PEARL HARBOR-DECEMBER 7, 1941

PEARL HARBOR-DECEMBER 7, 1941

ADM. NIMITZ

Adm. Nimitz was the Navy chief in the Pacific actions, headquartered in Guam. A shrewd tactician, he was also a very popular director of operations. He is revered as one of the great officers to serve in the U.S. Navy. Photographed by Capt. Edward Steichen, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

OFF DUTY IN CREW'S QUARTERS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER YORKTOWN

Letter-writing, letter-reading, and just plain loafing, these crew members of an aircraft carrier relax during off-duty hours. The ship is operating in tropical waters and the men are stripped down against the heat. Photographed by Sp(P)1/c Alfonso M. Iannelli, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE FIGHTING LADY

Aerial view shows the USS Yorktown landing her planes. Most of the footage for the motion picture The Fighting Lady was shot on the USS Yorktown. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

CAMERA SHUTTER STOPS SIXTEEN-INCH PROJECTILES FROM THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI

One of our Navy's mighty Iowa-class battleships, the Missouri, is shown as her sixteen-inch guns fire in salvo from the forward turret. At the upper right six projectiles are shown in flight. Photographed by Sp(P)2/c Arthur T. Statham, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE USS TOLAMN—DESTROYERS ARE PROUDLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DUBBED "CANS"

During Okinawa operations, destroyers acting as radar pickets took the most vicious attacks any ships endured. In one morning two destroyers were hit by twelve Kamikazes, shot down thirteen more, and yet managed to survive. U. S. Navy Photo

ECHELON OF GRUMMAN AVENGERS

These powerful bombers carry a crew of three. Included in their armament is a belly tunnel gun, visible beneath the insignia on the fuselage. Avenger flyers and the torpedoes they launched with deadly accuracy scored many important successes against units of the Japanese fleet. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Horace Bristol. USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

PBM IN JET-ASSISTED TAKEOFF

A massive twin-engined PBM takes off, assisted by a jet that enables this heavy Navy plane to shoot up from the water like a Fourth of July skyrocket. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Horace Bristol, USNR. U.S. Navy Photo

HANGAR DECK OF THE USS YORKTOWN

Ordnance men arming planes on the hangar deck of the USS Yorktown, while in the background men off duty are watching a movie. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

MURDERER'S ROW-SIX GREAT CARRIERS IN ULITHI ANCHORAGE

Read from foreground to background: USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and USS Lexington, anchored at Ulithi before a strike on Japan. U. S. Navy Photo

CONVOY IN A STORM OFF HVALFJARDI, ICELAND

"In the Navy you get every snootful of the sea there is." U. S. Navy Photo

MUNITIONS EXPLODE ON A U. S. CARGO SHIP FOLLOWING HITS BY NAZI DIVE BOMBERS-SICILIAN INVASION

A photographer caught this picture from the deck of a Coast Guard-manned combat transport. Fire started by bombs dropped amidships spread rapidly to the ship's munitions supply, which exploded to make this a dangerous though picturesque scene. Photographed by Warrant Officer W.J. Forsythe, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

THE OLD USS LEXINGTON ORDERS "ABANDON SHIP"-CORAL SEA, MAY 1942

The destroyer alongside is taking off the sick and wounded while the able-bodied are sliding down ropes and being picked up by small boats. Not a man was lost in abandoning the ship. U. S. Navy Photo

THE ENTERPRISE IN ACTION-BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ, OCTOBER 26, 1942

A Japanese bomb splashes astern of the U. S. carrier as the enemy plane pulls out of its dive directly above the carrier. Another enemy plane is pictured (center) after making an unsuccessful dive on the carrier. A flash of the battleship's batteries may be observed, and a destroyer can be seen astern of the battleship. The cruiser from which this picture was taken leaves a curving white wake as she turns rapidly. The Enterprise, known in the fleet as the "Big E," established a proud fighting record during the war. Photographed by CPhoM Lauren Frazer Smith, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE BOMB HITS FLIGHT DECK OF USS ENTERPRISE-AUGUST 24, 1942

