The Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) waves off a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft, June 1942. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, via National Archives.)
You can stop the black market, don’t buy or sell on it! (U.S. Army Information Branch, Newsmap, 1946.)
The Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River captured by the U.S. 9th Armored Division during Operation Lumberjack. The bridge eventually collapsed ten days after capture. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
A Martin B-26 Marauder in service during the Korean War equipped with infrared viewing equipment. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
In-flight testing of a ramjet mounted on a Northrop P-61 Black Widow at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL) of NACA. The AERL is now part of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. (NASA Photograph.)
U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Saint Louis (CL-49) photographed at Tulagi, Solomon Islands in 1943. For her role during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Saint Louis was nicknamed the “Lucky Lou.” (U.S. Navy...
U.S. trucks wind along the Ledo supply road from India to Burma. (National Archives Photograph.)
Grumman F6F Hellcat on Peleliu with a radar pod on the front of the starboard wing, 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
Maintenance work is performed on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Yankee Doodle” commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The nose cone of the B-17G Flying Fortress named Sentimental Journey on display at the War Eagles Air Museum at the Doña Ana County Airport, Oct. 2. (U.S. Dept. of Defense Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Thomas.)
