Search results 1 - 5 of 5 for the tag Pacific Ocean
Charting deep waters
Navy personnel work in the radar plot room aboard the U.S.S. Lexington as the ship maneuvers into enemy waters during a strike in the Gilbert and Marshall...
Marvin Sanders at war
During World War II, Fireman First Class Marvin Sanders of the U.S. Coast Guard served in the Pacific on an Army repair ship. He was one of more than 5,000 African...
Preparing for an air raid
Sailors man four 20 mm cannons on the starboard afterdeck of the U.S.S. Indiana on May 28, 1945. The battleship was commissioned in 1942 and saw action in the...
The battle for Guadalcanal
The Allies began their first major Pacific offensive of World War II with an attack on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands, in August 1942. The Allies immediately...
Touching down
The Flight Deck Chief of the U.S.S Princeton guides a Sikorsky H04S helicopter to a landing in March, 1955. The U.S.S. Princeton spent 1955, and several...
Search results 1 - 5 of 5 for the tag Pacific Ocean