The film from his camera was saved, but this unique and famous picture cost the photographer his life. Photographed by PhoM3/c Robert Frederick Read, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

TAKEOFF FROM CARRIER LEXINGTON FOR DEFENSE OF TARAWA

Photographed by Capt. Edward Steichen, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE HEAVY CRUISER KNOCKED OUT BY CARRIER PLANES-BATTLE OF MIDWAY, JUNE 1942

A Japanese heavy cruiser of the Magami class lies dead in the water after having been bombed by U. S. carrier-based naval aircraft. Photographed by a USS Enterprise photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

TARAWA—MARINES IN FRONTAL ASSAULT TAKE HEAVILY REINFORCED PILLBOX

At the order to charge, Marines swarmed over pillbox on Tarawa, braving fire from all sides. The only way to silence the suicidal pillbox defenders was for the Marines to fight to the top and shoot down inside at the Japanese. Photographed by Warrant Officer Obie Newcomb, Jr., USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

THE MARINES INCH FORWARD AGAINST SUICIDAL RESISTANCE ON PELELIU ISLAND

The leathernecks battled stiff resistance on this "Gibraltar of the Rising Sun," in the Palau Group of the Caroline Islands. Photographed by Pfc. John P. Smith, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

SURFACED NAZI SUBMARINE UNDER ATTACK BY ESCORT CARRIER PLANES-ATLANTIC CONVOY LANES

Shepherding a convoy, our planes carried the fight to Nazi "wolf packs." Seeking out the subs as they began to converge, Escort Carrier Bogue dispersed the undersea foe with such stunning blows that no sub came within miles of the convoy. Photographed by a USS Bogue photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

ESCORT CARRIER PLANES CIRCLE THE LARGE SLICK WHERE NAZI SUB SANK

Serpentine wake marks the sub's path to the circular oil slick where she sank. Photographed by CPhoM A. W. McEleny, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

ESCORT CARRIER PLANES DROP ASH CANS ON NAZI SUBMARINE

The escort carriers ended the growing German submarine menace. Submarine crew members crouch near conning tower as another ash can heads toward them. U. S. Navy Photo

FIVE-INCH GUNS FIRE DURING A NIGHT ATTACK-SOLOMONS, OCTOBER 21, 1943

Photographed by PhoM1/c Glenn E. Reed, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE COAST GUARD CUTTER SPENCER ON ATLANTIC CONVOY DUTY DEPTH CHARGES AND DESTROYS A NAZI SUB

Coast Guardsmen on the deck of the cutter Spencer watch the explosion of a depth charge which blasted a Nazi U-boat's hope of breaking into the center of a large convoy. The depth charge tossed from the 327-foot cutter blew the submarine to the surface, where it was engaged. Photographed by Warrant Photographer Jess W. January, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

INVASION SUPPLIES—EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

The Navy in addition to its battle responsibilities became a vast transport operation ably assisted by the Coast Guard. While tonnage figures are unavailable, they were probably into the billions. Photographed by PhoM1/c Don C. Hansen, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

THE USS PENNSYLVANIA BLASTS GUAM SHORE DEFENSES PREPARATORY TO INVASION-JULY 20, 1944

Invasion of Guam meant the capture of an island that would

become a major base for the planned invasion of Japan. The Navy and

Air Corp began important offensives against the Japanese

mainland from Guam as soon as the island was secured. Photographed

by a USS Chenango photographer. U.S. Navy Photo

LCI'S UNLOAD TROOPS ON RED BEACH AT MOROTAI ISLAND-SEPTEMBER 1944

Landing troops on island after island in the Pacific was not a new maneuver, but the Navy developed more efficient techniques and effectively overpowered Japanese resistance at sea as well as on shore. Photographed by a USS Santa Fe photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

THE UNITED STATES MARINES LAND AT CAPE GLOUCESTER

Carrying their rifles high, Marines wade through a three-foot surf at Cape Gloucester from their LST and immediately assemble at designated spots to push into the New Britain jungle and lay siege to the Japanese-held airport. Photographed by Sgt. Robert M. Howard, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

INVASION OF CAPE GLOUCESTER-MARINES AND COAST GUARDSMEN PREPARE A CAUSEWAY FOR LANDING

This photograph became one of the most popular invasion pictures. It appeared in millions of copies of magazines and newspapers. Photographed by CPhoM Edward Schertzer, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

SAND BAGS FOR GUN EMPLACEMENTS ON A BEACH AT LEYTE, P. I.

