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	Search results for Clanin    Refine your search Subject World War, 1939-1945 (22) Military Uniforms (17) Military Personnel (12) Military Life (9) Hats (7) Show more... Date 1943 (3) 1944 (2) 1945-09-02 (2) 1940s (1) 1941 (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 24 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Mary L. Taggart and 815th Medical Air Evacuation Squad World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army, Women's Army Corps; Military officers; Military personnel; Military uniforms Lt. Mary L. Taggart is in the back row, second from left. 2. Luther E. Hall, Jr. with Backpack World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 --African Americans; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army; Military life; Military uniforms; Military training; Hats 3. Portrait of Charles (Buster) Hall World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 --African Americans; Air pilots; Hats; Military air pilots; Military uniforms Hall was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron and trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field. 4. Seaman William A. Ford and Friends World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; Military uniforms; Sailors; Hats Pictured left to right: Able Seaman William Ullam, Able Seaman William A. Ford, Able Seaman John R. Green 5. Portrait of Janet Chapman World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army, Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939-1945, --Women; Military uniforms; Hairstyles Chapman was a Third Officer in the WAACs, 1943. 6. 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... 7. 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... 8. 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,... 9. 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... 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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... 13. 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... 14. Michael Vogel World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army; Prisoners of war--Germany; Military personnel; Military uniforms; Portraits Vogel was born in Czechoslovakia and was Jewish. Captured by the Nazis, he survived Auschwitz and other camps. While on what he described as a "death march" they were attacked by American planes. In the... 15. SFC Owen Sweazey, 4th Ranger, Bn.1, Naples, Italy World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army; Portraits; Military uniforms Owen Sweazey was from Indianapolis and served as a member of the elite fighting group Darby's Rangers, a group known for surprising the enemy with “lightening fast” attacks. Sweazey saw combat in North... 16. Walter Palmer with his P 51 Mustang "Duchess" United States. Army. Air Corps; Military air pilots; Military life; Military personnel; Military uniforms; Air pilots; Airplanes; Soldiers; World War, 1939-1945 --African Americans Walter Palmer grew up in the Bronx, in New York. He enlisted in the Army where he became a pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Palmer flew 158 missions with the 332nd... 17. Virginia Haase McClain World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Italy; World War, 1939-1945--Africa; Nurses; Military hospitals; Military life; Military personnel; Military uniforms; United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army Nurse Corps; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army, Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939-1945, --Women; Anderson, Indiana, resident Virigina Haase McClain, was the Chief Nurse for the 11th Army Field Hospital in North Africa and Italy. She was awarded the Bronze Star for performing her duties in her hospital... 18. Claude Bilyew Receiving the Purple Heart from General Patton Soldiers; Military ceremonies; Military life; Military personnel; Hats; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Army Claude Bilyew from Huntington, Indiana, served as one of the MPs who guarded General Patton's Headquarters in North Africa and Sicily. Patton is awarding him the Purple Heart in this photo. Bilyew was... 19. Walter J. A. Palmer Leaning on Airplane World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 --African Americans; Military air pilots; Military officers; Military uniforms Palmer's name along with other crew members is written on the plane near the entrance to the cockpit. 20. Frank W. Klibbe Seated in Fighter Plane Military air pilots; Military uniforms; World War, 1939-1945; Hats Klibbe's name is written on the airplane along with other crew members. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 24 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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