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WW2 Photos
Department of the Navy photos from
National Archives and Records Administration
or Library of Congress
unless otherwise noted. Photographer credited if known. |
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Iwo Jima beachead looking toward Mt. Suribachi.
February 1945
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Fifth Marines break for religious services on Iwo Jima. (Sgt.
L. R. Burmeister)
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Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo
Jima, February 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal, AP) |
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The black sands of Iwo Jima with Mt. Suribachi in background.
February 1945.
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U.S. Marines on Tarawa.
November 1943. (WO Obie
Newcomb Jr)
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Tough going
for contested turf at Tarawa Atoll. November 1943. |
Coast Guardsman pays the ultimate price at his
battle station on the USS Menges (DE-320) in
the Mediterranean.
(PhoM1c Arthur Greene) |
Marines post appreciation to Coast Guard for the ride to the
beach. Guam 1944. |
Coast Guard LST lands Marines during Cape
Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December 24, 1943. (PhoM1c
Don C. Hansen) |
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Kenneth Bratton USN, lifted from a TBF
"Avenger" turret on USS Saratoga (CV-3) after a raid on
Rabul. November 1943. (Lt
Wayne Miller)
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Marine PFC Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles
his 30-cal. machine gun while he and PFC Gerald Churchby take a
break on Peleliu Island. September 14, 1944. (Cpl.
H. H. Clements) |
TBF "Avengers" over Norfolk,
Virginia. September 1942. |
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Chaplain N.D. Lindner officiates at a memorial
service on USS South Dakota (BB-57) for shipmates killed in action in the
Battle of Guam . June 19, 1944
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Flights of F4U "Corsairs" and F6F
"Hellcats" over the USS Missouri (BB-63). VJ Day August 1945. |
Coast Guard landing craft deliver the Army to
the beach during the invasion of Luzon. January 9, 1945.
(PhoM1c Ted Needham) |
Marine stretcher bearers on Peleliu September 1944. (Sgt
T. D. Barnett)
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Navy Chaplain holds Mass for Marines on Saipan.
June 1944. (Sgt. Steele) |
Shipboard brief for Tarawa invasion. November 1943.
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Marine Raiders with K9 partners on
Bougainville. November/December 1943. (T.Sgt.
J. Sarno)
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Aviation Ordancemen load a SBD
"Dauntless." NAS Norfolk. September 1942.
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SNJ "Texan" with the Aviation
Machinist
Mates. NATC Kingville Field, Texas.
November 1942.
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USS Rehoboth (AVP-50) in port Freemantle, Australia. (Freemantle
News)
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Navy gunner draws a bead.
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PT boat patrols off the coast of New
Guinea. 1943
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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Colorado (BB-45) followed by three cruisers at Lingayen Gulf,
preceding the landing at Luzon, Philippines.
January 1945. |
Liberty party returns to the USS Casablanca
(CVE-55) from Rara Island, off Pitylieu
Island, Manus. April 19, 1945. (PhoM1c R. W. Mowday) |
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) hit by two
Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu, JP. Dead-372 /
Wounded-264. 11 May 1945
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Marine F4U "Corsair" rocket
attack during Battle for Okinawa, Japan. June
1945. (Lt Dave Duncan) |
IJN torpedo bomber explodes after direct hit by
5" shell from aircraft carrier off Kwajalein. View from
USS Yorktown (CV-10). December 4, 1943. (CPhoM.
Alfred N. Cooperman)
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Bluejacket mans twin 50 caliber machine gun mount on a PT
boat off New Guinea. July 1943
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F6F "Hellcat" pilots pose after
shooting down 17 of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa. USS Lexington (CV-16). November
1943. (CDR Edward Steichen)
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Army Air Corps B-25 lifts off from the deck of the USS
Hornet (CV-8) to take part in first U.S. air raid on
Japan. Doolittle Raid - 18 April
1942. |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt congratulates Lt. Butch O'Hare, USNR,
upon receipt of America's highest award, The Medal of Honor. |
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Japanese plane shot down attempting to
attack USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71). Near Mariana Islands. June 1944.
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USS Iowa (BB-61) firing during gunnery drill in the
Pacific. 1944.
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Marine amphibious landing on Tinian Atoll.
July 1944
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F6F Hellcat. USS Yorktown
(CV-10). November 1943. |
Marine pilots of VMF-214 "Black Sheep" re-fly a mission around Major Boyington. |
USS Saratoga (CV-3) with deck load of SBD, F4F and TBD. Circa
June 1942 - June 1943. |
F4U Corsairs at USMC field on Majuro, Marshall Islands. |
VMF-214 "Black Sheep" officers on F4U Corsair. (NMNA) |
Marine F4U-1 Esperitu Santa March 1944. (NMNA) |
USMC officer's summer uniform. (LOC) |
USMC officer's blue uniform. (LOC) |
USMC aviation officer's winter green uniform. (LOC) |
USMC officer's summer white uniform. (LOC) |
USMC band uniform. (LOC) |
USMC enlisted summer uniform. (LOC) |
Marine on rifle range with M1 Garand. |
Marine recruits at Paris Island c1942. (LOC) |
Marine truck driver. (LOC) |
Navy Ordnanceman mounts PBY-5a Catalina with 30 cal. machine gun.
(LOC) |
Lt. Ted Williams signs baseballs at Panama City, Florida. |
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