Veterans of several amphibious invasions along the long road from the Solomons to the Philippines, LST's unload their men and machines on the beach of Leyte. Photographed by PhoM1/c James C. W. Munde, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

LST HIT BY JAPANESE BOMBER—"HERE COMES ANOTHER"

As the rescue boat approaches the burning LST, all hands prepare for another attack from Japanese bombers. Photographed by Y3/c Daniel B. Murphy, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE USS PENNSYLVANIA BLASTS GUAM SHORE DEFENSES PREPARATORY TO INVASION-JULY 20, 1944

Invasion of Guam meant the capture of an island that would become a major base for the planned invasion of Japan. The Navy and the Air Corps began important offensives to the Japanese mainland from Guam as soon as the island was secured. Photographed by a USS Chenango photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

FOURTEEN-INCH GUNS BOMBARD GUAM-JULY 1944

U. S. Navy Photo

THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON IWO JIMA-FEBRUARY 19, 1945

Marines in landing craft hit the beach at Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. At the left center is Mt. Suribachi, nicknamed "Hot Rock" by the Marines who took the island. This aerial photograph was flown to Guam, transmitted by radio, and was printed in an American newspaper within fifteen hours after it was made. U. S. Navy Photo

THE BEACH AT IWO JIMA, D-DAY-A WAVE OF U.S. MARINES BEGINS ATTACK

A wave of Fourth Division Marines begins the attack, as another boatload

of battle-tested veterans is landed on the beach by assault craft.

Photographed by T/Sgt. H. Neil Gillespie, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

U. S. MARINES HIT THE BEACH ON IWO JIMA-FEBRUARY 19, 1945

While smoke and dust from the fight on the slopes of Mt. Suribachi blur the outline of the volcano, U. S. Marines that afternoon hit the beach where the first waves landed in the morning. Photographed by Pvt. Bob Campbell, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

BLOOD PLASMA AND WHOLE BLOOD-NAVY DOCTORS AND CORPSMEN TREAT MARINES ON IWO JIMA

Some of the most heroic moments of the war were valiant attempts by naval doctors and corpsmen to save lives of the wounded and to do everything possible to relieve the anguish of all who needed assistance. Photographed by Warrant Officer Obie Newcomb, Jr., USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

COFFEE FOR THE EXHAUSTED CONQUERORS OF ENGEBI ISLAND-THE UNITED STATES MARINES This picture was also very popular with the American press. The trio expressed perfectly the total mental and physical fatigue that follows in the wake of battle. Photographed by CPhoM Ray R. Platnick, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

HIS BATTLE STATION

The atmosphere of death and of the futility and senselessness of war is graphically portrayed here. Photographed by PhoM1/c Arthur Green, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

CREW BUNKS WITH THE TORPEDOES ABOARD A U.S. SUBMARINE

Our submarines had a most impressive record in all oceanic areas East and West. Total tonnage sunk was our surest indication of how close we were to victory. Japanese and German shipping were virtually eliminated before peace was declared. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

TORPEDOED JAPANESE DESTROYER PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH PERISCOPE OF THE U. S. SUBMARINE WAHU This remarkable photograph, the first combat action photograph taken through the periscope of an American submarine, shows an enemy destroyer after it had been struck by two torpedoes launched by the submarine from which the picture was taken. The destroyer sank in nine minutes. Rising Sun insignia appears on top of the turret to the left. Two men in white scramble over the conning tower to the right. U. S. submarines sank over 5 million tons of enemy shipping. U. S. Navy Photo

DAWN ATTACK BY DOUGLAS DAUNTLESS DIVE BOMBERS-WAKE ISLAND BURNS BELOW-DECEMBER 1943 Another widely reproduced Pacific combat shot. The photographer Charles Kerlee was a noted West Coast commercial photographer before joining Capt. Ed Steichen's naval unit. Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

