WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

2,167 items in this album on 109 pages.


Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides	Avenger torpedo bomber landing on Cowpens, Pacific Ocean, circa Nov-Dec 1943	Blood Chit issued by the United States with six southeast Asian languages, circa 1943.	Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru beached on Guadalcanal, Nov 1943

TBF-1 Avengers returning to USS Lexington (Essex-class) during the Gilberts campaign, Nov 1943.	USAAF P-38J Lightning aircraft in flight, late 1943	USS Lexington (Essex-class) steaming in the Pacific en route strikes against Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Nov 1943	USS North Carolina underway during the Gilbert Islands operation, Nov 1943

View from the forward fire control tower of USS Iowa, looking aft, off the east coast of the United States, 1943; note USS Lexington in background	WAVES Parachute Rigger 3rd Class Myra Jean Clark posing with parachute, New York City, United States, Nov 1943	B-25D Mitchell bomber of the 13th Bomb Squadron departing Simpson Harbor after an attack, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943	José Laurel in Tokyo, Japan, 5-6 Nov 1943

Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.	Battleship Colorado firing her after 16-in guns at Japanese positions at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, late Nov 1943; note crewmen were not in battle dress, so photo might be taken during practice	AMM1c Brannam of VF-16 working on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine of a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class) during a lull between strikes on Milli and Kwajalein, early Dec 1943.	F4U-1 Corsair in Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (the “Black Sheep”) on the Marsden matting at Torokina airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons, Dec 1943.

F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 taxis down the strip at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Dec 1943. Note TBM Avengers and NE-1 Grasshoppers parked along the strip.	US government war bond poster featuring USS Helena, 1 Dec 1943	US Navy Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill receiving the Navy Cross award from Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch on the after deck of USS Montpelier, Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 11 Dec 1943	General Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in Europe, 31 Dec 1943