The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) fires her 8 inch/55 caliber guns while bombarding a Pacific island in February 1942. The cruiser’s Curtiss SOC Seagull floatplane is shown in the foreground. (U.S. Navy...
With the flight deck crowded with aircraft, the U.S. Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CVL-25) underway in the Pacific in July 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
A Lockheed A-29 Hudson from the U.S. Army Air Forces photographed in flight, circa 1941. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Guard the Supply Lines: Railroad Men Alert! (Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, National Archives and Records Administration Collection.)
North American B-25 Mitchells from the 42nd Bombardment Group fly in formation over Bougainville from their base at Stirling Airfield, Solomon Islands in 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
During the Marianas Operation, TBM Avenger bombers prepare to take off from the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Monterey (CVL-26) to attack targets on Tinian, June 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)
“The Spook,” an F.8 Mosquito built by de Havilland Canada, was flown in the photo reconnaissance role by the USAAF 3rd Photographic Group in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter shows the American flag markings used for Operation Torch at airfield in North Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A Heritage Flight formation of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, a P-38 Lightning and a P-47 Thunderbolt flies over a P-51 Mustang at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force Photograph by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby.)
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Casablanca (ACV-55, later CVE-55) prepares to be launched at Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington in April 1943. (U.S. Navy Photo.)