DIAGRAM OF DOOM FOR JAPANESE FLEET-SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA

The wake of a fleeing Japanese ship etches a gigantic question mark in the waters of Tablas Strait as it vainly dodges the aerial attack of Navy planes from Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet and Vice Admiral Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. The wakes of other Japanese ships can be seen as well as the shadow of one of the Navy attacking planes. In this action, approximately sixty enemy ships were sunk. Photographed by an aircrewman. U. S. Navy Photo

CARRIER HELLDIVERS SCORE DIRECT HITS ON TWO JAPANESE TRANSPORTS SOUTH OF LUZON-NOVEMBER 25, 1944

Photographed by an aircrewman. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE FLEET UNDER ATTACK BY CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT WEST OF MARIANAS-JUNE 19, 1944

A large Japanese carrier, Shokaku class, burning from bomb hits, turns sharply to starboard while damaging near-misses land off her bow and stern. Photographed by an aircrewman. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE CARRIER BOMBED AND TORPEDOED BY NAVY PLANES-OCTOBER 24, 1944

Her flight deck buckled by a torpedo explosion and punctured by bombs from Navy dive bombers, this Zuiho-class Japanese carrier maneuvers violently to escape further blows. She sank the same day. Photographed by an aircrewman. U. S. Navy Photo

SCRATCH ANOTHER MEATBALL—SAIPAN OPERATIONS

Navy photographers were brilliantly adept at catching enemy planes and ships as they were hit by American missiles and shells. Photographed by a USS Kitkun Bay photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

COUP DE GRACE FOR THE FATALLY WOUNDED USS PRINCETON-OCTOBER 24, 1944

The huge geyser of smoke and flame marks the death of the light carrier USS Princeton as it is hit by our torpedoes after all hands abandoned ship. The Princeton was damaged during a Japanese air attack in "round one" of the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. Desperate efforts were exerted to save the ship, but flames and internal explosions defeated all hopes of salvage. U. S. Navy Photo

ESCORT CARRIER TAKES A BEATING FROM ENEMY FLEET-PHILIPPINE SEA, OCTOBER 25, 1944

The USS Gambier Bay is bracketed by shells from the Japanese Fleet that the Seventh Fleet carrier escort group fought off in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. Photographed by a USS Kitkun Bay photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

CARRIER PLANES DESTROY JAPANESE CONVOY OFF FRENCH INDOCHINA-JANUARY 12, 1945

U. S. Navy Photo

AIRCREWMAN WOUNDED IN STRIKE ON RABAUL-AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SARATOGA, NOVEMBER 5, 1943

Photographed by Lt. Wayne Miller, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

AIRCREWMEN IN READY ROOM PREPARE GRIMLY FOR ANOTHER STRIKE-NOVEMBER 5, 1944

Veteran aircrewmen put on flight gear for a strike against Manila. Sober faces show they know what they are up against. Photographed by Lt. Wayne Miller, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE 40MM GUNNERS KNOCKED JAPANESE KAMIKAZES FROM THE SKY

Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

GUNNERS OF THE USS HORNET SCORE A DIRECT HIT ON JAPANESE BOMBER-MARCH 18, 1945

Photographed by a USS Hornet photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE SUICIDE PLUNGE THAT MISSED AND CRASHED ALONGSIDE THE USS SANGAMON

U. S. Navy Photo

DIRECT HIT-YORKTOWN GUNNERS DESTROY JAPANESE TORPEDO PLANE OFF KWAJALEIN, DECEMBER 4, 1943

Photographed by CPhoM Alfred Norman Cooperman, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

CLOSE-UP OF JAPANESE KAMIKAZE JUST BEFORE HE CRASHED ON USS ESSEX-NOVEMBER 25, 1944

Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Earl Colgrove, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

A KAMIKAZE CRASHES ON FLIGHT DECK OF THE ESSEX, FORWARD OF NUMBER 2 ELEVATOR

Photographed by a USS Ticonderoga photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

PLANES OVERHEAD-THEIRS OR OURS? MINDORO INVASION

Antiaircraft gun crews of a U. S. Navy cruiser strain to spot the status of an unidentified plane overhead. U. S. Navy Photo

