Loaded with troops returning from Europe, USS West Point passes the Statue of Liberty outisde New York City, July 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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A U.S. Army machine gun crew from the 26th Infantry fire a M1919 Browning during street fighting in Aachen, Germany in October 1944. (U.S. Army Photograph.)
A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman TBM-3 Avenger from Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron VMTB-332 drops supplies during close air support training at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa in 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Color photograph of a P-51D Mustang of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group in 1944. (United States Air Force via National Archives.)
B-26 Marauder “Good Buddie” from the 554th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment Group photographed at RAF Boxted in 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Sailors man 20mm Oerlikon antiaircraft guns on the catwalk of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) in February 1945. (U.S. National Archives and Records Admin. Photo.)
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) prepares to launch Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes during the Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Sailors sleep at their quad 40mm gun position on the USS New Jersey (BB-62). (National Archives Photograph.)
Curtiss XP-42 prototype created from a P-36A with a extended, streamlined nose. (NASA Photograph.)
A U.S. Marine observation plane flies over Naha, Okinawa. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)