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...
The skill of amphibious landing
The Marine Corps perfected the over-the-beach assault during the island-hopping campaigns of World War II. The Marines honed their skills through many practice...
Torpedo attack!
As this deck log documents, three North Vietnamese boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2, 1964. The Maddox and aircraft...
Torpedo boat, head on
This photograph, taken from the deck of the U.S. destroyer Maddox, shows a North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boat closing in on the American vessel. Three of these...
Torpedoes away!
Three North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox, an American destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, on August 2, 1964. This photograph,...
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...
U.S.S. Missouri
This photograph shows the U.S.S. Missouri entering Tokyo Bay for the ceremony marking the surrender of Japan during World War II. On September 2, 1945,...