GUNNERS ON THE USS YORKTOWN WATCH TWO KAMIKAZE DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK THE USS INTREPID

One plane crashes aboard the Intrepid's deck while its bomb explodes beside the carrier; the other plane misses the carrier and crashes near the bomb splash. Photographed by PhoM1/c William Helms, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE USS BUNKER HILL TAKES TWO KAMIKAZES IN THIRTY SECONDS-MAY 11, 1945

While operating with a fast carrier task force in the "slot" between Okinawa and Kyushu, these two suicide hits, acting as fuses to the gasoline-filled and bomb-laden planes, set the stage for one of the most heroic battles of the Pacific. Fighting suffocating flame and exploding rockets and bombs, the gallant crew, her heroes unnumbered, sacrificed 392 dead or missing and 264 wounded to save their ship. Photographed by a USS Bunker Hill photographer. U.S. Navy Photo

THE BUNKER HILL PHOTOGRAPHED A FEW SECONDS LATER FROM ANOTHER SHIP

Photographed by a USS Bataan photographer. U.S. Navy Photo

EXPLOSION FOLLOWING HIT ON THE USS FRANKLIN BY JAPANESE DIVE BOMBER-MARCH 19, 1945

Operating less than sixty miles from the Japanese coast, with many of her planes fully armed and fueled, the carrier was suddenly attacked by an enemy dive bomber, which scored hits with two 500-pound armor-piercing bombs. Gutted by flame, listing badly and suffering more than a thousand casualties, the carrier limped the thousands of miles back to New York. Photographed by a USS Santa Fe photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE FREIGHTER PEPPERED BY CARRIER-BASED PLANES-JALUIT ATOLL, FEBRUARY 16, 1944

Dramatic strafing attacks off the Marshalls produced these geysers around the ship and set it afire. U. S. Navy Photo

CREW ESCAPES AS NAVY PLANE GETS "DUNKING"

Crashing where its wing tip hit the water on a sharp backing turn, a Navy Avenger involuntarily got "the deep six" as those aboard escaped unhurt. U. S. Navy Photo

RELIGIOUS SERVICES UNDER THE BLASTED FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS FRANKLIN

Chaplains were a highly respected group of people in the Navy. They often served as gunnersmate and always served as morale builders and friends. Photographed by CPhoM R. Woodward, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANE ATTACK ON THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI

The desperation tactics of Japanese suicide planes were only occasionally successful. Gunfire from U.S. ships was not only accurate but deadly in most cases, before the suicide plane came near enough to crash on board. In this picture the doomed plane was very nearly successful in landing and exploding. Photographed by a USS Missouri photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

IMPACT AND EXPLOSION OF JAPANESE PLANE ON FLIGHT DECK OF THE INTREPID—NOVEMBER 25, 1944

Four times the USS Intrepid was battered into flames by Japanese air action, and four times the big Essex-class carrier returned to fight again. Photographed by a USS Intrepid photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

BATTLING FIRES ON THE CARRIER INTREPID FOLLOWING KAMIKAZE CRASH

Photographed by Lt. Barrett Gallagher, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES HIT THE USS TICONDEROGA OFF FORMOSA-JANUARY 21, 1945

Smoke pours from a bomb hole in the deck of the USS Ticonderoga, where the first of two Japanese suicide planes crashed into her while she was operating off the coast of Formosa. The second suicide plane crashed near the Number 1 elevator. The thick cloud of black smoke in the top right-hand corner comes from the elevator. U. S. Navy Photo

JAPANESE BOMBER CROSSES DECK IN FLAMES-MISSES THE USS LUNGA POINT RY INCHES

Photographed by a USS Lunga Point photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

TRANSFER OF WOUNDED FROM THE USS BUNKER HILL TO THE USS WILKES BARRE

Sick bays aboard carriers and battleships were actually medium-sized hospitals. U. S. Navy Photo

HELPING HAND OF THE COAST GUARD

The hand is reaching out from the rail to swing a wounded Marine aboard. Photographed by CPhoM Ray R. Platnick, USCGR. U. S. Coast Guard Photo

