A gun crew from the 864th Antiaircraft Battery mans a 40mm antiaircraft gun at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands in July 1944. Thunderbolts and Avengers are visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

40mm on Saipan

January 17, 2017

by Lone_Sentry_Admin

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A gun crew from the 864th Antiaircraft Battery mans a 40mm antiaircraft gun at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands in July 1944. Thunderbolts and Avengers are visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

A gun crew from the 864th Antiaircraft Battery mans a 40mm antiaircraft gun at Isley Field on Saipan, Mariana Islands in July 1944. Thunderbolts and Avengers are visible in the background. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) — (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter captured at Akutan Island, Alaska in 1942 and sent to Langley Field for installation of flight test equipment. (Official NASA Photograph.)

Captured Zero at Langley

Landing craft maneuver behind the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in July 1942 during the Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph via U.S. National Archives.)

Landing Craft and USS Enterprise

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