Aerial bombardment

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McGee, George Wounded and Returning Home
The first time George Wesley McGee and the 109th Evacuation Hospital set up their temporary hospital was near Saint-Lo...
Viani, Bruno Wounded in Action then Return Home
Bruno Viani spent about a week in Marseilles after his arrival. There was a dock strike there so the troops helped...
Fallon, John Wounded in Anzio
John T. Fallon was wounded at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy]....
Lebsack, Wayne Wounded in Belgium
The infantry was expecting General Patton's [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] army...
Landwehr, Carl Wounded in Brittany
Carl Landwehr arrived in Southampton, England on D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June...
Fallon, John Wounded in France
John T. Fallon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] made the...
Petrus, Andrew Wounded in Okinawa
On Easter morning, 1 April 1945, Andrew Petrus [Annotator's Note: with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment...
Hall, Clayton Wounded on Peleliu
Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Johnson, Malcolm Wounded on Wake Island
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese tried to land troops...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Weber, Norman Yellow Stars and Life in Berlin
As a child in Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany in 1941], Norman Weber remembers seeing people walking on the...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Symons, John Yunnanyi, China
John Symons was in Karachi, India and assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron [Annotator's Note: 25th Fighter Squadron,...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid [front left], Sergeant George Andrews, and Staff Sergeant Angelo M. Campanini...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Four crew members of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680...
"Hell's Belle" crew members relaxing, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Close-up of Sergeant John M. Birchett [left], Staff Sergeant Jack N. Lebid, and Sergeant George Andrew sitting...
"Hell's Belle" crew members, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Eleven crew members of the Boing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serieal number 42-...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
"Hell's Belle" crew posing for a photograph, Hawaii, 1945
Slide. Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Hell's Belle" [tail code Z Square 7, serial number 42-24680] gathered in...
1st Lt. Warren G. Glover during a mission, Pacific Islands, 1945
Slide. First Lieutenant Warren G. Glover [Bombardier] turning backwards inside the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Z Square...
345th Bombardment Group attacking a Japanese destroyer escort, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. North American B-25 Mitchell bombers from the 345th Bombardment Group attacking a Japanese...
3rd Fleet ships attacking a Japanese ship, East China Sea
Photograph, aerial. United States Navy carrier-based aircrafts torpedoing a Japanese ship. Official caption on front: "...
5th Air Force bombers attacking a Japanese transport ship, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. United States bombers from the 5th Air Force attacking a Japanese transport ship; large columns of...
A group of Army A-20 Havoc attack bombers roaring out over the sea enroute to bomb Nazi positions in Cisterno, Italy in 28 March 1944
Douglas A-20 Havoc. "File No: 58963 March 28, 1944 A-20's smash at Cisterno Emphasizing the close cooperation with...
A Japanese light tank hit by an air strike at Tuguegarao in the Philippines in 1945
Photograph. Captured US M3 Stuart used by the Japanese. Official caption, "Jap [Japanese] light tank hit by air strike...
A Martin B-26 Marauder in taxiing out to take off on mission, probably in 1945 in Europe
A Martin B-26 Marauder in taxiing out to take off on mission, probably in 1945 in Europe. "Taxiing out to take off on...
A Mitchell B-25 straffing and dropping parafrag bombs on a Japanese airfield in the Dutch East Indies in 1942
Photograph. A Mitchell B-25 straffing and dropping parafrag bombs on a Japanese airfield in the Dutch East Indies. "...
A North American B-25 Mitchell bombs a Japanese supply boat in near Rabaul Harbor, New Guinea in 1945
Photograph. A North American B-25 Mitchell bombs a Japanese supply boat in near Rabaul Harbor, New Guinea in 1945. "...
A sketch of French refugees fleeing town, France, June 1944
Photograph. Photograph of a sketch of French refugees fleeing town because of Allied bombing. Translated German caption...
Aerial bombing of a Japanese warship, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Bombs exploding in ocean near a Japanese warship; smoke from a direct hit is rising from the ship....
Aerial bombing of Cassino, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Plumes of smoke and dust rising from bomb explosions in fields near bombed out city. Official caption on...
Aerial bombing of Japanese cargo ships in Manila Bay, Philippines
Photograph. Several bombs exploding in the water surrounding Japanese cargo ships; a large column of smoke is rising in...
Aerial bombing of Osaka, Japan, 1 June 1945
Photograph, aerial. Smoke plumes from bomb explosions, rising over port city. Official Caption: "Rome. 8/8/45. U.S....
Aerial photograph of a cluster of bomb explosions in a mountainous area that is bisected by a mountain road, Italy (probably), 1 December 1944
Bomb clouds in a mountainous area that is bisected by a mountain road. "RESTRICTED." "1/12/43." Italy (probably). 1...
Aerial photograph of a cluster of bomb explosions in a town, 1942-45
Lots of buildings left and right of a main road, or rail line, where there are numerous bomb hits hidden by clouds of...

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