United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress displaying Plain T tail code of 498th Bomb Group, taxis behind a follow-me jeep, after landing on Saipan. Ground crewman assists parking. Crew of the B-29 seen on the parking ramp as they offload their baggage and climb aboard a truck. Other aircraft displaying Plain A tail codes of the 497th Bomb Group are seen parked on field. (World War II period).
Many B-29 Superfortress bombers, of the 314th Bombardment Wing, taxi and take off from North Field Guam during World War 2. Most of them are from the 29th Bomb Group, and display the black square O tail code. (Aircraft numbers: 16;45;24;7 5; and 27, are seen.) One, displaying the black square K tail code and number 9, is from the 330th Bomb Group.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis at a naval base hospital in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. The survivors of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) lying on beds in quonset hospital. Three men in oxygen tents.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis at a naval base hospital in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. Navy ambulances lined up on a dock. Casualties on stretchers are placed on the dock. A doctor converses with a patient. Casualties on stretchers are removed from ambulances and placed on the dock.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. Survivors on stretchers are lowered from hospital ship USS Tranquillity (AH-14) to the deck of an LCT (Landing Craft Tank). (Note, this hospital ship is sometimes misspelled as USS Tranquility).
Survivors of USS Indianapolis in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. Hospital ship USS Tranquillity (AH-14) docked (sometimes misspelled as USS Tranquility). Boats in davits on a boat deck. A Red Cross flag flies from a yardarm. Stretcher cases being hoisted aboard.
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