Original Caption: World War II re-enactors make final preparation to drive their Sherman tank to a ceremony June 4, 2015, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s efforts to liberate Montebourg, France, after the D-Day landings. More...
Archive - June 2015
Japanese aircraft attack the USS Kitkun Bay near the Mariana Islands during WWII operations in the Pacific, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.)
A TBM-1C Avenger receives the takeoff signal on the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in May 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Prototype of the North American XB-28 (NA-63) Dragon developed as a high-altitude medium bomber. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Color photograph of the Northrop A-17A attack bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of torpedo squadron VT-3 line up on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors from the USS Lexington move an aircraft with a flat tire down the flight deck, November 1943. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) launches a TBM Avenger for an attack on German submarines, January 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Dauntless Dotty” prepares for a bombing mission to Tokyo on an airfield on Saipan, November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A pair of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters from Fighting Squadron VF-6 on the elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Doolittle Raid, April 1942. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)