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Two F4U Corsairs flying over a group of heavily armed Marines.
Photos WW2 US Forces
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A very 'moody' shot of a motor torpedo (PT) boat patrolling off coast of New Guinea in 1943. Santo had a PT Boat base which is the site of the current and future museums. The PT boats were powered by three marine modified Packard V-12 aircraft engines. They carried 11,400 litres of 100 octane aviation fuel, enough for a 12-hour patrol. The boats consumed 760 litres of fuel per hour at a cruising speed of 23 knots, increasing to 1,900 litres per hour at their top speed of up to 50 knots. US Archives photo.
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Kwajalein,February 1944.
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Close-up, in-flight view of a Douglas SBD Dauntless piloted by American Lt. George Glacken (left) with his gunner Leo Boulanger, near New Guinea, early April, 1944.
Original Colour.
Original Colour.
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USN PT-Boats off of Salerno Italy during Operation Avalanche - September 1943
USS Ancon AGC-4 is in the background, the dazzle camouflaged PT-Boat is possibly PT-208
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer
USS Ancon AGC-4 is in the background, the dazzle camouflaged PT-Boat is possibly PT-208
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer
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USN PT Boats at speed off of the Salerno Beachhead - September 1943
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer
LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer
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USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refuels a PT boat on 20 October 1944 during the voyage from Palau to Leyte
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USS Wisconsin BB-64 firing her 16”/50 guns during her shakedown - August 1944
LIFE Magazine Archives - Dmitri Kessel Photographer
LIFE Magazine Archives - Dmitri Kessel Photographer
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John Robinson Robbins (left) from Harrison, Maine. Douglas Dauntless Tailgunner/radioman USMC enlisted 1943 "for the duration of the national emergency"
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US Army Sterling T26 8 x 8 12-ton Tank Transporter with an M26 Pershing tank - 1944
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US Navy flight attendants attached to the new US Navy air evacuation squadrons near an R5D aircraft in the Mariana Islands. From left to right: Lieutenant Lydia Masserine; Lieutenant Stella Maker, Lieutenant Dorothy Waud; Lieutenant Hope Toone; Lieutenant Wimmifrea Jennings and Lieutenant Mae Hancock, April 1945. Photo: US Navy National Museum.
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VERY COOL......More great pics of the Salerno invasion and again another first I've never seen.....USN PT boats running the coastline during the invasion!! THANKS for posting all those--Great stuff!!
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AWESOME photos of the USS WISCONSIN battleship and the big guns firing........GREAT STUFF!! Thanks for posting those to.
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AWESOME photos of the USS WISCONSIN battleship and the big guns firing........GREAT STUFF!! Thanks for posting those to.
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USAAF Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters photographed during the Aleutian Islands Campaign - 1943
Planes Identified by José-Daniel Cabanilles;
“74" Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning
“80" named "Itsy Bitsy"
Original Color & BW Pictures
LIFE Magazine Archives - Dmitri Kessel Photographer
Planes Identified by José-Daniel Cabanilles;
“74" Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning
“80" named "Itsy Bitsy"
Original Color & BW Pictures
LIFE Magazine Archives - Dmitri Kessel Photographer
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