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Photograph of Gun Crews during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Gun Crews during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Gun crews during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Sailors on the alert at their battle stations in NAS. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Vestal after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Vestal after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: The USS Vestal (AR4) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

See It Through.  Buy Bonds Play Fair Stay on the Job! (Left)  and See It Thru.  Buy Bonds - Play Fair Stay On The Job!.  Japan (Right)

See It Through. Buy Bonds Play Fair Stay on the Job! (Left) and See ...

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

Give 'em the old 1-2.  1-Load, 2-Unload All Cars Promptly.  Your Government says "Every hour saved in freight-car turnaround time means more cars available for the Victory parade to Tokyo and Berlin." [Media appears to be pencil.] [Fred Cooper]

Give 'em the old 1-2. 1-Load, 2-Unload All Cars Promptly. Your Gover...

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

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. Ford Island. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Oglala Capsized and Sinking after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Oglala Capsized and Sinking after the Japanese A...

Original caption: The USS Oglala (CM4) capsized and sinking after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

World War II (WWII) era photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Williams L. Hood, standing on the wing of a US Navy (USN) F4U"CORSAIR"aircraft at Okinawa, Japan, 1945. 1LT Hood is an Ace Pilot credited with 5 kills.  (Exact date shot unknown)

World War II (WWII) era photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Beall, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Burning Oil from Shattered Fuel Tanks during Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Burning Oil from Shattered Fuel Tanks during Japanese At...

Original caption: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Burning oil from shattered fuel tanks through the smoke of which are barely visible a damaged U.S. battleship and the capsized USS Oklahoma. General Pho... More

Photograph of Damaged Ships after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Damaged Ships after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Damaged ships after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. The USS Cassin (DD372) and the USS Downes (DD375) in Drydock No. 1. General Photographic File o... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

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

Photograph of the USS Arizona, the USS Tennessee, and the USS West Virginia after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Arizona, the USS Tennessee, and the USS West Vir...

Original caption: Left to right, the USS Arizona (BB39), the USS Tennessee (BB43), and the USS West Virginia (BB45), after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photograph... More

Photograph of the USS Nevada after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Nevada after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: The USS Nevada (BB36) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Moving to position away from enflamed ships. Foreground salvage and rescue tugs gun crews in action. ... More

Photograph of Ships at Pearl Harbor following Japanese Attack

Photograph of Ships at Pearl Harbor following Japanese Attack

Original caption: Ships at Pearl Harbor, T.H. following the Japanese attack of Dec. 7 1941. Alt. 3000'. Dec. 10, 1941. L-R: USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma (capsized), USS Tennessee (inboard), ... More

Japan Capitulation - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Japan Capitulation - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Cherokee Emigration Rolls Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effects of Atomic Heat and Radiation on Humans, Japan

Effects of Atomic Heat and Radiation on Humans, Japan

Rayburn legs. Hiroshima. Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Equipment File

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. David Thatcher (fifth

U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. David Thatcher (fifth

U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. David Thatcher (fifth from left) with the crew of the Ruptured Duck, one of 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers that launched off the deck of the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Hornet and head... More

Photograph of Gunnery during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Gunnery during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Gunnery during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted by Sgt. Keogh, uses a flamethrower against dug-in Japanese troops on Iwo Jima, April 20, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio N... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Marines Pinned Down By Japanese Fire

Marines Pinned Down By Japanese Fire

Original Caption: MARINES PINNED DOWN BY JAP FIRE—Men of the First Marine Division keep close to the ground while under heavy Jap mortar and machine gun fire on the crest of newly won hill bounding "Awacha Pock... More

Photograph of Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama, Cheering Rescuers from the U.S. Navy

Photograph of Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama, Ch...

Original caption: Gaunt Allied Prisoners of War at Aomori Camp Near Yokohama Cheer Rescuers from U.S. Navy. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Japanese Two-Man Submarine Beached on Island of Oahu during Action with U.S. Forces

Photograph of Japanese Two-Man Submarine Beached on Island of Oahu dur...

Original caption: Japanese two-man submarine beached on Island of Oahu during action with U.S. forces, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Phoenix after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Phoenix after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbo...

Original caption: The USS Phoenix (CL46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of a Navy Scout Observation Plane Wrecked by Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of a Navy Scout Observation Plane Wrecked by Japanese Attac...

