A U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat fighter flies a combat air patrol over the escort carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) during the Leyte Invasion in October 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Thumper” appears at Boeing Plant No. 2 in August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A U.S. Coast Guard Grumman J4F Widgeon amphibious aircraft flies on patrol over New York City in 1939. (U.S. Coast Guard Photograph.)
The fuselage of the veteran “Montana Sheep Herder,” a B-25D Mitchell of the 446th BS, 321st BG, is trucked into a 15th Air Force salvage yard in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Martin A-30 Baltimore in U.S. Army Air Force markings prior to delivery to the Royal Air Force under Lend-Lease. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Sunday religious services on board the USS Mobile (CL-63) in August 1943. (National Archives and Records Administration.)
USS Robalo (SS-273), a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine, is launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin in May 1943. (U.S. National Archives and Records Admin. Photograph.)
After the end of WWII, the four U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), from foreground to background, docked at Naval Air Station Alameda...
A well framed top view of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator flying somewhere over the clouds. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Vincennes (CA-44) passes through the Panama Canal in January 1938 en route to join the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)