SEABEES AT HOLY SERVICES-SANDBAG SEATS IN A CANVAS CHAPEL

The Seabees became the pride of the Navy. Most of them were, for one reason or another, ineligible for the draft, but their record in construction, reconstruction, or any situation that required engineering assistance was so remarkable that they were accorded the highest respect. They were particularly effective in both the installation of facilities on invasion and the expansion of these facilities the moment an island was secured. Photographed by Chief Carpenter's Mate H. F. Merterns, Fiftieth Seabees. Official Seabee Photo

DOCTORS AND CORPSMEN TREAT OKINAWA CASUALTIES ON HOSPITAL SHIP SOLACE-MAY 1945

Casualties on landings, especially early in the Pacific invasion days, could be very heavy. This picture of a seemingly under-aged sailor is not atypical. But it is an unusually fine photograph by another of Capt. Steichen's famous Navy crew. Photographed by Lt. Victor Jorgenson, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

THE SEABEES DID A PAUL BUNYAN IN THE PACIFIC-BUILT HARBORS AND MOVED ISLANDS

Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

WARRIOR IN TRUNKS-NAVY UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAMS BLASTED INVASION CHANNELS TO THE BEACHES

Carrying out some of the most dangerous and difficult assignments of the war, members of these teams, unarmed and garbed only in swimming trunks, swam to action, braving enemy fire to destroy with explosives any natural and man-made obstacles on the beaches. U. S. Navy Photo

FIRST BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA

Lt. (j.g.) Alexander Vraciu, USNR, of Chicago, Illinois, signifies he shot down six Japanese in this battle, June 1944. U. S. Navy Photo

SCOREBOARD OF THE USS INTREPID

In 15 months of combat operations the Intrepid's guns and planes sank 80 ships and destroyed 650 aircraft. U.S. Navy Photo

REAR ADM. FELIX STRUMP

The skipper relaxing aboard his carrier after successfully repulsing a Japanese attack. Photographed by Capt. Edward Steichen, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

AMTRACKS MOVE IN AS BATTLESHIP FIRES SALVOS-OKINAWA, APRIL 1, 1945

Photographed by Lt. Gil DeWitt, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

LSM'S (R) SEND VOLLEYS OF ROCKETS TO THE SHORES OF TOKISHIKI SHIMA-MARCH 1945

U. S. Navy Photo

MARINE CORSAIR CUTS LOOSE WITH EIGHT 5-INCH ROCKETS OVER OKINAWA

Photographed by Lt. David Duncan, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

MARINES SMOKE OUT JAPANESE FROM A CAVE AT NAHA, OKINAWA

Photographed by Sgt. Thomas D. Barnett, Jr., USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

TIRED MARINE AND DOG SLEEP ON A BED OF ROCKS- OKINAWA

Photographed by Pfc. R. G. West, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

LEATHERNECKS AND A NATIVE BOY SHARE FOXHOLE ON OKINAWA

Photographed by Sgt. William McBride, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

NIGHT PATTERN OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE-OKINAWA, APRIL 27, 1945

The camera catches the flight of tracers and the fiery trails of shells going up to meet the attacker. U. S. Navy Photo

CARRIER-BASED PLANES PLASTER THE BATTLESHIP HARUNA-KURE AREA, JULY 28, 1945

This is an exceptionally good shot of the devastation bombers could do to any ship the enemy had in combat areas. Planes were particularly effective against battleships and carriers because the size of these ships made them better and easier targets. The success of our own air combat efforts is testified to by the fact that we lost more heavy ships in Pearl Harbor than we did during the whole of the war in the Pacific. U. S. Navy Photo

SWEATING IT OUT-LISTENING IN ON CARRIER INTERCOM TO BOMBERS OVER TINIAN, JULY 11, 1944

A loud speaker brings voices of bomber pilots talking to each other, over the inter-plane phone system. This inter-plane talk is picked up by the carrier's radio and transmitted through the loud speaker in the pilots' ready room. Photographed by Lt. Victor Jorgenson, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

