This page features all images used in 2006 as the Online
Library's "Picture of the Month".
For later "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture
of the Month Gallery
For earlier "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2005; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2004; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2003; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2002; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2001; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 2000; Picture
of the Month Gallery, 1999; and Picture
of the Month Gallery, 1998
To the best of our knowledge, all Online Library pictures are in the public domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose without requesting permission.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
December 2006 Picture of the Month: Fourth Division Marines begin an attack from the beach on Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. Photographed by T/Sgt. Neil Gillespie, USMCR. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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November 2006 Picture of the Month: Amphibious tractors (LVT) head for the Iwo Jima landing beaches, circa 19 February 1945. Mount Suribachi is in the background. Photographed by Lt. Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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October 2006 Picture of the Month: "H-Hour" on "D-Day" of the Iwo Jima invasion, 19 February 1945. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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September 2006 Picture of the Month: USS Thornton steaming through heavy seas in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1909. Photographed by Enrique Muller, New York City. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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August 2006 Picture of the Month: USS Maryland steaming on the target range in Manila Bay, circa 1906. Photographed by F.B. Way. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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July 2006 Picture of the Month: Admiral James L. Holloway, III, the Chief of Naval Operations, speaking before microphones, circa 1974-1978. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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June 2006 Picture of the Month: Captain Stephen B. Luce with other officers in the Captain's cabin of USS Hartford, 1 March 1877. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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May 2006 Picture of the Month: USS Pueblo (ex-Colorado) arrives at New York, bringing home several thousand World War I veterans, 22 February 1919. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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April 2006 Picture of the Month: Officers of USS Benicia, circa mid-1875. Photographic montage by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, California. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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March 2006 Picture of the Month: Members of USS Barb's demolition squad pose with her battle flag, August 1945. During the night of 22-23 July 1945 these men went ashore at Karafuto, Japan (now South Sakhalin, Russia), and planted an explosive charge that subsequently wrecked a train. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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February 2006 Picture of the Month: Admiral Arleigh A. Burke addresses a Naval Academy pep rally on the eve of the 1960 Army-Navy football game. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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January 2006 Picture of the Month: Ice on USS Basilone's lifelines, during mid-1970s winter operations in the Atlantic. Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want further information about it, see Picture Data |
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For earlier "Pictures of the Month", see:
For later "Pictures of the Month", see: Picture
of the Month Gallery
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page completed 31 December 2006