Original caption: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Navy Scout observation plane, OS2U, one of the eighty Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets December 7, 1941. General Photographic File of the D... 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

So Glad You Think War Over.  Beat Japan Campaign

So Glad You Think War Over. Beat Japan Campaign

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

United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Marine Ace, Frank C."Red"Thomas, from Longview Farm Martinsburg, West Virginia, had nine Japanese planes to his credit.  He scored all his victories in the month of January 1944

United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Marine Ace, Frank C."Red"T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant William Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The fight for Tarawa: 75th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater of WWII

The fight for Tarawa: 75th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles...

U.S. Marines storm Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Nov. 20, 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Tarawa, which was part of Operation Galvanic. It marks one of the bloodiest battles of WW... More

Aircraft at Hickam Field, Hawaii (HI) continue to burn and explode, in the immediate aftermath of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and other military installations

Aircraft at Hickam Field, Hawaii (HI) continue to burn and explode, in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Field State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Photograph of the USS California after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS California after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Ha...

Original caption: The USS California (BB44) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Abandoning ship. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Gun Crews during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Gun Crews during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Gun crews during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. Marines and soldiers fire on raiding Japanese planes. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Arizona after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Arizona after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbo...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Shaw in Floating Drydock after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Shaw in Floating Drydock after the Japanese Atta...

Original caption: The USS Shaw (DD373) in floating drydock after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

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

Photograph of the Capsized USS Utah and the USS Raleigh in the Background after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the Capsized USS Utah and the USS Raleigh in the Backgro...

Original caption: The capsized USS Utah (AG16), and the USS Raleigh (CL7) in the background after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of t... More

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the...

Original caption: The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB37) and the USS Maryland (BB46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the...

Original caption: The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB37) and the USS Maryland (BB46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

For Japan Next ([Information on side: All Quiet On The Western Front) [Hayes]

For Japan Next ([Information on side: All Quiet On The Western Front) ...

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

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States representative, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), Sept. 2, 1945. Standing dir... More

Captured Japanese Photograph of Japanese Mitsubishi Divebombers Warming Up on Carrier Deck Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Captured Japanese Photograph of Japanese Mitsubishi Divebombers Warmin...

Original caption: Japanese photograph captured on Attu, Aleutian Islands, June 1, 1943. Japanese Mitsubishi divebombers warming up on carrier deck before the attack on Pearl Harbor of Dec. 7, 1941. This photo... More

Japanese War Crimes Trials, Manila, National Forest Service photograph.

Japanese War Crimes Trials, Manila, National Forest Service photograph...

TOJO TAKES THE STAND. - Hideki Tojo, former Japanese General Premier and War Minister, from December 2, 1941 to July 1944, takes the stand for the first time during the International Tribunal trials, Tokyo, Jap... More

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS Arizona Burning after the Japanese Attack on Pea...

Original caption: The USS Arizona (BB39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Captured Japanese Photograph Taken during the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Captured Japanese Photograph Taken during the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Captured Japanese photograph. Photograph taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. (see back of mount for Japanese release caption). General Photographic File of the De... More

Loose Talk Does Reach Tokyo.  Let's Stop It!

Loose Talk Does Reach Tokyo. Let's Stop It!

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

Detroit native, born in 1923, Cpl. Leonard B. Turner

Detroit native, born in 1923, Cpl. Leonard B. Turner

Detroit native, born in 1923, Cpl. Leonard B. Turner enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 following the example of two of his brothers who had already signed up for World War II military duty ahead of him. Tur... More

Photograph of Captured Japanese Two-Man Submarine at Bellows Field after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Captured Japanese Two-Man Submarine at Bellows Field aft...

Original caption: Captured Japanese two-man submarine at Bellows Field, T.H. after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Ja...

Original caption: The USS West Virginia (BB45) and the USS Tennessee (BB43) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of USS Arizona Burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Photograph of USS Arizona Burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Original caption: USS Arizona burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of General View of the House Of Representatives in Washington

Photograph of General View of the House Of Representatives in Washingt...

Original caption: General view of the House of Representatives in Washington, December 8, 1941 as President Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war against Japan. ... More

Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signing the Declaration of War Against Japan

Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signing the Declaration ...

Original caption: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. Photographs of Notable Personalities

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

An aerial photo of Hiroshima showing the destruction

An aerial photo of Hiroshima showing the destruction

An aerial photo of Hiroshima showing the destruction caused the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945. The photo was in possession of Ralph Richard Hayes, former 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron... More

Photograph of the U.S.S. Missouri as It Enters Tokyo Bay for the Surrender Ceremony

Photograph of the U.S.S. Missouri as It Enters Tokyo Bay for the Surre...

