Drummon, a Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II, US Air Force Colonel Anne Hamilton, Commander of the 452nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, March ARB, California, Eileen Ferguson, and Bea St. Clare Thurston, both WASP during World War II, pose for a photograph during a meeting for Women in Aviation at the Museum at March ARB, CA

Emeral Drummon, a Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World Wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble Release Status: Re... More

"OUT OF THE FRYING PAN - INTO THE FIRING LINE!!"

"OUT OF THE FRYING PAN - INTO THE FIRING LINE!!"

Conserving waste fats for bullets - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Mrs. Evonne Files and Husband Mr. Files worked with the Belgium Under Ground during World War II. Mrs. Files was captured and sentenced to death. She was reprieved with the liberation of Belgium 10 days before her sentence was to be carried out. Mrs. Files is attending a meeting for Women in Aviation at the March Museum at March ARB, CA

Mrs. Evonne Files and Husband Mr. Files worked with the Belgium Under ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble Release Status: Re... More

Mr. Kiyokazu Tsuchida (left), a former World War II (WWII) Japanese Army Soldier, and US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Arthur J. Johnson, Commander, US Naval Region Marianas, meet and embrace during a ceremony commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu, held at Peleliu Island, Guam. Mr. Tsuchida, who was stationed on the island in 1944 hid in the Islands cave and jungles for nearly two years after the war ended and did not surrender to American forces until April 1947

Mr. Kiyokazu Tsuchida (left), a former World War II (WWII) Japanese Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peleliu Island State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Aw) Nathanael T. Miller, Usn Release Status: ... More

060804-N-1648R-010 (Aug. 4, 2006)Harry Walker (right), a former crew member of the retired World War II (WW II) US Navy (USN) Essex Class Aircraft Carrier USS BUNKER HILL (CV 17), speaks at the 20th Anniversary Commissioning Ceremony for the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52), Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego, San Diego, California (CA).U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Orlando Ramos (RELEASED)

060804-N-1648R-010 (Aug. 4, 2006)Harry Walker (right), a former crew m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Orlando Ramos, USN Release Status: Released... More

Case History No. 7: How Local Joint Program Information Committees Are Getting Results....For the Official Use of Local Joint Program Information Committees. Prepared By the War Manpower Commission and War Production Board in Collaboration with War and Nav

Case History No. 7: How Local Joint Program Information Committees Are...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, listens to the invocation during a 60th Anniversary commemoration celebration of V-J Day held at North Island Naval Air Station, Coronado, Calif. on Aug. 30, 2005. President George Bush spoke at the event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Japanese formal surrender ending World War II. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Kevin J. Gruenwald) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, listens to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, US... More

Aviation Ordinanceman First Class (AO1) Jonathan A. Hamm, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU5), Detachment Marianas and CHIEF Parachute Rigger (CPR) Frank V. Marrs, prepare to lift old sunken ammo cans with 20mm rounds to the surface. The ammo is being salvaged from a barge, which sunk after WWII

Aviation Ordinanceman First Class (AO1) Jonathan A. Hamm, Explosive Or...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Braxton Plunkett, USN Release Status: Released t... More

IS IT WORKING? Here's what Government officials and others think of OWI operations...

IS IT WORKING? Here's what Government officials and others think of OW...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters

Welcoming home their deployed family members and friends of the US Air Force (USAF) 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returning from deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background, the P-51 Mustang, Moonbeam McSwine, a WWII aircraft is on display

Welcoming home their deployed family members and friends of the US Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSG... More

A close up view of Mrs. Eillen Ferguson a Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II, who ferried US aircraft during World War II. Mrs. Ferguson was attending a meeting for Women in Aviation at the Museum at March ARB, CA

A close up view of Mrs. Eillen Ferguson a Women Air Force Service Pilo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble Release Status: Re... More

"HE'S WILLING, HE'S CAPABLE, AND WE NEED HIM - USE HIM!!"

"HE'S WILLING, HE'S CAPABLE, AND WE NEED HIM - USE HIM!!"

War agencies urge the use of Negro workers - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

US Air Force First Lieutenant Mitchell assigned to the 452 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, March ARB, California gets a book autographed by Mrs. Margaret Weiss while attending a meeting for Women in Aviation at the Museum at March ARB, CA. Mrs. Weiss, a Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II, ferried US aircraft during World War II

US Air Force First Lieutenant Mitchell assigned to the 452 Aeromedical...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble Release Status: Re... More

"A SECOND EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION!!"

"A SECOND EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION!!"

The signing of the Atlantic Charter - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"COME ON SAILOR, YOU'RE JUST IN TIME!!"

"COME ON SAILOR, YOU'RE JUST IN TIME!!"

Recruitment of blacks in the coast guard - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

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