U.S. 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers aboard USS America and USS Madawaska in Newport News, Virginia leave for Europe in 1918 during World War I. U.S. troops aboard USS America. The ship leaves from the Newport News. The troops of 2nd Battalion Pioneers and 105th Field Artillery aboard USS Madawaska. The troops on the deck wave.
Taiwan during Japanese colonial administration in World War 2. View of the main hall of the Bangka Lungshan Temple or Longshan Temple (No. 211, Guangzhou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10853), known as the Ryuzan temple during the Japanese colonial period, in Taipei. Dragons and human sculptures adorn the architecture of the Chinese folk religious shrine. Melons and lychees on sale at a fruit shop. A man sells Chinese herbal medicine near the temple. Worshipers tossing joss sticks and papers in the temple. A woman cooks street food. An old man stands at a shop. A man beating a drum while selling traditional Taiwanese items. A roof of the shrine with elaborate folk sculptures. Taiwanese people shopping in a market street. A close view of the Taiwanese people. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart at San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart taxis during a test. The seaplane comes to a halt and again taxis on the water taking a turn. Hangars on the shore in the background. The seaplane taxis on the bay waters.
Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart takes off from San Diego Bay during a test flight. View of the seaplane in flight. Aerial view of buildings. The seaplane lands and taxis on the bay waters.
American aviator Howard Hughes at an airfield in Chicago Illinois. Hughes poses in front of his parked, rented Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761), as he prepares to set a new flight speed record from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. Men stand nearby. Airport terminal buildings in the background. Hughes boards the airplane. Hughes in the cockpit of the Northrop Gamma 2G aircraft. Several men stand near the airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off and in flight overhead. It reached Los Angeles in 8 hours and 10 minutes, setting a new speed record for east-to-west flight between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Airship ZMC-2 with metal skin in Grosse Ile, Michigan. The airship is attached to a mooring cable. 'U.S. Navy' written on the ship. ZMC-2 airship is launched. Men watch. The airship in flight. The control room of the airship. The airship in flight.
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