US Navy aviation cadets check flight boards for last minute instructions, Naval Air Training Center, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Nov 1942; note N3N-3 Canary aircraftAn American sailor looking down the hatch of submarine USS Marlin at New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Lieutenant David McClintock, Commander David White, and Lieutenant Charles Nace dining in the wardroom aboard USS Cero while the submarine was at Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943Looking forward along deck from stern of USS Marlin, off coast of New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943
US Navy aviation cadets check flight boards for last minute instructions, Naval Air Training Center, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Nov 1942; note N3N-3 Canary aircraftAn American sailor looking down the hatch of submarine USS Marlin at New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Lieutenant David McClintock, Commander David White, and Lieutenant Charles Nace dining in the wardroom aboard USS Cero while the submarine was at Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943Looking forward along deck from stern of USS Marlin, off coast of New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943
Lunch time at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943; 2,750 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were built by Vega during WW2Man working on hull of US submarine at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Torpedo room of USS Cero while the submarine was at the base at New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Worker scraping a plaster cast for plexiglass for PV-1 turrets, Lockheed factory, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943
Lunch time at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943; 2,750 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were built by Vega during WW2Man working on hull of US submarine at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Torpedo room of USS Cero while the submarine was at the base at New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943Worker scraping a plaster cast for plexiglass for PV-1 turrets, Lockheed factory, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943
Workers checking a newly completed PV-1 aircraft, Lockheed factory, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943Tired member of US Navy VF-17 squadron paused under the squadron scoreboard at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb 1944US Navy pilots on leave dancing with their dates at the Chris Holmes Rest Home in Hawaii, Mar 1944Men of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-222 resting on the wing of a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Apr 1944
Workers checking a newly completed PV-1 aircraft, Lockheed factory, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943Tired member of US Navy VF-17 squadron paused under the squadron scoreboard at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb 1944US Navy pilots on leave dancing with their dates at the Chris Holmes Rest Home in Hawaii, Mar 1944Men of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-222 resting on the wing of a F4U-1 Corsair fighter, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Apr 1944
Submarines Blenny (background) and Cochino (foreground) under construction at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States, early Apr 1944Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944, photo 6 of 6US Navy sailor tattooing a fellow sailor aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944USS Hancock recovering aircraft in the South China Sea, Jan 1945; note three F6F Hellcat and one TBM Avenger aircraft in flight; seen from USS New Jersey
Submarines Blenny (background) and Cochino (foreground) under construction at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States, early Apr 1944Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944, photo 6 of 6US Navy sailor tattooing a fellow sailor aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944USS Hancock recovering aircraft in the South China Sea, Jan 1945; note three F6F Hellcat and one TBM Avenger aircraft in flight; seen from USS New Jersey
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