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Picturing a Global War
Luxembourg: “A battered Mark IV tank with mounted self-propelled gun knocked out by XIX TAC fighter-bombers, west of the Our River near Dasburg in Northern Luxembourg. This tank was among the large...
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“The Hottest Pilots in the World”
Sign above the officers’ club at a U.S. Air Force base in New Guinea, 1943 The caption on the placard above may give modern viewers a chuckle because of how the definition of “hot” has evolved in the...
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A Jungle Rescue
The injured Captain Green is taken from the rescue helicopter to a stretcher On 19 March 1945, Captain James L. Green was flying a search and rescue mission over the jungles of Burma, when he himself...
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Those Ugly Ducklings
A Liberty ship coming into port in Italy On 27 September 1941, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships was launched: the SS Patrick Henry. The United States produced this massive number of ships during WWII...
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The Red Tails from Tuskegee
Airmen of the 332nd relaxing in their dormitory in Italy Before Executive Order 9981 was issued, racial discrimination was considered normal behavior among the ranks of all armed forces for the United...
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World War II in Color
S/Sgt Brush poses with K-20 camera at waist window of B-17. When many of us think of photos from World War II, we think of black-and-white images. After all, most of the iconic photographs from the...
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America’s Journalist
Ernie Pyle (second from right), famed war correspondent, prepares for takeoff with the crew Ernie Pyle was the humble voice of the infantry during WWII, being at the front as a war correspondent for...
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Six Brave Marines
A wounded marine is evacuated by plane during the Battle of Peleliu During the World War II Battle of Peleliu, six marines selflessly threw themselves on top of grenades to protect the men around them,...
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Women of WWII: WACs
WAC sergeant Amy Albert receives the keys to a staff car from its former driver They served in England, France, Italy, the South Pacific, North Africa, India, and numerous other countries, as well as...
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Women of WWII: Red Cross
American Red Cross workers pose beside the clubmobile, nicknamed “Tennessee,” at an 8th Air Force base in England, 3 November 1943. Unlike members of the militarized Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and Army...
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