TORPEDO BOMBERS ARE BRIEFED FOR STRIKE

Crew lines up while ship and planes are readied for strike on Kwajalein. Photographed by Capt. Edward Steichen, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

TWO OF THE NAVY'S MOST FAMOUS FIGHTER PILOTS

Lt. Comdr. E. H. O'Hare, USN (left) and Lt. Comdr. J. S. Thach, USN. U. S. Navy Photo

HILARIOUS WELCOME

Vice Adm. John S. McCain, USN, being greeted by Capt. Harold M. Martin as he steps off his plane. U. S. Navy Photo

THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO SUNK BY NAVY PLANES-EAST CHINA SEA, APRIL 17, 1945

The largest and mightiest Japanese battleship blows up just before sinking. Eight bomb and eight torpedo hits were made by Navy pilots. Besides the Yamato, Fast Carrier Task Force planes sank two cruisers and three destroyers on the same day. U. S. Navy Photo

HELLCAT ROARS OFF FLIGHT DECK OF "THE BLUE GHOST"-THE USS LEXINGTON

This photo taken aboard the USS Lexington was one of Capt. Steichen's own. He had a special feeling for takeoff shots, contrasting action with a still background. Photographed by Capt. Edward Steichen. U. S. Navy Photo

STRIKE ON TOKYO-FIFTY-TWO CARRIER-BASED PLANES PASS MT. FUJIYAMA, FEBRUARY 1945

Photographed by Comdr. G. A. Heap, USN. U. S. Navy Photo

VIEW OF MT. FUJIYAMA THROUGH THE PERISCOPE OF A U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE

Periscope pictures were rather few and far between because of the difficulties involved in taking them. This unusual shot rather dimly captures Japan's most famous mountain, located sixty-five miles south -west of Tokyo. U. S. Navy Photo

THE THIRD FLEET MANEUVERS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN-AUGUST 17, 1945

Photographed by Lt. Barrett Gallagher, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

HOMEWARD BOUND

The colors wave jauntily as the fleet returns after another successful engagement. Photographed by Comdr. Horace Bristol, USNR. U. S. Navy Photo

GRAVE OF AN UNKNOWN U. S. MARINE ON SAIPAN

Lt. Paul Dorsey USMC was a famed photographer long before he reentered the Marine Corps at an advanced age. He was highly respected both personally and for his ability by the young photographers in Steichen's naval unit. Photographed by Lt. Paul Dorsey, USMCR. U. S. Marine Corps Photo

TO THE DEAD ARE ACCORDED THE HONORS THAT GO ONLY TO HEROIC MEN OF THE SEA WHO DIE IN BATTLE-BURIAL AT SEA WITH FULL RITE AND RITUAL WHILE THEIR SHIPMATES, WITH ALL THE DIGNITY OF THE LIVING, PAY SILENT TRIBUTE

Photographed by a USS Lexington photographer. U. S. Navy Photo

NEWS OF DEFEAT COMES TO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR-GUAM

News of the defeat and unconditional surrender of Japan reached these Japanese prisoners of war at a POW camp on Guam, when with bowed heads they heard Emperor Hirohito broadcast to the people of Japan. U. S. Navy Photo

ALLIED PRISONERS CHEER VICTORY-AOMORI NEAR YOKOHAMA

Waving the flags of the United States, Great Britain, and Holland, Allied prisoners of war at Aomori wildly cheer approaching units of the fleet, August 29, 1945. U. S. Navy Photo

SUNSET OVER FUJIYAMA-U. S. FLEET IN TOKYO BAY, AUGUST 29, 1945

Mt. Fujiyama, as symbolic of Japan as are Tokyo and the Islands, well deserves its romantic background. Everyone in the American Navy hoped to see Fuji, preferably aboard ship. As this picture shows, many indeed did. U. S. Navy Photo

TOKYO HARBOR-SEPTEMBER 2, 1945

The signing of the surrender aboard the Missouri was one of the most momentous events in American history. Pictured here are Adm. Nimitz, at the moment of signing, and (left to right) Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Adm. William Halsey, and Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman surrounded by our contingent of officers on the Missouri. U. S. Navy Photo