USS Gurnard in port at the US Navy base on Mar Island
The American submarine USS Gurnard (SS-254) sails through the port of the US Naval Base located on Mare Island during World War II. Location: Mare Island, California, USA Time when…
Bundenthal, soldiers of the US 45th Infantry Division who survived
A group of surviving soldiers of the 157th Regiment of the US Army 45th Infantry Division, who were surrounded by the Wehrmacht Forces and held out for a week in…
Anti-aircraft fire, an US B-17 bomber in the sky over Ludwigshafen
Under anti-aircraft fire. One of the American B-17 “Flying Fortress” heavy bombers from the 452nd Bombardment Group of the US Air Force among the explosions of the German anti-aircraft fire…
Convair B-32 Dominator, US heavy bombers at Hickam Field
American Convair B-32 Dominator heavy bombers stand at the airfield of the US Air Force Base Hickam field in Hawaii, USA, during World War II in the Pacific. Although the…
Over Nazi Germany, B-17 are caught in the anti-aircraft explosions
In the skies over Nazi Germany, American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress four-motores heavy bombers from the 303rd Air Expeditionary Group of the United States Air Force (USAF) fly into the…
Bruce Rutherford, US Sherman crewman at the Battle of Okinawa
American member of a tank crew, US Army Private Bruce Rutherford, on the armored turret of an M4 Sherman medium tank with puppies during a break between fighting in the…
Bank of America Manila, S. Wilson inspects Japanese banknotes
American Commander S. J. Wilson of the US Army sits at the foot of a mountain of Japanese occupation banknotes at the Bank of America Manila. Battle of the Philippines,…
American flamethrower tank M4 Sherman fires in Battle of Okinawa
An American flamethrower tank M4 Sherman fires at the defensive positions of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa Island. World War II in the Pacific ocean. Location:…
OS2N Kingfisher seaplane takes off from the US cruiser “Astoria”
The OS2N Kingfisher reconnaissance seaplane, piloted by Lieutenant Charles Tanner, takes off from the catapult of the American “Astoria” cruiser (USS Astoria CA-34)) of the US Navy in the South…
6th Marine Division mortarmen sleep on the Okinawa island
Mortarmen from the U.S. 6th Marine Division sleep in a safe location during a break in the battle for the city of Naha on the island of Okinawa, Japan. World…