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Palau Islands Air Strike
April 20, 1944
Aerial view of three TBF's (all above the horizon) and eleven SBD's, which participated in Pacific Fleet's carrier-strike against Japan's bases in the Palau Islands, off for the attack. Warships, i...
Jet Fighter Pilot
circa 1950-1959
A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter."
Medical Evacuation
November 1951
A wounded Korean War soldier being carried on an airplane for evacuation to a military hospital in Japan. This snapshot was taken by journalist and news commentator Cecil Brown. Brown's papers are ...
Lewis Arms in Korea
circa 1950-1953
Lewis Arms in his Marine Corps uniform, with rifle and canteen, probably in Korea.
