A column of halftracks waits for orders during training at Fort Knox, Kentucky in June 1942. (U.S. National Archives.)
Battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) in action during the bombardment of Saipan, June 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group in formation over the Pacific in 1942. (U.S. Library of Congress Photograph.)
The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) prepares to launch a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron VT-8 for an attack on the island of Saipan, June 1944. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
Original Caption: With the 1,900 horsepower Wright R-2600-20 Cyclone engine coming to life, Mr. Mark Allen, from Houston, Texas, prepares the last flying example of a Navy Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver in the world before taking...
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) photographed at sea during 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
U.S. troops in an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) prepare to land on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The foreground LCVP was assigned to the U.S. Navy attack transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13). U.S. Army...
Color photograph of a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A captured by Allied forces in Tunisia, 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Color photograph of U.S. Army DUKW amphibious trucks on the beach at Anzio, Italy during Operation Shingle, April 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
