Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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Carrier Chiyoda at Tokyo Bay, Japan, 1 Dec 1943	US government war bond poster featuring USS Helena, 1 Dec 1943	USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 1 of 2	USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 2 of 2

A B6N2 torpedo bomber exploding in mid-air after direct hit by 5-inch shell from carrier Yorktown, off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943	Aerial photo of Unyo showing destroyed bow, Pacific Ocean, 7-8 Feb 1944; note the ship sailing backwards to minimize flooding in the bow section	Japanese light cruiser Isuzu hit by an aerial Mark XIII torpedo dropped from a TBF-1 Avenger flown by Lt(jg) E.F. Ternasky flying from USS Lexington (Essex-class), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 4 Dec 1943	Crew of USS Snook holding up the submarine's scorecard, Midway, 7 Dec 1943

US Navy K-class airship K-84 is being moved into the hangar at Santa Cruz, Brazil, 7 Dec 1943. K-88 is seen at lower left. This hangar was originally built by Luft Hansa for the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg.	Aerial view of Bethlehem San Francisco Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 8 Dec 1943; note slips 1 through 3 (horizontal) and slip 4 (diagonal) in the upper left corner (southwest corner) of the photo	Franklin Roosevelt with Dwight Eisenhower at Castelvetrano Airport in Sicily, Italy, after the conferences at Tehran and Cairo, 8 Dec 1943; note George Patton in background	Generals George Patton, Henry “Hap” Arnold, and Mark Clark at the Castelvetrano Airfield, Sicily, Italy, awaiting the arrival of President Roosevelt, 8 Dec 1943.

USS North Carolina bombarding Nauru, 8 Dec 1943; note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foreground	Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943	US Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Drafts, US Lieutenant General George Brett, and Ecuadorian Defense Minister General Alberto Romero at the Galápagos Islands, 9 Dec 1943	US Major Hoover, US Lieutenant General George Brett, Ecuadorian Defense Minister General Alberto Romero, unidentified officer, and US Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Drafts at the Galápagos Islands, 9 Dec 1943

Enigma machine in use, 10 Dec 1943	F4U-1A Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.	F4U-1A Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-216 at Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943.	Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) of 48th Highlanders of Canada regiment at San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 Dec 1943; the soldiers were, left to right, Sergeant J. T. Cooney, Private A. R. Downie, Private O. E. Bernier, Private G. R. Young, Corporal T. Fereday, and Private S. L. Hart