World War II Photographs
Consolidated B-24 aircraft in flight.
Refueling of a Lockheed P-38 Lighting.
Republic P-47 aircraft.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress over landing base in England.
Two Boeing B-29's in flight over Laredo AAF, Laredo, Texas on Army Air Forces Day, 1 August 1945.
Consolidated B-24 J (3/4 front view).
Douglas A-26 B airplane (3/4 front view).
North American P-51 D (3/4 front view on ground).
Northrop A-17.
Douglas A-20 in flight.
The one-man submarine which landed on Peter Beach, Anzio Beachhead area, Italy, is examined by U.S. soldiers. The tube on the left is the torpedo, the other is the driving compartment, housing one man. The torpedo tube is shackled to the driving tube and can be release, allowing the pilot to return safely. Ordinarily the torpedo is underneath the drive tube. The submarine pilot was a 17 year old Nazi who was captured. April 21, 1944.
Group of prisoner of wars found hiding in cellar after Germans evacuated Cosma E'Damiano. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy. 13 May 1944.
German tank buried beneath rubble. Soldiers viewing it are Moroccans. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy. 13 May 1944.
American medium tanks lined up to fire on Castleforte. 2nd Tank from right has just fired it "75". 4th Moroccan Mountain Troops and 3rd Algerian Division make attack. Fifth Army, Castleforte area, Italy. 12 May 1944.
2nd D.I.M., C.E.F. This 28 year old Grenadier of the German 44th Division, 131st Infantry came down the mountain as a prisoner with 3 bullet wounds in his arm. Fifth Army, Mt. Maio area, Italy. 13 May 1944.
Omaha Beach, showing tanks that were landed with assault troops in the invasion of France. 6 June 1944.
American assault troops, with equipment form landing craft, wade ashore on Omaha Beach in northern France. 6 June 1944.
While hundreds of others move towards the beach in landing craft, American assault troops, with full equipment, move onto Omaha Beach in Northern France. 6 June 1944.
American assault troops, with full equipment, move onto Omaha Beach in Northern France. Landing craft, in the background, jams the harbor. 6 June 1944.
Somewhere over France, a Jump Master and a crew chief push supplies out to paratroops, in parapacks. June 7, 1944.
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