World War II Photographs

NWL-128-PHEX-27 Capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and a slightly damaged USS Maryland (BB-46).

NWL-128-PHEX-5 The USS Shaw (DD-373) hit by three bombs which exploded in her forward magazine during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

NWL-128-PHEX-6 A small boat rescuing a seaman from the burning USS West Virginia (BB-48) in Pearl Harbor.

SC-127000 Damaged U.S. Army P-40 pursuit plane at Bellows Field, Oahu, on December 9, 1941, two days after the Japanese air raid. This plane is reportedly one that was involved in a collision on the airfield during a misty morning take-off attempt on December 8.

SC-127002 A U.S. Army B-17E at Hickam Air Field, after landing safely during the Japanese air raid. In the Background is a B-17C (or D). Smoke from burning ships at Pearl Harbor is visible in the distance. The B-17E is probably that piloted by First Lieutenant Karl T. Barthelmess.

SC-134872 Destroyed U.S. Army aircraft at Wheeler Field, Oahu, during post-attack cleanup activities. P-40 pursuit planes are among the types present.

SC-176626 Bomb damage to Hangars 15-17 and 11-13 at Hickam Field, Oahu, at 5 pm on December 7, 1941. In the right foreground is a machine gun emplacement in a bomb crater. A Douglas B-18 bomber is visible inside the badly damaged hangar.

SC-245169 USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in Adak Bay, Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on August 12, 1943, just prior to the Kiska operation. An LST is in the left background.

USAF 22635 AC U.S. Army Air Force B-17E ""Flying Fortress"" bombers take off from the airfield on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, on June 3-4, 1942. Plane in the center is an early-model B-17E, with a Bendix remotely controlled belly turret.

USAF 22850 AC Crew of U.S. Army Air Force First Lieutenant James Muri's B-26, who made a torpedo attack on a Japanese aircraft carrier during the early morning of June 4, 1942. The plane had more than 500 bullet holes when it landed at Midway following this action. First Lieutenant Muri is second from the left, in the front row.

USAF 3725 AC Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu maneuvers to avoid three sticks of bombs dropped during a high-level attack by U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers, shortly after 0800 on June 4, 1942.

USAF 4845 Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu circles while under high-level bombing attack by U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers from the Midway base, shortly after 0800 on June 4, 1942. This attack produced near misses, but no hits.

USAF 75712 AC Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu maneuvering during a high-level bombing attack by U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers, shortly after 0800 on June 4, 1942.

USMC-150350 Junyo moored at Sasebo, Japan, circa Fall 1945, following the end of the war.

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