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	Search results for 1944-2002    Refine your search Subject World War, 1939-1945 (8) Military Life (4) Military Personnel (4) United States Navy Pac... (4) World War, 1939-1945 -... (4) Show more... Date 1945-09-02 (2) 1940s (1) 1941 (1) 1943 (1) 1944 (1) Show more... results 1-8 of 8 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Alex Vraciu Airplanes, Military; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations As crewmen from the USS Lexington look on, Vraciu holds up six fingers to indicate the number of Japanese planes he had shot down in just eight minutes during the Battle of the Philippine Sea--an engagement... 2. Lt. J.G. Alex Vraciu Climbs out of his Grumman Hellcat F6F Aboard the USS Lexington Airplanes, Military; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean Alex Vraciu of East Chicago, Indiana, flew for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific on a variety of aircraft carriers. By war's end, Vraciu had shot down nineteen Japanese planes, destroyed another twenty-one... 3. Russell J. McCurdy Military facilities; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Swimmers; Life preservers Members of the 1941 Pacific Fleet whale boat team from the USS Arizona, all members of the U.S. Marine Corps, pose for the camera. Only Russell J. McCurdy, far right, kneeling, who lived in Huntington,... 4. U.S.S. Indianapolis Indianapolis (Cruiser); Military facilities; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, American The cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis delivered critical components of the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima to Tinian in the Marianas Islands. Three days after it left, on July 30, 1945, the ship was sunk... 5. Japanese Representatives at the Surrender Ceremonies, World War II World War, 1939-1945; Rites & ceremonies; Military life; Military parades & ceremonies; Military personnel The representatives stood while MacArthur addressed the crowd during formal surrender ceremonies aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. 6. Surrender Ceremonies World War, 1939-1945; Rites & ceremonies; Military life; Military parades & ceremonies; Military personnel; Military uniforms With representatives from Allied nations standing behind him, General Douglas MacArthur addresses the crowd during formal surrender ceremonies aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. 7. Sergeant George F. Heiny and Others Strip a Weapons Carrier World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Military life; Military personnel; Military uniforms George F. Heiny of Anderson, at left, helps strip a weapons carrier that had been damaged by a Japanese bomber during a raid on an Allied base near Darwin, Australia, in 1943. Heiny served with the Forty-third... 8. Henry Conner, Jr. World War, 1939-1945; Military life; Military personnel; Philippine Islands Indianapolis native Henry C. Conner Jr., kneeling on the far left, fought with a determined band of guerrilla fighters to keep the American flag flying on Luzon, Philippine Islands, while the Japenese... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-8 of 8 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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