Navy Pilots Relax in Alaska

U.S. Navy pilots relax between missions with a game of cribbage in their quarters at an advance base in the Aleutian Islands in the Northern Pacific in mid-1943.

Beached U.S. Marines

November 22, 1943: A view along the beach on Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands, following a landing by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Marine Artillery on Bougainville

A U.S. Marines howitzer artillery emplacement on Bougainville in mid-December 1943 fires on Japanese positions on the Pacific island.

Aircraft on the Yorktown

Naval aircraft warm up on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, during the campaign to recapture the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. This photo was taken in November or December 1943 by a photographer of a U.S. Navy Photographic Unit.

An Early Presence in England

U.S. Army soldiers stand at attention as they prepare for inspection in London — Spring 1942.

Basic Training The Hard Way

New U.S. Army recruits practice difficult sit-ups while perched on a training scaffold in 1942. The location may possibly be at Fort Knox, Kentucky, but cannot be determined exactly from the information given with the original photo. The U.S. Army soldier was going to be physically fit when he met either the German or Japanese soldier on a foreign battlefield.

High-Level Lunch Meeting

A meeting of the American Combined Chiefs of Staff continues over lunch, circa 1943. Left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, U.S. Navy; General Henry “Hap” Arnold, U.S. Army; Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy; and General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army.