General Photographic File of the Department of Navy Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal actually captured the second flag-raising event of the day. A U.S. flag was first raised atop Suribachi soon after it was captured early i... More

Captured Japanese Photograph of the Japanese Attack on the Prince of Wales and the Repulse Off the Malay Peninsula

Captured Japanese Photograph of the Japanese Attack on the Prince of W...

Original caption: Captured Japanese photograph of the Japanese attack on the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, off the Malay peninsula. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of USS Arizona Exploding Fiercely at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Photograph of USS Arizona Exploding Fiercely at Pearl Harbor after Jap...

Original caption: USS Arizona explodes fiercely at Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the Capsized USS Oklahoma and the USS Maryland after the...

Original caption: The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB37) and the USS Maryland (BB46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Lt. Lou Zamperini, Bombardier, Examining the Damage a Japanese Cannon Shell did to His Liberator

Photograph of Lt. Lou Zamperini, Bombardier, Examining the Damage a Ja...

Original caption: Theatre #23 Funafuti, Ellice Island - Lt. Lou Zamperini, bombardier, examines damage a Jap cannon shell from an intercepting Zero over Nauru did to his Liberator, The Zero got three other cann... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

"B" Co., 1st Bn., Move up to Reinforce "A" Co.  Okinawa, Bob Bailey

"B" Co., 1st Bn., Move up to Reinforce "A" Co. Okinawa, Bob Bailey

General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One team, one fight: African-Americans in the Marine Corps

One team, one fight: African-Americans in the Marine Corps

Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moment's rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial during the Battle of Okinawa, April 12, 1945. They are (on steps) Pfc. F. O. ... More

Japanese POWs board train. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Japanese POWs board train. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Three hundred nineteen Japanese prisoners of war, carrying their belongings, board trains at then-Camp McCoy for California, where they will aid in harvest in the 1940s. According to the U.S. War Department in... 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

The clothing drive relief committee sits behind boxes

The clothing drive relief committee sits behind boxes

The clothing drive relief committee sits behind boxes packed with clothes in Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 15, 1945. The postwar humanitarian effort was initiated by a U.S. service member from Hawaii who was a second gene... More

Black Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left

Black Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left

Black Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima are, from left to right, Pfc.'s Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill and John Alexander, March 1945. (Photo by C. Jones)

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, and is the last surviving member of the three crews that flew the atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan on A... More

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photograph of Hiroshima after Atomic Bomb

Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal poses on

Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal poses on

Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal poses on top of Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima in 1945. (National Archives photo)

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, commander in chief

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, commander in chief

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, commander in chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (standing), confers with (from left to right) Gen. Douglas MacArthur, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adm. William... More

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured Japanese flags found in an underground hospital, April 11, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s 147th Infantry Reg... More

1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air

1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air

1st Lt. Ralph Richard Hayes, 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron bombardier, poses for a photo June 7, 1945, during World War II. Hayes and his crew of 10 men completed 35 missions during... More

161207-N-WC566-259 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) A vintage

161207-N-WC566-259 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) A vintage

161207-N-WC566-259 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) A vintage 1940’s Globe Swift aircraft flies over the USS Arizona Memorial during the 75th Commemoration Event of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu at Joint Base... More

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured

Members of Company F, 147th Infantry, display captured Japanese flags found in an underground hospital, April 11, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s 147th Infantry Reg... More

374th Maintenance Squadron engine maintenance training

374th Maintenance Squadron engine maintenance training

374th Maintenance Squadron engine maintenance training for Airmen reservists in the 1940’s, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The building in the photo is still in use and continues to be a hub for Yokota’s aircraft p... More

75th Commemoration Event of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

75th Commemoration Event of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

161207-N-WC566-259 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) A vintage 1940’s Globe Swift aircraft flies over the USS Arizona Memorial during the 75th Commemoration Event of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu at Joint Base... More

Courtesy photo submitted by Col. (Ret.) Kimo Dunn of

Courtesy photo submitted by Col. (Ret.) Kimo Dunn of

Courtesy photo submitted by Col. (Ret.) Kimo Dunn of his mother Cpl. Anna Kim's graduating class 1944 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, company 8, 21st Regiment, third Women's Army Corps (W.A.C.) Training Center. His m... More

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