Faces of United States 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers after the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A tired soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Soldier scoops food from GI ration and eats. A soldier chewing. A soldier sleeping at the foot of a tree. Medics dressing wounds of a heavily bandaged man. A young soldier eating while sitting on fallen tree trunk. An injured soldier with both eyes covered by bandages is led away. Soldier lying down. Medics evacuate injured patients. A soldier looks to the camera as medics treat his wounds. Soldiers sitting on top of a moving tank. Injured soldiers with dirty faces look to the camera. Logo that reads "Buy War Bonds--The Mighty 7th War Loan" superimposed over photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) takes off from Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with a black cow nose art takes off from the same airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Shack Bunny” (Serial number: 44-40759) taking off from runway.
A United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with unicorn nose art lands at Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. Another United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber lands and taxis at Angaur Airfield runway. Its nose art depicts a reclining nude woman.
Cluster of test vessels is seen in aerial view of test site, Bikini Atoll, Pacific Ocean. Baker test, of underwater atomic bomb explosion, in Operation Crossroads, July, 1946. Detonation produces large shock wave, water column and mushroom cloud.
Cloud filled sky is golden as test bomb burst begins for test "dog" in the Greenhouse series of atomic tests in 1951, on the Enewitak Atoll in Pacific Ocean.Test of Mk 6 strategic bomb. Emitted light obscures vision for several seconds. Shock wave, fireball, and plume follow.
Smoke arises from burning USS Mississinewa at Ulithi in Pacific. It was torpedoed. Other ships pass nearby at sea. Huge smoke column rises from the burning ship. Other ships in the background.
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