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	Search results for Ww2    Refine your search Subject World War, 1939-1945 (18) Military Personnel (10) Military Life (9) Military Uniforms (7) United States Navy Pac... (6) Show more... Date 1940s (2) 1941-12-07 (2) 1943 (2) 1943-october (2) 1944 (2) Show more... Creator Bushemi, John (1) Charles D Hunt (1) Henry Fleck (1) Signal Corps Photo (1) U.s Army (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 25 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Family After Burial of Soldier World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--Alexandria; Alexandria (Ind.)--Description and travel; Alexandria (Ind.)--Social life and customs The flag is carried from the coffin after the burial service of Private Louis Oliver Reason, wounded overseas and sent back home, where he later died. 2. Sinking of the USS Arizona Battleships; Military facilities; World War, 1939-1945; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; Hawaii--Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would "live in infamy," the Empire of Japan attacked the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands without a formal... 3. 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... 4. Sinking of the USS Arizona World War, 1939-1945; Battleships; Military facilities; United States Navy Pacific Fleet; Hawaii--Pearl Harbor; U.S. Navy Photograph On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would "live in infamy," the Empire of Japan attacked the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands without a formal... 5. Ernie Pyle Internment Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Military parades & ceremonies; Military personnel; Military uniforms While a bugler plays "Taps," the remains of Ernie Pyle are laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater, Oahu, Hawaii, on July 19, 1949. The famed Hoosier war correspondent... 6. 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... 7. 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,... 8. 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... 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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... 12. 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... 13. V-J Day Celebration World War, 1939-1945; Newspapers; Crowds In spite of a rainstorm, jubilant Indianapolis residents hold up copies of the Indianapolis News announcing the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II, August 14, 1945. 14. War Photographer John Bushemi Bushemi, John; World War, 1939-1945--Photography; War photographers--United States A former photographer for his hometown newspaper, the Gary Post-Tribune, John A. Bushemi covered the Pacific War for Yank magazine, a periodical published by and for enlisted men. Bushemi was killed covering... 15. Sergeant Charles Blair in the Marshall Islands Bushemi, John; World War, 1939-1945--Photography; War photographers--United States; Military life; Military personnel; Hats John A. Bushemi captured this picture of Sergeant Charles Blair, left, of Vero Beach, Florida, sharpening the edge of is combat knife while preparing for the invasion of the Marshall Islands in 1944. 16. 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... 17. 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... 18. 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... 19. 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... 20. 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... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 25 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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