U.S. Army paratroopers land at Kamiri Strip, Noemfoor Island in 1945. (U.S. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.)
The B-24D Liberator assembly ship of the 466th Bombardment Group photographed at RAF Attlebridge. (Library of Congress Photograph.)
A pair of North American B-25 Mitchells attack a Japanese frigate in the South China Sea in the last year of World War II. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” of the 9th Air Force photographed at a base in Libya in 1943. (Library of Congress Photograph.)
An M4 Sherman tank knocked out near Catania, Sicily with a German 88mm in the background. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)
A Bell YP-39 Airacobra flown by NACA from 1941 to 1944. (NASA/Langley Research Center Photograph.)
A North American XP-51 Mustang photographed shortly after arrival at Langley. (NASA/Langley Research Center Photograph.)
Soldiers of the 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division line-up for inspection during the Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers. (U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph.)
A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter undergoes maintenance at an air base in the United States, circa 1942-43. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
One of two prototype Douglas XSB2D-1 Destroyer torpedo/dive bombers prepares to land during flight tests in 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)